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)

Women 10 m Air Pistol gold for china's guo wenjun

The Women’s 10m Air Pistol was held at Beijing Shooting Range Hall on 10th August 2008. Guo Wenjun of China shot gold and set a new Olympic record with 492.3 points. Natalia Paderina of Russia was second with 489.1 points and Nino Salukvadze of Georgia took bronze with 487.4 points.