Biedermann floats on top of the world

Berlin -
No one swims faster than Paul Biedermann! A day after its record 400-meter freestyle relay triumph> in 3:32,77 minutes the double world champion from Halle / Saale at the end of the swimming World Cup in Berlin on Sunday in 1:39,37 minutes over 200 meters in world record time.
U.S. superstar Michael Phelps, he had to look pretty old. The went to did not even let the much-anticipated World Cup revenge burst with Biedermann, when he beard and textile pants already resigned in the run.
Biedermann took care in his Berlin "living room" in the high-tech suit once again for a hit. "Just cool it was, was he. "It's a nice feeling. Now we have to see what the future brings. I must lose weight, so I do not drown. The suit has already kept me up. "
After his record race, he was himself surprised and richer by $ 23,000. "I've become thicker through my break, a forty-five minutes took me to get into the suit," the 23-year-old said after just recovery from torn muscle in his thigh. Without the high-tech suit, it will in the future schwerwerden to improve the records, so Biedermann.
The remaining until the end of December allowed high-tech suits ensured in conjunction with new, athletics-inspired boot block in Berlin for a record flood. 16 world and six European records were an impressive record.
Thus, the Hamburg Steffen Deibler also took a world record. In frantic fast 21.80 seconds, he brought 50 meter butterfly behind her was just flabbergasted, "I did not think that I get here as world record holder from the water."
For European records ensured Janne Schaefer (Heidelberg), second place in 29.55 seconds over 50 meters breaststroke and Daniela Samulski over 50 meters backstroke (26.21). These twelve national records: Germany's swimmers are ready for the European Championships in December in Istanbul.
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New Year's Eve: Vodafone struggles with millions of calls and SMS

Düsseldorf -
It's the same every year: New Year's Eve, at midnight, everyone wants his friends and loved ones reach via SMS or phone call. The acid test for the telephone network.
EXPRESS looked so once around in the network center of Vodafone. Here you fight with the millions of messages.
Every New Year's wish of 35 million Vodafone mobile phone customers comes from Düsseldorf. In high-rise of the mobile giant also sits on the banks of the giant central Netzzen. From there, all calls and short messages are managed. On New Year's Eve is a mammoth task.
"Today we have 150 engineers at our headquarters," said Vodafone spokesman Sebastian Galle. Every man is required from midnight, as more and on 31 December by 0 clock is going on in the huge room to hell! The Vodafone-Hochhaus then becomes, "Good-slip center" of the country.
"In the past year we have processed 18 000 SMS every second," says Galle. In barely half an hour after midnight, came as 87 million together this flash, this once again millions of phone calls. Second-best day of the year is Christmas Eve at 58.5 million SMS messages - but during the day.
"The SMS is: first come is first passed," says Galle. He therefore advised to send the message shortly before midnight. "Good is also sent to an SMS to a whole list of recipients, it is quicker."
About the Internet portal "MyVodafone" is also the opportunity to compose a message and to send it automatically. "That costs extra," says Galle. Waiting times can be avoided but probably not. If you're unlucky, you have to try it again and again - died down to 0.30 against the clock largest SMS storm.