French duo Jeremy Stravius and Camille Lacourt finished in a dead heat to share the men's 100 metres backstroke title at the world swimming championships on Tuesday.
For a minute or two, Norwegian swimmer Alexander Dale Oen was able to block out the massacre that has traumatized his home country and focus on nothing but the pool.
Roared on by the home crowd, teenager Ye Shiwen produced a devastating freestyle leg to land China's first swimming gold medal at the FINA World Championships in Shanghai by winning the women's 200 meters individual medley yesterday.
Chinese 15-year-old Ye Shiwen won the first swimming gold for the hosts at the 14th FINA World Championships as she claimed the women's 200m individual medley on Monday.
Dana Vollmer of the United States won the first gold medal for her country at the Shanghai worlds as the 23-year-old claimed the women's 100m butterfly title on Monday.