Simone Manuel anchored the U.S. women's 4x100 metres medley relay team to the 1,000th gold medal in her country's summer Olympic history on Saturday Aug 13,2016, and the second of her career.
Australia won the silver, with Cate Campbell touching out just 0.01 ahead of bronze medallists Denmark.
The United States were the defending champions and Manuel's swim came
about 40 minutes after she won silver in the 50 freestyle, an event she
called a ‘work in progress’.
Had she won that, and she missed out by just 0.02, the landmark gold
would have been hers alone but she was happy that was not the case.
The relay win was the 23rd U.S. gold of the Rio Games and, according to
the U.S. Olympic committee the 1,000th won by the country in summer
competition since triple jumper James Connolly took the first in 1896
Gold medalists US' Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Dana Vollmer, Simone
Manuel celebrate on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Women's
4 x 100m medley relay final of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the
Olympic Aquatics Stadium on Saturday Aug 13,2016
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