Lithuanian is first 15-year-old swim champ in 40 years; North Korean sets new record in weighlifting

Ruta Meilutyte became the first 15-year-old in 40 years to become an Olympic swimming champion. The blonde schoolgirl was also the first swimmer to win a gold medal for Lithuania. She won the 100-meter breaststroke gold medal on Monday, July 30, besting American world champion Rebecca Soni. She clocked one minute 05.47 seconds, winning by just eight-hundredths of a second. Meanwhile North Korean Kim Un-Guk set a world record in total as he won the gold in the men’s 62-kg Olympic weightlifting event. Kim snatched 153 kg, a new Olympic record, and lifted 174 kg on the Clean and Jerk event for a total of 327 kg. He beat the previous record of China’s Zhang Jie by 1 kg.

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