The No. 1 spot, for now, belongs to Michigan, helped by national championships in men's swimming and men's gymnastics, plus an NCAA tournament final appearance in men's basketball.

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Gold in the men's open water 10-kilometer swimming marathon in the Serpentine, the lake in London's Hyde Park, went to Tunisian Oussama Mellouli.

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Steve Furniss, bronze medalist in the men's 200-meter individual medley swimming event in the 1972 Olympics in Munich, went on to make swimsuits for champions.

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Ye Shiwen took seconds off her personal best to break the world record and win a gold medal in the 400m medley on Saturday, swimming faster in the last 50m than the winner of the men's event.

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The 20-year-old Agnel, just a day after swimming an amazing anchor leg in leading France to victory in the men's 4x100 meter free style relay, routed the field in the 200-meter freestyle.

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Japan meanwhile were celebrating after landing their first Olympic swimming title for 12 years when double world champion Kosuke Kitajima won the men's 100m breaststroke.

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Mr Hollande also said he would be firm on demands made by the Muslim community, saying he supported France's ban on face-covering veils and would not allow separate hours in swimming pools for men and women.

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