U.S. swimmer Alison Schmitt stormed to gold in the women's 200 meters freestyle final on Tuesday.
Schmitt clocked an Olympic record time of 1 minute, 53. 61 to win comfortably ahead of Camile Muffat of France, who timed 1:55.58.
Bronte Barratt of Australia claimed the bronze in 1:55.88, with Missy Franklin of the United States missing out on a podium place by one hundredth of a second.
