New 400-meter freestyle world record set
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) - March 24, 2008 The Italian won in 4 minutes, 1.53 seconds, easily beating the
old mark of 4:02.13 set by Laure Manaudou of France two years ago
at the last European championships.
It was the second world record Monday in Eindhoven after Marleen
Veldhuis earlier lowered the 50-meter freestyle mark.