Coventry adds gold to silver mine

Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry, faced with the prospect of leaving the Olympics with a bag full of silver, found the necessary extra to add gold when she won the women's 200m backstroke in a world record time on Saturday.

Coventry had won the event in Athens four years ago but after she won silvers in the 200 and 400 individual medleys and the 100m backstroke in Beijing, she was desperate to keep her gold.

"I think going into any race there is always a little bit of pressure," she said. "My coach (Kim Brackin) and I were sitting together before the race and she was like 'just go in and have fun'."