China's Liu wins Women's 200m Butterfly in world record time

Liu Zige of China poses with the gold medal. (Picture credit: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)


The Women's 200m Butterfly final at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games took place in the National Aquatics Center, also known as the Water Cube, in Beijing, China, on August 14, 2008. Liu Zige of China won the gold medal with a new world record of 2 minutes 04.18 seconds. Fellow Chinese Jiao Liuyang took silver in 2:04.72 and Australia's Jessicah Schipper grabbed the bronze in 2:06.26.



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