London, Aug 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti): Rebecca Soni of the United States won the women's 200 metres breaststroke gold, smashing the world record by half a second.
Soni, the defending Olympic champion, won in 2 minutes, 19.59 seconds Thursday.
Satomi Suzuki of Japan took the silver in 2:20.72, with Iuliia Efimova of Russia settling for the bronze in 2:20.92.