China's Xin Xin breaks women's 800m freestyle Asian record

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Shandong swimmer Xin Xin broke the women's 800-meter freestyle Asian record at the 12th Chinese National Games here on Tuesday.

Xin, 17, winner of the 10km marathon, touched in first with eight minutes 19.43 seconds, 0.93 faster than the previous Asian record 8:20.30 held by her teammate Chen Qian.

Her winning mark was also the world's fifth fastest time of the year, which could ranked the fourth at the Barcelona World Championships.

The world record of the 800m free was created by American Kathleen Ledecky of 8:13.86 at Barcelona.

Zhang Yuhan of Chinese Army and Zhejiang's Birong came second and third with 8:21.22 and 8:24.35 respectively.

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