| In the Berlin World Cup swimmers set the 4 world records. Star in the two-day event was Swedish Stefan Nystrand, who splashed two world records. On Sunday, Nystrand bettered the world record in the men's 50-meter freestyle by clocking 20.93 seconds, and a day earlier, a world record in the 100-meter freestyle by finishing in 45.83 seconds. The 26-year-old said his objective in the upcoming 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is to bring home with two gold medals. "It's my aim to keep on improving, especially with regard to the Olympic Games next year. I would like to capture two gold medals there," he said. The veteran competed at the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004, but his best performance was a fourth place. For the women's events, Dutch Marleen Veldhuis updated the records she herself would not have imagined. The last world record was set by Brazilian Thiago Pereira on Sunday, who clocked 1:53.14 in the men's 200-meter individual medley. Pereira also won the gold medal in the men's 400-meter medley a day earlier, just shy of the world record by 0.26 second. Source: Xinhuanet |