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Brazilian Great-Grandmother Becomes World Record Holder at Age 100

By Xiu Ying, Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Brazilian athlete beat the swimming world record in the 50-meter breaststroke event -- at one hundred years of age.

The masters event, held in Belo Horizonte at the club where she trains, was a historic day for Dona Laurinha. Was she nervous? "No, I was not, I never was. I got it into my head if it happened or it did not happen either way," she said.

She turned 100 years old on April 2nd. "I am a healthy woman. All of my examinations are better than my daughters'; if . . .

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