Britta Steffen of Germany also decided to stray from her diet before winning the women's 50-meter swimming event in Olympic record time (24.06 seconds).

赢得女子50米游泳金牌并创造奥运会纪录的德国选手布丽塔.斯特芬赛前也决定在饮食上放纵自己一下。

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Only two are allowed to progress into the semi-finals, Marleen Veldhuis, who anchored the relay team to victory on Tuesday showed every sign of breaking the world record in the semi-finals but went out more slowly this time and was well shy of Britta Steffen's mark.

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