20 years ago: U. swimmer Xiahong Wang earns silver medal

Published: Saturday, July 28 2012 7:29 p.m. MDT

University of Utah and Chinese swimmer Xiaohong Wang won an Olympic silver medal in the women's 200-meter butterfly with a time of 2:09.01. American Summer Sanders touched the wall just before her, in a time of 2:08.67. Wang swam a hundredth of a second better than her personal best to earn her first Olympic medal.

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