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Yuliya Efimova

A few days after Mirna Jukic European Record on 01/07/00 had brought Yuliya Efimova it has even further strengthened. During the Russian championships, she came into a new European top time of 05.01.80. Thus she took a big step towards the World of Leisel Jones . Jones came in March 2006 to the current world record of 05.01.09. Leisel has now decided not to start the World Cup is Efimova this time instant of the big favorites for the title. Incidentally, Yuliya Efimova during the heats of the Beijing Olympics even swam a time of 01.06.08. That time has never been recognized as a European record because the paperwork was not properly done by the Russian Federation.

The development of the European record:
05.01.80 RUS Yuliya Efimova Moscow 27/04/2009
07/01/00 Mirna Jukic AUT Vienna 04/24/2009
(06.01.08 RUS Yuliya Efimova Beijing 08/10/2008: not recognized by the FINA )
Sarah Poewe 07.01.10 GER Berlin 04/19/2008
= Anna UKR Khlistunova Melbourne 03/27/2007
01/07/27 Emma Igelstroem Landskrona SWE 07/07/2002
01/07/79 Agnes Kovacs THEIR Sydney 09/17/2000
01/07/91 Silke Hörner GDR Strasbourg 21.08.1987
01/08/11 Sylvia Gerash GDR Madrid 21/08/1986
01/08/29 Sylvia Gerash GDR Moscow 23/08/1984
08/01/51 Ute Geweniger GDR Rome 25/08/1983

Thanks to Tom Vangeneugden for the tweet about this new record