Britain had won five medals entering the final evening of competition at the Olympics Aquatics Centre – 100m breaststroke gold for Adam Peaty, plus two silvers for Jazz Carlin, silver in the 4x200m freestyle relay and 200m individual medley silver for Siobhan O’Connor.
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Rio de Janeiro: Denmark’s Pernille Blume beat the favourites to win the 50 metres freestyle in 24.07 seconds on Saturday and give her country a first Olympic swimming gold medal since 1948. Manuel, 20, touched in 24.09.
Manuel finished in 24.09 on Saturday, behind Denmark’s Pernille Blume (24.07).
Later on the last night of swimming at the Olympics, Manuel won a second gold as she swam the anchor leg as past of the US women’s winning 4×100-meter medley relay team – and reached a milestone for the United States.
Manuel’s night wasn’t over just yet, as she’s won gold in the 4×100 medley relay with Dana Vollmer, Lilly King and Kathleen Baker.
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Belarus’ Aliaksandra Herasimenia took the bronze, behind Blume’s time by 0.11 seconds.
