"To come away with a silver medal is just like the best thing ever," she said. Australian Madeline Groves, who went into the race with the fastest time of 2016, took the silver medal and Japan's world champion Natsumi Hoshi won bronze. Her victory was the first for Spain in the Olympic pool since Martin Lopez Zubero won the men's 200 backstroke at Barcelona in 1992. The silver medallist in London four years ago went a step better in Rio with a winning time of two minutes, 4.85 seconds, the fastest time so far this year. Belmonte's gold completed the medal set for the 25-year-old, who won a bronze in the women's 400 individual medley on Saturday, and was also the first for Spain in any sport at the Rio de Janeiro Games.

Source: bd News24 August 11, 2016 02:48 UTC