Swimming: Japan team sets national mark in women's 800 relay

MELBOURNE, Australia - The Japanese team of Norie Urabe, Ai Shibata, Maki Mita and Haruka Ueda (L to R) are all smiles after setting a national record of 7 minutes, 59.58 seconds in the women's 800-meter relay qualifiers on March 29 to advance to the finals in the world swimming championships in Melbourne and punch their tickets to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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