Olympics: 100m breaststroke gold and record for Van der Burgh
LONDON: South African Cameron Van der Burgh won the Olympic 100m breaststroke gold Sunday in a world record of 58.46sec.Van der Burgh led the whole way for a dominant victory, improving the previous...
July 30, 2012
Van der Burgh led the whole way for a dominant victory, improving the previous record of 58.58 set by Australian Brenton Rickard on July 27, 2009 at the world championships in Rome.
Australian Christian Sprenger took silver and American Brendan Hansen claimed bronze as two-time defending champion Kosuke Kitajima finished fifth, failing in his bid to become the first male swimmer to win the same event at three successive Games. (AFP)
