London: US swimmer Dana Vollmer has won the 100-metre butterfly gold medal in world record time at the London Olympics on Sunday.
Vollmer powered her way through two laps of the Aquatic Centre to win in 55.98 seconds, slicing 0.08 off the previous mark set by Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom at the 2009 world championships in Rome, Reuters reported.
China’s Lu Ying finished second while Australia’s Alicia Coutts, a gold medallist in the 4×100 freestyle relay on Saturday, was third and Sjostrom fourth but all the plaudits went to Vollmer.
Her results in the pool quickly started to improve and in 2011 she won her first individual world title at Shanghai.
She had come close to breaking the record before only to run out of puff in the final few metres but swam a more even race this time, reaching the halfway point in third place then surging away on the last lap.
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