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New Zealand swimmer Melissa Ingram has set a national record on the way to another final's win in the Berlin World Cup meet today.
The 23 year old Ingram won the 200m backstroke on the first night of finals in Berlin after qualifying second fastest.
Ingram dominated the final, clocking 2:04.31 to break her own New Zealand record, set at last year's world short course championships by nearly half a second.
She was in control throughout swimming a superbly judged race to win by a second from Japan's Tomoyo Fukuda with Denmark's Elspa Morkore third.
It was Ingram's ninth win in the World Cup circuit along with five second placings and she completed a clear sweep of all six finals in the 200m backstroke that she has competed in this summer in Durban, Sydney, Singapore, Moscow, Stockholm and Berlin.
Ingram has broken the New Zealand record in all three events she has competed in the series - 200m backstroke, 200m and 400m freestyle.
She has the 400m freestyle on the final day of the circuit tomorrow.
- NZPA
