LONDON (Reuters) - China's Jiao Liuyang stormed home on the last lap to win the women's 200 metres butterfly gold medal at the London Olympics on Wednesday, in the process beating the compatriot who relegated her to silver four years ago.
Jiao was second when she turned for home but surged clear of her rivals to win in a time of two minutes 04.06 seconds, an Olympic record, adding a gold medal to the world title she won last year.
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