Women's 200m Breaststroke
Word Record: Leisel Jones, Australia, 2:20:54
Venue: National Aquatic Center
Rebecca Soni wins women’s 200 meter breaststroke
Rebecca Soni from United States has won the gold medal and set a world record new world record of 2.20.22
Leisel Jones from Australia won the silver medal and Sara Nordenstan from Norway won the bronze.
Amanda Beard makes swimming team
After having a break from swimming Amanda Beard has made the U.S. Olympic swimming team for the fourth time.
She finished second to Rebecca Soni in the 200-meter breaststroke.
Olympic medalist, Playboy model and Godaddy girl Amanda Beard has made it to the final of the 100 meters breaststroke.
“I wanted to set that example that if you try, you’re not failing,” Beard says of her decision to return to competitive swimming after taking off two years following the 2004 Games. She also is entered […]
Hopes to be third time lucky for Leisel Jones
Leisel Jones from Australia is competing in her third Olympic Games in Beijing. At the Sydney 2000 Olympics she was just 14 years old when she won a silver medal in the breaststroke.
At Athens in 2004 she won a bronze medal in the 100 and silver in the 200, despite holding the world […]
Women's 200m Breaststroke
- United States - Rebecca Soni - 2:20.22 WR
- Australia - Leisel Jones - 2:22.05
- Norway - Sara Nordenstam - 2:23.02
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