U.S.'s Simone Manuel golden in 50, 100 freestyle in Gwangju / four golds/six medals overall
Simone Manuel completed a sweep of the 50 and 100 freestyles at the world swimming championships in Gwangju, South Korea, on Sunday night, becoming the first American woman to achieve the feat. She won four golds and six medals overall in the eight-day competition.
She came back later to anchor the U.S. to an easy victory in the 4x100 medley relay. Regan Smith, Lilly King, Kelsi Dahlia and Manuel won in 3:50.40, lowering the mark of 3:51.55 set two years ago in Hungary.
Manuel outdid Australia's Cate Campbell on the final leg, with the Americans winning by 3.02 seconds.
Smith set a world record of 57.57 on her opening 100 backstroke leg. She won the 200 back in world-record time, too, but didn't qualify in the individual 100 back.
https://www.espn.com/olympics/swimming/story/_/id/27274408/us-manuel-golden-50-100-frees-worlds?device=featurephone
That 4x100 relay was an awesome race.
