I was going to wait until the first evening session to file anything on European Championships in Eindhoven, but with a few hours to go until the session begins swimming fans might as well have something to look forward to. And that something may be a new world record in the women’s 400 Free Relay.

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Disregard any ideas of Laure Manaudou dominating the European Championships. On the very first morning a swimming form of rigor mortis set in for the Frenchwoman when she bonked in the 400 meter individual medley, finishing 18th in the preliminaries in 4:54.61, more than 14 seconds off her best.
According to reports, a hush descended over […]

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