Ye laying down the law in pool

With her legal studies on hold, Olympic champ gets comeback off to great start

Ye Shiwen has spent more time immersed in her legal books than in the pool in recent years, but on Monday the Tsinghua University law student made a convincing case for her future medal chances by winning gold in the women's 200m individual medley at the national swimming championships in Qingdao, Shandong province.

The 23-year-old, who stunned the world by becoming a teenage Olympic champion at London 2012, clocked 2 minutes, 09.24 seconds at the nationals, which serve as a selection event for July's World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.