Womens 100m Butterfly - Final Dana Vollmer of the United States set the second swimming world record of the London 2012 Olympic Games on Sunday evening, winning the 100-metre butterfly. wholesale nfl jerseys . In third place at the turn, Vollmer came from behind to touch the wall in 55.98 seconds. With the swim, she shaved 0.08 seconds off the previous world-best mark. Vollmer, who missed qualifying for the Beijing 2008 Games, had set an Olympic record in Saturday mornings heats prior to the final. "Im so excited and on top of the world right now," Vollmer said, following the win. "Ive never had an individual world record, and now a gold medal. Everything went as I could have wanted." Lu Ying of China touched second in 56.87 while Australian Alicia Coutts claimed bronze, finishing in 56.94. Swedens Sarah Sjostrom, who held the previous world record of 56.06, was fourth. Mens 100m Breaststroke - Final South Africas Cameron van der Burgh set the second swimming world record of Day 2, posting a time of 58.46s in the mens 100m breaststroke. Christian Sprenger of Australia claimed silver at 58.93, and American Brendan Hansen touched the wall at 59.49s for bronze. Gold-medal favourite Katsume Kitajima finished a surprising fifth in the race, falling short in his bid to become the first male swimmer to win an Olympic title at three consecutive Games. He will get his second chance in the 200m race later this week. Following the 100m final, van der Burgh talked about his preparations for the London 2012 Olympic Games. "I dont even know what to think." he said. "I dont know how to describe it. "Ive been working towards this goal. Its amazing. Ive been doing so much hard work over the last four years." Mens 4 x 100m Freestyle - Final France upset the United States in the freestyle final, posting a time of 3:09.93 to win their first swimming medal of the Games. The United States team -- including Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte -- touched the wall at 3:10.38 for silver. Russia narrowly beat Australia -- the winner of the morning heats -- for bronze. The U.S. relay silver gave Phelps his first Olympic medal of the London Games. The addition brought the American swimmer within one medal of Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina, who leads the all-time career count with 18. Womens 400m Freestyle - Final Camille Muffat of France edged Allison Schmitt of the United States by less than half a stroke to win the Olympic 400m freestyle Sunday. Muffat clocked an Olympic-record 4:01.45, while Schmitt was second in 4:01.77. Defending champion and local favourite Rebecca Adlington made a late charge to take bronze in 4:03.01 for Britains first swimming medal of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Two-time world champion Federica Pellegrini of Italy finished fifth. Torontos Brittany MacLean was seventh in 4:06.24; it was Canadas best finish in the pool so far these Games. Womens 100m Breaststroke - Semi-Final Fifteen-year-old Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania posted the fastest time of the 100m breaststroke semis, touching the wall at 1:05.21. American Rebecca Soni was second in 1:05.98. Russias Iuliia Efimova had the third fastest time of the heats, at 1:06.57, with Breeja Larson of the United States finishing fourth overall, at 1:06.70. Canadian Tera Van Beilen and Jamaicas Alia Atkinson tied for the eighth and final qualifying spot, both finishing at 1:07.48. In a rare Olympic swim-off, Oakvilles Tera Van Beilen missed her chance to advance to Mondays 100m breaststroke final. Van Beilens time of 1:07.73 was nearly a second slower than Alia Atkinson of Jamaica, who touched the wall at 1:06.79. Atkinson will swim against the other seven swimmers who advanced from the semi heats. Mens 200m Freestyle - Semi-Final Chinas Sun Yang flexed his muscles in the second mens 200m freestyle on Sunday evening, posting the fastest time of the semi-final heats. Sun, who finished his race in one minute, 45.61 seconds, had already won gold on Saturday in the 400m distance. American Ryan Lochte made up the other half of the battle of champions in Sundays semi-final heats. Lochte picked up his first London 2012 gold medal in Sundays 400m individual medley race. Lochte also advanced, swimming 1:46.31 to post the fifth-fastest time of the day. Paul Biedermann of Germany won the first semi-final, posting a time of 1:46.10. Frances Agnel Yannick swam the second fastest time, clocking in at 1:45.84. Mens 100m Backstroke - Semi-Final Matthew Grevers of the United States touched the wall at one minute, 52.66s for the fastest time of the 100m backstroke semis. Frances Camille Lacourt won the first semi-final with a time of 0:53.03, and hometown favourite Liam Tancock was third fastest in 53.25s. Canadian Charles Francis finished 15th overall, failing to advance to the final with a time of 54.42s. Womens 100m Backstroke - Semi-Final Also Sunday, American swimmer Missy Franklin advanced to the womens 100m final. A dual citizen of the United States and Canada, Franklin posted the second-fastest time of the semis in 59.12s.Emily Seebohm, who set an Olympic record in the morning heats, touched the wall first in 58.39s. She will also swim in Mondays final.Julia Wilkinson, of Stratford, Ont., missed out on the Olympic final by just .11 seconds. She finished ninth for the night. Sinead Russell, of Burlington, Ont., was 16th. The top eight advance. jerseys from china . 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