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Steffen gets double sprint for Germany

Society Materials 17 August 2008 07:37 (UTC +04:00)

Germany's Britta Steffen on Sunday ensured herself the swimming sprint double at the Beijing Olympics when she won the women's 50m freestyle in Olympic record time of 24.06 seconds. ( dpa )

Steffen had earlier won gold in 100m freestyle in the Beijing Water Cube.

Silver went to 41-year-old Dara Torres of the US in a time of 24.07, while Australian Cate Campbell took bronze in a time of 24.17.

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