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Cate Campbell breaks 100m freestyle world record ahead of Olympics

With just over a month until the Olympics, Australian swimmer Cate Campbell sent a message to the rest of the world that she will be the one to beat in Rio in the 100-meter freestyle.

Campbell broke the 100-meter freestyle world record during finals of the Australian Grand Prix Saturday, finishing in a time of 52.06. The swim bested Germany’s Britta Steffen's 2009 world record by .01 and was over a second faster than the winning time at U.S. Olympic trials in the event under just 12 hours earlier in Omaha, Neb. (Abbey Weitzeil, 53.28).

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The previous world record held by Steffen was swam in the now-banned whole-body polyurethane swimsuits at the 2009 World Championships, a testament to how impressive Campbell's swim on Saturday was.