London ( CNN ) -- Young stars shone at the Olympic pool Monday as Yannick Agnel of France won his second gold medal of the London Games , American teen sensation Missy Franklin won her first and a 15-year-old Lithuanian stunned the women 's 100-meter breaststroke field . The 20-year-old Agnel , just a day after swimming an amazing anchor leg in leading France to victory in the men 's 4x100 meter free style relay , routed the field in the 200-meter freestyle . He beat both silver medalists , Park Taehwan of South Korea and Yang Sun of China , by 1.79 seconds . Ryan Lochte of the United States finished fourth . Franklin , just 17 , swam an American record 58.33 in the 100-meter backstroke , ahead of Australia 's Emily Seebohm and Japan 's Aya Terakawa . Seebohm led at the halfway point but with the two side-by-side , the young American overpowered her down the stretch . Only 20 minutes earlier Franklin had swum in the 200-meter freestyle semifinals , qualifying for Tuesday 's final . Lithuanian Ruta Meilutyte won her country 's first swimming medal ever as an independent nation , winning gold in the final medal event of the night , the women 's 100-meter breaststroke . `` It 's too much for me , '' the clearly overwhelmed 15-year-old said . `` I ca n't believe it . '' Matt Grevers of the United States won the men 's 100-meter backstroke . The hearts of the host nation were broken when teen diving star Tom Daley failed to bring home a medal in the 10-meter synchronized platform event . The 18-year-old and his appropriately-named partner Pete Waterfield finished fourth , with favorites Yuan Cao and Yanquan Zhang of China taking gold . The disappointment was tempered somewhat by the men 's gymnastics team , which took bronze , its first medal in the sport in 100 years . When the results were first announced Great Britain was to get silver , but the fourth-place Japanese team protested a score for one of its gymnasts . The judges upped Kohei Uchimura 's mark on the pommel horse , giving Japan 271.952 to Great Britain 's 271.711 and Ukraine 's 271.526 . As many expected , China won the team title , as it did in two of the past three Olympics . The United States drew level with China for the total number of medals so far , with 17 apiece , but nine of China 's are gold , compared with five for Team USA . In equestrian , Queen Elizabeth 's granddaughter Zara Phillips had a good day in Greenwich , where she and Great Britain are in medal contention . As 50,000 people , including Prince William and Prince Harry , watched , Phillips cleared all 28 jumps during the cross-country portion of the team eventing contest . Germany leads the competition , which concludes Tuesday , with Great Britain second and Sweden third . Meanwhile , a controversy was averted as the International Olympic Committee and the International Judo Federation approved allowing Saudi judo competitor Wojdan Shaherkani to wear her headscarf , Saudi National Olympic Committee spokesman Razan Baker told CNN 's Nic Robertson . This year is the first time every nation has sent women athletes to the Olympics . Saudi Arabia was the last nation to agree to send women . Her first match is on Friday . Money , medals and more : The Olympics by the numbers . CNN 's Allysen Miller contributed to this report .
March : A controversy at women 's gymnastics concerns the medal winners . NEW : The queen 's granddaughter stays on track for an equestrian medal . A 15-year - old is among the young athletes to climb the medal stand . A Saudi Arabian judo ##ka is allowed to compete wearing a headscarf .