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Summary Rebecca Soni set another world record on her way to 200m breaststroke title at the London Olympics.
Rebecca Soni of the United States set another world record to defend her 200-metre breaststroke title at the London Olympics on Thursday.Soni clocked 2 minutes, 19.59 seconds to improve on her own mark from Wednesdays semifinals by 0.41 seconds.It was the sixth world record in the pool at these games.Satomi Suzuki of Japan touched in 2:20.72 to take the silver medal and Iuliia Efimova of Russia finished in 2:20.92 for bronze.Soni was also favored to win the 100 breast but took silver behind surprise 15-year-old winner Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania. Meilutyte did not enter the 200.
