Success-starved Britain rushed to claim a slice of Lithuanian teenager Ruta Meilutyte's gold medal glory on Tuesday after the swimmer's remarkable win in the 100m breaststroke.

Meilutyte, who became the youngest winner of the Olympic event at 15 years and 133 days, goes to school in England and trains at the same Plymouth facility as British poster-boy diver Tom Daley.

While Meilutyte is Lithuania's first Olympic swimming champion, you could be forgiven for thinking the blonde schoolgirl is British given the reaction to Monday's 100m breastroke win over American world champion Rebecca Soni.