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Swimmer Park Ranks Second in Global FINA Rankings
Written: 2006-09-07 17:14:16 / Updated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Swimmer Park Tae-hwan placed second in a global ranking for the men's four-hundred-meter freestyle.
In rankings released Thursday by an international swimming federation known under its French acronym, FINA, Park took the second spot with a time of three minutes and 45-point-72 seconds, trailing Klete Keller of the United States.
The federation recognized Park’s performance at the recent Pan-Pacific Swimming Championships in Canada.
In the 400-meter freestyle, Park secured a gold medal over Keller and China’s Zhang Lin, breaking the previous Asian record.
In the championships, the swimmer also ranked eighth in the men’s 15-hundred-meter freestyle and eleventh in the men’s 200-hundred-meter freestyle.
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