Swimming- European Aquatics Championships- Women's 100m breaststroke final - London, Britain, 18/5/2016. Lituania's Ruta Meilutyte (C) celebrates victory with second placed Hrafnhildu Luthersdottir and Britain's Chloe Tutton on podium. REUTERS/Tony O'Brien
LONDON (Reuters) - Lithuania's Ruta Meilutyte swam to European 100 metres breaststroke gold on Wednesday in the same London pool where, in 2012, she burst into the limelight as a 15-year-old Olympic champion.
The British-based world record holder, who underwent surgery late last year after breaking her elbow in a cycling accident, won comfortably in one minute 6.17 seconds.
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