Meilutyte gears up for gold, China top table


Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania poses with her gold medal after winning the women's 100m Medley final during the LEN European Short Course Swimming Championship in Herning, December 14, 2013. REUTERS/Henning Bagger/Scanpix Denmark

NANJING China (Reuters) - London Games gold medallist Ruta Meilutyte cruised through to the women's 100 metres breaststroke final at the Youth Olympic Games on Tuesday, while China surged to the top of the medals table on the third day of competition in Nanjing.

Lithuanian Meilutyte, the world record holder over 50m in the discipline, will swim for her second gold of the Games on Wednesday before hopping on a plane to Berlin bound for the European Championships.

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