Golden Again: Michael Phelps Wins 200m IM For Medal No. 20

U.S. swimmer Rebecca Soni is having a great Olympics and has probably solidified herself as the most underappreacated American participating in these 2012 summer games.

After setting a new world record in the women’s 200m breaststroke Wednesday during the qualifying heat, Soni followed up that performance by breaking her own record Thursday in the finals, winning gold in the event in 2:19.59 over Japan’s Satori Suzuki.

In the last gold medal swimming final on Thursday, the United States failed to capture a medal. The women’s 100m freestyle was the only one of the day’s gold medal events that the U.S. did not wind up on the podium. Missy Franklin posted the best time by an American in the final, but her time of 53.64 seconds was only good enough for fifth place.

Netherlands swimmer Ranomi Kromowidjojo took the gold medal by finishing in an Olympic record 53.00 seconds. Aliaksandra Herasimenia took the silver by finishing in 53.38, while Yi Tang of China claimed the bronze with a time of 53.44.

Thursday will bring another full day of competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, with four more gold medal finals in swimming set to take place. The United States hopes to add to their medal count, as does Michael Phelps. The world’s most famous swimmer will have to deal with fellow United States swimmer and chief rival Ryan Lochte. The two men will go head-to-head in the men’s 200m individual medley.

The action will be tape-delayed on NBC until prime time on Thursday night, but you can stream all of the gold medal finals live on NBC LIve Extra throughout the day.