MELBOURNE: Australian Grant Hackett broke his own short-course 800m freestyle world record in 7:23.42 here yesterday.
Hackett, 28, preparing for a record third 1,500m freestyle gold medal at next month’s Beijing Olympics, shaved 1.86 seconds off his 2001 world mark of 7:25.28. He also holds the world short-course records in the 400m and 1,500m freestyle along with the 800m and 1,500m freestyle long-course world records.
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