2007 World Swimming Championships and New 200 M Freestyle World Record
Manaudou broke the 200 m freestyle world record at the 2007 World Swimming Championships in Melbourne in winning the final. She also won the 400 m freestyle event. She obtained silver medals in the 100 m backstroke and the 800 m freestyle, and a bronze for 4×200 m freestyle relay. In the 100 backstroke, she became the second woman in history to swim under a minute in the event. She was leading the race in the 800 m final going into the last lap, but the American Kate Ziegler finally overtook her in the last metres to win by a margin of 28 cm. She was thus prevented from becoming the first female swimmer to win the 200 m, 400 m and 800 m freestyle titles at the same World Championships.
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