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July 01, 2008

Olympic Swim Trials have four finals tonight

The U.S. Olympic Swim Trials are into their third day at the Qwest Center, and four finals events are on the docket for Tuesday night's session.

On Monday night, Katie Hoff won her second event of the trials, taking the women's 400-meter freestyle title. Her time of 4:02.32 was just 12 hundredths of a second off her own U.S. record, set in 2006.

Brendan Hansen won the men's 100-meter breaststroke with a time of :59.93. He is the current world record holder and was eight-tenths of a second shy of matching his standard.

The most exciting finals race of the night was in the women's 100-meter butterfly. Christine Magnuson edged Elaine Breeden by a tenth of a second, touching the wall in 58.11 seconds. The race was close to the end, with seven of the eight finalists finishing less than a second apart.

Tuesday's finals include the 200-meter freestyle and 100-meter backstroke for the men, while the women will compete in the 100-meter breaststroke and 100-meter backstroke.

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