RIO DE JANEIRO-Denmark's Pernille Blume beat the favorites to win the 50 meters freestyle in 24.07 seconds on Saturday and give her country a first Olympic swimming gold medal since 1948.Simone Manuel ...

The Danish Swimming Federation of Denmark has selected the squad to compete for World Championship medals in Kazan in August. There will be 12 Danish swimmers participating in the World Swimming ...

* Blume wins Denmark's first swimming gold since 1948 * Manuel just misses out on second sprint gold * Campbell sisters fail to medal again (Adds quotes) By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 13 ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Denmark’s Pernille Blume beat the favorites to win the 50 meters freestyle in 24.07 seconds on Saturday and give her country a first Olympic swimming gold medal since 1948.