Japanese high school student Shiho Sakai has set a new world record in the women's 100-metre backstroke, winning in 56.15 seconds at the Japan Open short course swimming championships in Feb 2009. Sakai, one of Japan's top hopes for the London Olympics in 2012, broke the previous mark of 56.51 set by Natalie Coughlin of the United States. "Of course, I set out to set a new world record. I'm very surprised that I did and I'm very, very happy about it," said a jubilant Sakai. "From now on, I'm going to aim for the national championships in April 2009 and qualify for the world championships."
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| - Japanese high school student Shiho Sakai has set a new world record in the women's 100-metre backstroke, winning in 56.15 seconds at the Japan Open short course swimming championships in Feb 2009. Sakai, one of Japan's top hopes for the London Olympics in 2012, broke the previous mark of 56.51 set by Natalie Coughlin of the United States. "Of course, I set out to set a new world record. I'm very surprised that I did and I'm very, very happy about it," said a jubilant Sakai. "From now on, I'm going to aim for the national championships in April 2009 and qualify for the world championships."
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| - Japanese high school student Shiho Sakai has set a new world record in the women's 100-metre backstroke, winning in 56.15 seconds at the Japan Open short course swimming championships in Feb 2009. Sakai, one of Japan's top hopes for the London Olympics in 2012, broke the previous mark of 56.51 set by Natalie Coughlin of the United States. "Of course, I set out to set a new world record. I'm very surprised that I did and I'm very, very happy about it," said a jubilant Sakai. "I tried to swim as aggressively as possible in the first half and tried to be patient in the latter. I did as I planned. This is my last race as a high school student and I really wanted to set my personal best to finish with. "From now on, I'm going to aim for the national championships in April 2009 and qualify for the world championships." A duo from China (also known as ) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg, Gao Chan and Zhao Jing, finished second and third in 56.96 and 57.08, respectively.
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