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Lithuania's Ruta Meilutyte became the first 15-year-old Olympic swimming champion for 40 years as she powered to the 100m breaststroke gold medal at the London Acquatics Centre on Monday night.
Meilutyte held off fast-finishing American world champion Rebecca Soni to become the first 15-year-old to win an Olympic swimming gold since Australia great Shane Gould enjoyed a triple triumph at the 1972 Munich Games.
Yannick Agnel shredded a star-studded field to win the men's 200m freestyle gold - one day after his sensational swim gave France the Olympic 4x100m freestyle title.
South Africa's Chad le Clos finished second behind Takeshi Matsuda of Japan in the faster of two semi-finals in the men's 200 metres butterfly, clocking a national record of one minute, 54.34 seconds (1:54.34).
The 20-year-old qualified second fastest for tonight's final. American Michael Phelps won the other semi-final in 1:54.53.
