SWIMMING.
AN AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP. l!y Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 25, 12.50 a.m. Adelaide, February 24. | Diekman, of New South Wales, won. the 500 yards professional swimming j championship of Australia in Gmin 47sec. Read, of New South Wales, was second. ANOTHER CHAMPION RECORD. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. M. E. Champion broke his own one mile swimming record at the Auckland centre's sports to-night by reducing the figures from 25min 10 4-ssec to 24min 48 l-ssec. He was in splendid form, and won the 108 yards race in 07sec, which, on calculation, is equal to about 02sec for the 100 yards, a second better than the New Zealand record.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 248, 25 February 1911, Page 8
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109SWIMMING. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 248, 25 February 1911, Page 8
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