Hoff beats Coughlin, sets U.S. record in 200IM

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Katie Hoff had one last race tonight at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha and finished it in record fashion.

She rallied past Natalie Coughlin to win the 200-meter individual medley final in two minutes, 9.71 seconds, breaking the American record of 2:09.77 set by Coughlin less than a month ago.

Coughlin was under world-record pace after the butterfly and backstroke but couldn’t quite keep up that pace to the end. Hoff then was able to rally in the last two legs — the breaststroke and freestyle — to win it.

-- Debbie Goffa