Gold medalist Ye Shiwen celebrates after the podium ceremony of the women's 200-meter individual medley final at the London 2012 Olympic Games on July 31 in London.

After wiping out the previous record in the 400-meter medley, the 16-year-old girl from Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, won her second gold medal of the Olympics with an Olympic record of 2:07.57 in the 200-meter individual medley.

On July 28, Ye stunned the world when she won the gold medal in the 400-meter individual medley and set a world record time of 4:28.43, knocking a second off the previous record, which had been held by Australian Stephanie Rice.