Sunday, July 29, 2012

France's Muffat edges Schmitt for gold in 400 free

France's Camille Muffat competes in a women's 400-meter freestyle swimming heatat the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa De Olza)

France's Camille Muffat competes in a women's 400-meter freestyle swimming heatat the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa De Olza)

(AP) ? Camille Muffat of France edged Allison Schmitt of the United States by less than half a stroke to win the Olympic 400-meter freestyle Sunday.

Muffat clocked an Olympic-record 4 minutes, 1.45 seconds, while Schmitt was second in 4:01.77.

Defending champion and local favorite Rebecca Adlington made a late charge to take bronze in 4:03.01 for Britain's first swimming medal in the London Games.

Two-time world champion Federica Pellegrini of Italy finished fifth.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/347875155d53465d95cec892aeb06419/Article_2012-07-29-OLY-SWM-Women's-400-Free/id-f6cb466c7aef4cbd80085666873e832d

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