Kitajima has won the 100- and 200-meter breast-stroke races at the past two Olympics, and remains best in the world.

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Soni now has five Olympic career medals three silvers and two golds, both from the 200-meter breast stroke.

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On Sunday, national hero Kosuke Kitajima will look to defend his gold medal in the 100-meter breast stroke.

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Also on Thursday, American Rebecca Soni won the 200-meter breast stroke in 2:19.59, beating her own world record of 2:20.00, set Wednesday in the semifinals.

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It found that hormone therapy, often prescribed to relieve menopausal symptoms and protect against osteoporosis, in healthy postmenopausal women increased the risk of breast cancer, heart disease and stroke.

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Miss O'Sullivan's swimming was a gentle breast-stroke, so a double did the nude scene.

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The cardiac risk score is the flashiest of several new genetic tests in the works, including ones that assess the risk that someone will have a stroke, that breast cancer will recur or that a hepatitis C patient will progress to cirrhosis.

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