German Britta Steffen sets Olympic record to win Women's 50m Freestyle

Britta Steffen stands on the podium with her medal. (Photo credit: Al Bello/Getty Images)

Britta Steffen of Germany won the Women's 50m Freestyle gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games on Sunday.

Steffen clocked in an Olympic record of 24.06 seconds to beat the previous mark of 24.13 set up by Inge de Bruijn of the Netherlands on September 22, 2000.

American Dara Torres got the silver in 24.07 and Australian Cate Campbell finished third in 24.17.

(L-R) Dara Torres, Britta Steffen and Cate Campbell (Photo credit: Al Bello/Getty Images)

Britta Steffen smiles. (Photo credit: Ding Xu/Xinhua)

Britta Steffen waves. (Photo credit: Chen Kai/Xinhua)

Germany wins Olympic team dressage gold medal

German rider Isabell Werth rides horse Satchmo. (Photo credit: Xinhua)

Germany won the Olympic team dressage gold medal, their seventh successive Olympic title, holding off a strong challenge from the Netherlands at the HK Olympic Equestrian Venue (Shatin) Thursday night.

German rider Isabell Werth rides horse Satchmo. (Photo credit: Xinhua)

German rider Nadine Capellmann rides horse Elvis Va. (Photo credit: Xinhua)