Team GB’s
Rebecca Adlington won her second gold medal of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, shattering the 19-year-old 800m freestyle world record in the process.
Adlington added the 800m freestyle title today (Saturday) to the 400m freestyle gold she won on Monday.
She clocked a time of 8:14.10 – more than two seconds inside Janet Evans’ (USA) world record set in 1989. She had already set an Olympic record in Thursday's heats.
A delighted Adlington said: "This means everything to me. I never knew it was going to be like this. I just got in there and did my best.
"It's absolutely amazing. I've worked so hard and it's paid off. It's so exciting," she added.
It was Great Britain’s fourth gold medals of the Games and the third medal Team GB has won in the pool.
Cassie Patten finished eighth.