OSLO, Norway, May 30. SARA Nordenstam provided the Langbane Cup something to brag about as she knocked down the women's 400 IM Norwegian record during the first day of swimming.
Nordenstam clocked a time of 4:48.46 with the following splits: 31.33(31.33), 1.06.12(34.79), 1.45.25(39.13), 2.22.76(37.51), 3.00.95(38.19), 3.39.57(38.62), 4.15.03(35.46), 4.48.46(33.43).
The standard had stood for 24 years, with Katrine Bomstad owning the previous record with a 4:49.21 set on March 29, 1984 in Indianapolis.
Nordenstam also won the 100 breast (1:12.41).
Gard Kvale won a pair of races with triumphs in the 100 free (53.37) and 100 fly (57.41).
Other winners at the meet were Eirik Ravnan in the men's 400 IM (4:41.85), Elisabeth Jarland in the women's 200 back (2:29.02), Lars Andre Tolas in the men's 200 back (2:17.77), Lars Erik Daehl in the men's 100 breast (1:09.22), Siri Lovold Magnussen in the women's 100 free (1:01.92), Ingvild Snildal in the women's 100 fly (1:00.39), Line Cecile Stenseth in the women's 800 free (10:31.58) and Magnus Bru in the men's 800 free (9:12.45).