| In the
process of winning three golds in Sydney, Inge de Bruijn did so by setting three new world |
| records. She broke her own 100 meter
butterfly world record for the third time in three months. |
| When she returned to the Athletes'
Village, she received a letter of congratulations from Queen |
| Beatrix of the
Netherlands. "The Queen congratulated the team and especially Inge for the gold |
| medal and the world
record," a Dutch team official said. Her second gold came in the 100 meter |
| freestyle, where she finished 0.06
seconds behind the world record time she set in the semi-finals. |
| Her third and final gold came in the
50 meter freestyle. "I'm floating on a big cloud. I hope I don't |
| land for a long time," de Bruijn
said after her 50 meter freestyle race. |
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