LONDON - Ruta Meilutyte has won Lithuania’s first Olympic swimming medal with a gold in the 100 metres breaststroke.

The 15-year-old Plymouth schoolgirl held off Rebecca Soni of USA in the closing metres of the grueling race tonight at the Aquatics Centre, finishing in 1 minute, 05.47 seconds.

She set an European record of 1:05. in the semifinals yesterday.

Soni earned the silver in 1:05.55; Satomi Suzuki of Japan took the bronze in 1:06.46.

Leading results of third day:

WOMEN

100 BACKSTROKE
1. Missy Franklin USA 58.33
2. Emily Seebohm AUS 58.68
3. Aya Terakawa JPN 58.83

100 BREASTSTROKE
1. Ruta Meilutyte LTU 1:05.47
2. Rebecca Soni USA 1:05.55
3. Satomi Suzuki JPN 1:06.46

MEN

200 FREESTYLE
1. Yannick Agnel FRA 1:43.14
2. Taehwan Park KOR 1:44.93
2. Yang Sun CHN 1:44.93

100 BACKSTROKE
1. Matthew Grevers USA 52.16 OR
2. Nick Thoman USA 52.92
3. Ryosuke Irie JPN 52.97