(0729 CR M06) BUTTERFLY WINNER AIMS HIGH

From Xinhua News Agency: (0729 CR M06) BUTTERFLY WINNER AIMS HIGH DATELINE: July 29, 2011 LENGTH: 00:01:20 PKG INTRO Chinese teenager swimmer Jiao Liuyang has proved herself with a 200m butterfly gold medal on Thursday at the 14th annual FINA World Championships. Olympic champion Liu Zige took the third. PKG Jiao, runner-up of the event at the Beijing Olympics, led throughout the final and overtook British Ellen Gandy. It was Jiao's first gold at the World Championships. China's star swimmer and the Olympic Champion Liu Zige settled for the bronze. She seemed not in her best form at the Shanghai worlds as the butterfly specialist got zero in the 100m fly on Sunday. SOUNDBITE (CHINESE) LIU ZIGE, CHINESE SWIMMER: "I'm satisfactory with a bronze, I mean compared with my performance in the 100m competition. I feel better after a day of relax and adjustment." Although winning the gold, Jiao was not satisfied with her result. SOUNDBITE (CHINESE) JIAO LIUYANG, CHINESE SWIMMER: "It's not a fierce competiti Powered by www.newslook.com

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