The Netherlands swimmer Nida Sonff, who won such distinction at the Olympic Games in Berlin last year, to-day established a new world record for 200 metres backstroke swimming.
the Amsterdam carnival here.
Nida Senff, who swam under official supervision, covered the 200! metres in only two minutes, 44.6 seconds. Second was Ida Feggelen two minutes, 402 seconds, and third Kerkmeester in two minutes, 478 seconds.
The best world performance hitherto had been that of the US.A. swimmer Mrs. Eleanor Holm-Jarret with two minutes, 48.7" seconds.—Trans-Ocean Kuo Min,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.