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Pellegrini: Celebrates her gold.
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Rice: Another gold
Women's 200m freestyle:
Gold: Federica Pellegrini (Ita) 1:54.82
Silver: Sara Isakovic (Slo) 1:54.97
Bronze: Pang Jiaying (Chn) 1:55.05
Women's 200m medley:
Gold: Stephanie Rice (Aus) 2:08.45
Silver: Kirsty Coventry (Zim) 2:08.59
Bronze: Natalie Coughlin (US) 2:10.34
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Federica Pellegrini of Italy won gold in the women's 200m freestyle after setting a new world record of 1:54.82 in the final.
Pellegrini has had a tough time of it up to now in the pool but managed to gain some sort of redemption by going all-out and claiming a gold.
The 20-year-old also made history when becoming her country's first ever female Olympic swimming champion.
"The final was all about form and I showed that today," said Pellegrini.
"When I won I was saying to myself 'finally, finally,' because I have been waiting to win this 200m freestyle for the last four years. So I have been avenged."
The Italian to lowered her own mark she set earlier in the week by 0.63s as Slovenia's Sara Isakovic claimed the silver ahead of home favourite Jiaying Pang with Britain's Caitlin McClatchey sixth in a time of 1:57.65.
"I went into this not even ranked in the top 10 so to finish sixth is pretty good. I've done a personal best time in my main event," said McClatchey.
"It's been such a great experience and I've really enjoyed being part of this team. I would like to go to 2012 but four years is a long time."
Gold for Rice
Yet another world record went in the women's 200m individual medley, Australian Stephanie Rice lowering her own mark by 0.47s.
Rice took gold in a time of 2:08.45, just finishing ahead of Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry with American Natalie Coughlin third.
It was a medley double for Rice, as she took the 400m event when also setting a world record, while it was a third silver medal for Coventry who continues to play swimming's bridesmaid.
Coventry actually beat Rice's previous world record but still that proved to be not enough to grab her a gold.
American star Katie Hoff failed to win a medal as she was out of the places in both the freestyle and individual medley events.
Duo exchange records
In the men's 100 metres freestyle semi-finals Eamon Sullivan reclaimed his world record having moments earlier seen Alain Bernard of France break his original mark.
Bernard clocked a time of 47.20 seconds in winning the first semi-final but in the next race the Australian touched in 47.05 and the pair will clash in what should be a thrilling final on Thursday.
"Records don't mean much. They don't win medals at the end of the day, unfortunately," Sullivan said.
"But it gives me confidence that I can swim my own race under pressure."
