The German women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay team of (L-R) Kathrin
Meissner, Petra Dallmann, Sandra Voelker and Franziska van Almsick bite
into their gold medals after setting a new world record time of 3
minutes 36.00 seconds at the European Swimming Championships in Berlin
July 29, 2002. The four Germans improved the old world record of 3
minutes 36.61 seconds set by the U.S. team set at the Sydney 2000
Olympic summer games. REUTERS/Alexandra Winkler

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