Lithuania's swimmer Meilutyte takes gold at world championship
2014-12-07, 13:50
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Olympic swimming champion Ruta Meilutyte from Lithuania defended her 50metres breaststroke title at the FINA World Short Course Championships in Doha, Qatar. The 17 year-old athlete won a gold after swimming the distance in 28.84 seconds. Alia Atkin from Jamaica took silver with 28.91 seconds, while Moniek Nijhuis from the Netherlands came third with 29.64 seconds. Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite and Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius extended their congratulations to Meilutyte.
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