Teen crowned fastest text messager in Sweden

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

STOCKHOLM (AFP) — Michael Phelps, swim your heart out. When it comes to text messaging, no one can beat My Svensson -- at least in her native Sweden.

The 17-year-old student needed only 61 seconds to write a 141-character SMS message rich in crisp words and snappy punctuation to claim the Swedish text messaging championship, sponsored by a Swedish telecoms operator.

"I was very tense in the finals when I realised how much money I could win," said My, who plans to use her 25,000 krona (2,650 euro, 3,900 dollar) prize for a holiday in France, the Dagens Nyheter newspaper reported Saturday.

My -- who out-thumbed her nearest rival by seven seconds -- nevertheless failed to surpass her personal best of 50 seconds, achieved during the semi-finals.

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