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Steffen drops out of short-course season
Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 10:48 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 10:48 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 10:48 a.m.
FRANKFURT - German swimmer Britta Steffen has pulled out of the short-course season, saying she was not ready to compete.
The two-time Olympic and world champion was scheduled to swim at a World Cup meet in Berlin on Nov. 14-15 and the European Championships in Istanbul in December.
Steffen says her preparations have not been up to her personal "high standards."
Steffen defeated American Dara Torres by one-hundredth of a second in the 50-meter freestyle at the Beijing Olympics.
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