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Germany's Britta Steffen jumps into the water to start her gold-medal swim in the Women's 100 meter Freestyle Final at the National Aquatics Center at the Summer Olympics in Beijing on August 15, 2008. Steffen set an Olympic record of 53.12 seconds. (UPI Photo/Pat Benic)

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Published: Aug. 16, 2008 at 10:20 PM

BEIJING, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Britta Steffen of Germany won the Olympic gold medal Sunday in the women's 50-meter freestyle in Beijing.

American Dara Torres, one of the world's fastest female swimmers at age 41, was the silver medal winner. She finished .01 of a second behind Steffen.

The bronze went to Cate Campbell of Australia.

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