Jiao Liuyang of China celebrates after winning women's 100m butterfly final of swimming at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 13, 2010. Jiao Liuyang claimed the title with 57.76 seconds. [Xinhua/Fei Maohua]

China's teenager swimmer Jiao Liuyang won the women's 100-meter butterfly gold at the Guangzhou Asian Games on Saturday.

Jiao, 19, silver medallist of the 200m butterfly at Beijing Olympic Games, touched the ball in 57.76 seconds, beating Singapore's Tao Li by 0.48 seconds.

Kato Yuka of Japan, who took the lead in the first 50m, finished third in 58.46.

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