Japan’s Kitajima wins gold in 200M breaststroke

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BEIJING -- Japan’s Kosuke Kitajima made it clear Thursday that he owns the breaststroke, winning the gold medal in the 200-meter event in two minutes, 07.64 seconds, just 0.13 outside his world record.

Kitajima won the 100-meter breaststroke Monday, and won both events at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Australia’s Brenton Rickard finished second in 2:08.88 while Frenchman Hugues Duboscq was third in 2:08.94.

-- Debbie Goffa