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2009-11-07

(FILES) -- A file photo taken on August 13, 2008 shows South Africa's George du Rand competing during the men's 200m backstroke swimming heats at the National Aquatics Center during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Beijing. Du Rand set a new world record in the men's 200-metre backstroke, timing 1min 47.08sec at the FINA World Cup stage in Moscow on November 7, 2009. Du Rand beat the previous world record mark of 1:47.84, established by Austria's Markus Rogan on April 13, 2008 in Manchester. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS-XAVIER MARIT (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS XAVIER MARIT/AFP/Getty Images)

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