NANTERRE, France — Canadian teenager Summer time McIntosh claimed her second victory of the Paris Olympics with one other dominating efficiency, whereas Kate Douglass introduced house gold for an American workforce that has endured a complete bunch of runner-up finishes.
McIntosh romped to victory within the 200-meter butterfly Thursday evening, dealing American Regan Smith a well-recognized silver-medal end.
However Douglass put the U.S. on the highest of the rostrum within the 200 breaststroke, a race that basically served as a altering of the guard.
Longtime American star Lilly King, competing in her remaining Olympics, completed final within the remaining. She made her approach over a number of lane ropes to offer a hug to Douglass, one of many world’s most versatile swimmers and now a gold medalist.
It was the fourth swimming gold for the world’s most dominant swimming nation, to associate with 10 silver medals and 6 bronzes.
No approach she was holding off McIntosh, although.
The 17-year-old powered to the lead on the third 50 and left little question on the closing lap. She touched in an Olympic file of two:03.03.
Smith handed Zhang as nicely, however had no likelihood of chasing down McIntosh, who has established herself as one of many largest stars at La Protection Enviornment.
McIntosh opened the video games with a silver medal within the 400 freestyle, ending forward of Katie Ledecky, and blew away the sphere within the 400 particular person medley.
This was one other rout. Smith touched in 2:03.84 for the fourth silver medal of her profession, which has but to provide a gold. Zhang held on for the bronze in 2:05.09.
Douglass, who gained a bronze within the 200 particular person medley at Tokyo, now has an entire assortment.
She began the Paris Video games by serving to the People win silver in 4×100 freestyle relay.
She grabbed the very best shade of all Thursday.
Douglass claimed the lead on the second of 4 laps and held off South Africa’s Tatjana Smith to win in 2:19.24.
Smith, who took gold within the 100 breaststroke, settled for a silver this time in 2:19.60. The bronze went to Tes Schouten (2:21.05) of the Netherlands.
King, the winner of 5 medals together with two golds on the previous two Olympics, failed to say a person prize in her Olympic farewell. She tied for fourth within the 100 breaststroke and completed greater than 6½ seconds behind Douglass within the 200.
Douglass has an opportunity to select up one other medal within the 200 IM.
Hungary’s Hubert Kós claimed gold within the 200 backstroke, one other triumph for a swimmer coached by Bob Bowman.
Kós rallied on the ultimate lap to cross Greece’s Apostolos Christou. The winner completed in 1:54.26, whereas Christou held on for the silver in 1:54.82. The bronze went to Roman Mityukov of Switzerland in 1:54.85.
Bowman coached Kós at Arizona State College, the place he competed alongside the largest swimming star of those video games, France’s Léon Marchand.
Bowman now heads this system on the College of Texas, and Kós has transferred to affix him.
“It has been an unimaginable journey with him, and I am simply to joyful be a part of a workforce like that,” Kós mentioned. “The magic contact is the work. He does not allow us to be second greatest. He does not allow us to stoop right down to a degree he does not need from us. That brings out the very best in us.”
Marchand, in the meantime, set himself up for an additional gold-medal run, posting the quickest time (1:56.31) within the semifinals of the lads’s 200 particular person medley.
Already the winner of three gold medals, the French star is an enormous favourite to make it 4 in a row within the remaining Friday of his final particular person occasion.
American Carson Foster posted the second-fastest time (1:56.37).
After a detailed name within the morning preliminaries, American Caeleb Dressel will get an opportunity to defend his Olympic title within the 50 freestyle Friday evening.
Dressel posted the fifth-fastest time within the night semifinals (21.58) Thursday on the heels of tying for thirteenth within the heats. Benjamin Happy with Britain and Cameron McEvoy of Australia shared the highest spot in swimming’s most chaotic race — an all-out sprint from one finish of the pool to the opposite — at 21.38.
