Tokyo Olympics: Emma McKeon becomes first female swimmer to win 7 medals at single Games

27-year-old McKeon has now won four gold in Tokyo along with three bronze, overtaking East German Kristin Otto's six medal-haul in 1952 which was later matched by American Natalie Coughlin in 2008.

Emma McKeon created Olympic history on Sunday after Australia upset two-time defending champions, the United States, to secure the women's 4x100m relay gold medal here at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. In a close race, the Australian team of Kaylee McKeown, Chelsea Hodges, Emma McKeon, Cate Campbell won the race with a new Olympic record time of 3:51.60, pushing the USA into second. The USA quartet finished at a time of 3:51.73 while Canada claimed the bronze in 3:52.60. This was McKeon's seventh medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, a feat that no other female swimmer has ever achieved at a single Games.