Simone Manuel completed a sweep of the 50 and 100-meter freestyles at the world swimming championships on Sunday night, the first American woman to achieve the feat.
United States’ Simone Manuel waves after winning the women’s 50m freestyle final at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Sunday, July 28, 2019.
She held off Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden, who took silver in 24.07, and Australian Cate Campbell, who earned bronze in 24.11.Manuel’s other medals came in relays: gold in the mixed 4×100 free and silvers in the 4×100 free and 4×200 free. They were denied a third meeting when King was disqualified in the heats of the 200 breast for not putting both her hands on the wall at the same time in a turn.Benedetta Pilato, a 14-year-old Italian, earned a surprise silver in 30 seconds flat and reacted by crying.
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