Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
The women’s 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 10–12 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing China.After winning a silver medal in Sydney and a bronze in Athens Australia’s Leisel Jones stormed home on the final lap to claim an elusive gold in the event. She established an Olympic record of 1:05.17 just eight-hundredths of a second (0.08) off her global standard. Coming from fifth place in the turn U.S.
