American Rebecca Soni was the first
swimmer to defend their Olympic title in London, breaking her own
world record in the women's 200-meter breaststroke Thursday night
Soni broke the world record she set in the semifinals Wednesday night by just
.41 seconds, touching the wall in 2 minutes, 19.59 seconds.
"It means the world to me that I can be the first one under 2:20," said Soni,
who won silver in the 200 breast this week.
Japan's Satomi Suzuki was second and Russia's Iuliia Efimova won bronze.
American Micah Lawrence finished sixth.