London: French Camille Muffat beat Allison Schmitt to win the women’s 400-metre freestyle final at the 2012 London Olympics on Sunday.
She had to work hard to win the gruelling eight-lap race as Schmitt, who trains alongside Michael Phelps in Baltimore, tried to reel her in.
Muffat timed her finish to perfection to get her hand on the wall first in four minutes, 01.45 seconds, an Olympic record, while Schmitt was second in 4:01.77, Reuters reported.
The Beijing champion Rebecca Adlington of Britain finished strongly to get the bronze in 4:03.11, giving the host their first medal in London’s Aquatic Centre and eliciting a huge roar from the crowd.
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