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Simms finishes 47th in 50 freestyle heats
Aug 15, 2008

Punahou senior Christel Simms, swimming for the Philippines, finished 47th out of 90 in the 50-meter freestyle heats today in the National Aquatics Center at the Beijing Olympics.

Simms finished in 26.64 seconds. The cutoff time for the top 16 advancing to the semifinals was 25.07. Cate Campbell of Australia led the heat qualifiers in 24.20.

USA’s Dara Torres qualified with the third best time in 24.58.

Simms, who completed her Olympics, also missed qualifying for the semifinals in the 100 freestyle earlier this week.

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