Liu Zige has given China its first swimming gold medal of the Beijing Olympics, winning the women's 200-meter butterfly in a world record with her teammate Jiao Liuyang taking the silver.
Liu touched in 2 minutes, 4.18 seconds, bettering the old mark of 2:05.40 set by Jess Schipper of Australia at the 2006 Pan Pacific championships in Canada.
Jiao finished second in 2:04.72, also going under the previous record. Schipper earned the bronze in 2:06.26.
Defending champion Otylia Jedrzejczak of Poland finished fourth. Americans Elaine Breeden and Kathleen Hersey were seventh and eighth.
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