12/21/2008

French swimmers break 4x100m short course world record

PARIS, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- A quartet from Marseille set a world short-course record for the men's 4x100 meters freestyle relay in Istres, France, on Saturday.

Gregory Mallet, Fabien Gilot, William Meynard and Frederick Bousquet clocked three minutes 4.98 seconds at the French club championship, beating the previous record of 3:08.44 set by the United States on April 9 in Manchester.

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