BBC Sport | Olympics | Swimming | World EditionVisit BBC Sport for all the action as it happens - up-to-the-minute news, results, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC Sport covers the major events and all the professional football clubs in the UK, plus cricket, rugby, golf, tennis, motorsport and all the main world sports.Dutch upset Italy in water polo- August 17, 2008 The Netherlands upset defending champions Italy 13-11 in penalty shots in the quarter-finals of the Olympic women's water polo.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/olympics/swimming/7566618.stm Mellouli claims 1500m swim gold- August 17, 2008 Tunisia's Oussama Mellouli wins 1500m gold ahead of Australian swimming legend Grant Hackett.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/olympics/swimming/7566090.stm Phelps wins historic eighth gold- August 17, 2008 American swimmer Michael Phelps wins his eighth gold medal of the Beijing Olympics to beat Mark Spitz's record of seven.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/olympics/swimming/7566088.stm Steffen holds off veteran Torres- August 17, 2008 Germany's Britta Steffen pips 41-year-old Dara Torres by a hundredth of a second to win the women's 50m freestyle in an Olympic record time.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/olympics/swimming/7566097.stm Adlington storms to second gold- August 16, 2008 Britain's Rebecca Adlington wins her second gold medal in Beijing with victory in the 800m freestyle in a new world record time.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/olympics/swimming/7564653.stm |