Italian Pellegrini clinches Olympic women's 200 freestyle title in world record time

Italian Pellegrini sensationally clinched the title of the women's 200-meter freestyle in a world record time here on Wednesday at the Beijing Olympic Games.

With all the top three swimmers in the tough final swam under the previous world record of one minute 55.45 set by the 20-year-old Pellegrini in Monday's heats, the Italian girl pushed herself froward with a strong dash to win her first Olympic gold in 1:54.82.

Pang Jiaying, who astonishingly led the first 50 meters in a under world record split time of 27.01 seconds, grabbed a precious bronze for China in 1:55.05, 0.08 second behind runnerup Sara Isakovic of Slovenia.

As the world record holder of the 400m freestyle, Pellegrini only managed a fifth finish in the event on Monday by clocking 4:04.56, more than three seconds off her personal best.

１３日上午，意大利选手佩莱格里尼在女子２００米自由泳决赛中打破世界纪录并获得冠军。中国选手庞佳颖奋力拼搏获得铜牌，成绩也超过了原世界纪录。

佩莱格里尼创造的新世界纪录是１分５４秒８２。原世界纪录是她本人１１日晚上在预赛中创造的１分５５秒５４。

佩莱格里尼今年２０岁，是雅典奥运会这个项目的亚军、２００７年世锦赛的第三名。她目前还是女子４００米自由泳的世界纪录保持者。

斯洛伐克选手伊萨科维奇和中国选手庞佳颖分别获得银牌和铜牌，她们的成绩也都超过了原世界纪录。

庞佳颖在第一个５０米游出了第一名的好成绩，第二个５０米排名第二，第三个５０米掉到第四，但是最后一个５０米奋力追到第三。她的成绩是１分５５秒０５，超过了原世界纪录。

庞佳颖１９８５年生于上海，在上届奥运会中获得这个项目的第七名。

“我是抱着平常心来游的，对今天的表现挺满意，能提高自己的最好成绩非常高兴，”庞佳颖赛后说，“多项世界纪录被打破，这就是奥运会，大家都全力以赴，这枚铜牌会振奋中国泳军的士气。”