Emma McKeon created Olympic historical past on Sunday after Australia upset two-time defending champions, the United States, to safe the ladies’s 4x100m relay gold medal right here at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
In an in depth race, the Australian group of Kaylee McKeown, Chelsea Hodges, Emma McKeon, Cate Campbell gained the race with a brand new Olympic report time of three:51.60, pushing the USA into second. The USA quartet completed at a time of three:51.73 whereas Canada claimed the bronze in 3:52.60.
This was McKeon’s seventh medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, a feat that no different female swimmer has ever achieved at a single Games.
Australia’s most profitable Olympian: Emma McKeon.
Her CV
Rio 2016:
4x100m Freestyle
4x200m Freestyle
4x100m Medley
200m FreestyleTokyo 2020:
4x100m Medley
4x100m Freestyle
100m Freestyle
50m Freestyle
4x200m Freestyle
4x100m Butterfly
100m Butterfly pic.twitter.com/uOoYfQTmkN— #Tokyo2020 (@Tokyo2020) August 1, 2021
27-year-old McKeon has now gained 4 gold in Tokyo together with three bronze, overtaking East German Kristin Otto’s six medal-haul in 1952 which was later matched by American Natalie Coughlin in 2008.
7 – Emma McKeon is the second girl in historical past to win 7 medals at a single Olympic Games
2020 – Emma McKeon – Swimming – 4 0 3
1952 – Maria Gorokhovskaya – Artistic Gymnastics – 2 5 0#Olympics— Gracenote Olympic (@GracenoteGold) August 1, 2021
Earlier on Saturday, United States’ swimming nice Katie Ledecky gained her report sixth particular person gold and tenth Olympic medal of her profession after topping the rostrum within the ladies’s 800m freestyle. Katie Ledecky nonetheless stays undefeated in each 800-meter freestyle race she’s competed in for 11 years. Ledecky touched the wall in 8:12.57. Ariarne Titmus of Australia gained the silver and Simona Quadarella of Italy took the bronze.
