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Adrian won a thrilling race that came down to the end. He got to the wall one-hundredth of a second ahead of James "The Missile" Magnussen of Australia, becoming the first American to win the 100 free since Matt Biondi at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Adrian hit the wall in 47.52 to Magnussen's 47.53. Brent Hayden of Canada took the bronze in 47.80, his country's first-ever medal in the event.
"This guy is an incredible closer. I knew that," Adrian said of Magnussen. "I knew it was going to take a lot more than what I'd ever done before to be able to hang with him those last 5 meters."
Adrian had shown what he could do against Magnussen in the 4x100 free relay, going faster than the Aussie on the opening leg. The Missile came in as the world champion and had swum the fastest time ever in a textile suit (47.10) at the Australian trials in March.
"To have lost that one was shattering," Magnussen said. "To get knocked down again, it's tough."
The Aussies took another bitter defeat to the U.S. in the women's 4x200 free relay. Schmitt chased down Alicia Coutts on the last leg and won going away in 7:42.92. The Aussies settled for silver in 7:44.41, while France took the bronze.
Soni wasn't the only one with a world record Wednesday.
Daniel Gyurta of Hungary lowered the 200 breast mark and won the gold in 2:07.28. Michael Jamieson thrilled the British fans by taking the silver in 2:07.43. Ryo Tateishi of Japan earned bronze.
Jiao Liuyang of China set an Olympic record to win the women's 200 butterfly in 2:04.06. Mireia Belmonte Garcia of Spain finished second and Natsumi Hoshi of Japan was third.
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