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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Maria Emma Hulda Lenk, the first South American woman to swim in the Olympics and a pioneer in the development of the butterfly stroke, died Monday. She was 92.
Lenk fell ill while swimming at the Flamengo club pool and was taken to Copa D'Or Hospital still conscious. She had a heart attack as doctors were preparing to operate to treat an aneurism, the hospital in Copacabana said.
The Brazilian Olympic Committee declared three days of mourning for the woman who set world records in the 200-meter and 400-meter breaststroke and another in a relay.
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