Seebohm celebrates medley win

(Monday 18 August 2008)

Emily Seebohm along with Leisel Jones, Jess Schipper and Libby Trickett has celebrated a gold medal win and a new world record in the medley relay yesterday.

Sixteen-year-old Seebohm began with an Australian record of 59.33 on the backstroke leg, managing to calm the nerves that had dashed her chances in the individual event.

"I felt a little bit more pressure coming into this relay, just hoping that I'd make the team," the Brisbane schoolgirl said.

"This was definitely the high of my meet — of any meet that I've actually ever done — and getting that gold medal and that world record was just an amazing feeling, and I hope we can do it again."

(read the full story at http://www.theage.com.au/news/swimming/medley-magic-delivers-gold-and-world-record/2008/08/17/1218911462301.html)

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