Soni Wins Women’s 200-Meter Breaststroke With World Record
Rebecca Soni of the U.S. won the women’s 200-meter breaststroke gold medal at the London Olympics in a world-record time.
Soni finished in 2 minutes, 19:59, ahead of Japan’s Satomi Suzuki in second place and Russia’s Iuliia Efimova in third.
Tyler Clary overtook U.S. teammate Ryan Lochte to win the 200-meter backstroke and set an Olympic record.
Lochte, a double gold medalist at the London Games, led the race for the first 150 meters before being reeled in by Clary and Japan’s Ryosuke Irie. Clary touched in 1:53.41 at the Aquatics Center.
Lochte finished in 1:53.94 seconds behind Irie’s 1:53.78 seconds.
Lochte finished first in the 400-meter individual medley and was part of the 800-meter relay team that won gold. He’s also taking on Michael Phelps in the 200-meter medley this evening.
Soni, who improved her own world mark of 2:20.0 set yesterday, is the first female Olympic champion from Beijing four years ago to successfully defend her title in London.
To contact the reporter on this story: Danielle Rossingh at the Aquatics Centre at drossingh@bloomberg.net Tariq Panja at the Aquatics Centre at tpanja@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Christopher Elser at celser@bloomberg.net
Soni Wins Women’s 200-Meter Breaststroke With World Record
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Rebecca Soni is the first female Olympic champion from Beijing four years ago to successfully defend her title in London.
Rebecca Soni is the first female Olympic champion from Beijing four years ago to successfully defend her title in London. Photographer: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
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