Manhattan Beach’s Soni sets world record on way to two gold medals

Rebecca Soni, of Manhattan Beach, with her gold medal winning 4 x 100 teammates. Photo by Dan Marinelli Manhattan Beach resident Rebecca Soni (second from right) and 4 x 100 medley relay teammates Alison Schmidt (freestyle), Dana Vollmer (butterfly) and Missy Franklin (backstroke) are interviewed by NBC Sports Andrea Kramer Saturday night following their 3:52.05 gold medal performance. Earlier in the week Soni, 25, a USC graduate, won her second straight Olympic gold medal in the 200 meter breaststroke in a world record time of 2 minutes 19.59 seconds. Soni also won a silver medal in the 100 meter breastroke. Photo by Dan Marinelli

Read this story on easyreadernews.com