German women's 4 x 100 meters freestyle relay team (L-R) Franziska van
Almsick, Kathrin Meissner, Petra Dallmann and Sandra Voelker celebrate
after setting a new world record in a 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
of the U.S. team set at the Sydney 2000 Olympic summer games.
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