American Rebecca Soni has set a world record in the 200-meter semifinals. Soni finished in a time of 2:20 on Wednesday night.

That sets a pretty high bar for the finals, which take place on Thursday night.

In other swimming action, American Nathan Adrian is taking home the gold medal in the men's 100-meter freestyle by the slimmest of margins. Adrian touched home in 47.52 seconds, 0.01 ahead of world champion James "The Missile" Magnussen of Australia.

—Jon Krawczynski — Twitter http://www.twitter.com/APKrawczynski

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