{"id":217828,"date":"2016-08-11T19:50:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T02:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=217828"},"modified":"2016-11-13T19:53:16","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T02:53:16","slug":"simone-manuel-penny-oleksiak-tie-for-gold-in-historic-100-free-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/simone-manuel-penny-oleksiak-tie-for-gold-in-historic-100-free-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Simone Manuel, Penny Oleksiak Tie For Gold In Historic 100 Free Final"},"content":{"rendered":"
Women’s 100 Free FINAL:<\/h3>\n
In what can only be described as an absolute upset from the predicted results, the women’s 100 free final proved to be a record-breaking event in many ways.<\/p>\n
Cate Campbell\u00a0<\/strong>of Australia, the current World Record holder in this event, jumped to an immediate lead in the water, pulling ahead of her own World Record split at the turn, giving all who were watching the impression that the race was hers. But just when she had pulled ahead the rest of the field gained on her with Canada’s young sprint star\u00a0Penny Oleksiak<\/strong> and the USA’s\u00a0Simone Manuel<\/strong> joining Cate and\u00a0Bronte Campbell<\/strong> at the top of the heat.<\/p>\n
The announcers themselves were briefly confused as an “OR,” signifying a new Olympic Record, appeared next to Manuel’s name, while a “1” appeared next to Oleksiak’s. Only then did everyone realize that the two sprint stars, rookies to the Olympic stage, had tied for the Gold medal in Olympic Record fashion with a 52.70.<\/p>\n
The duo’s time of 52.70 took down Oleksiak’s Canadian and World Junior records of 52.72, while also downing\u00a0Amanda Weir’s<\/strong> 2009 American record 53.02. Manuel’s first place finish also marks her as the first African-American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming.<\/p>\n
Sweden’s\u00a0Sarah Sjostrom<\/strong> snuck her hand to the wall to claim bronze with a 52.99, just ahead of Bronte’s final time of 53.04.<\/p>\n
Reigning Olympic champion\u00a0Ranomi Kromowidjojo<\/strong> of the Netherlands finished fifth overall with a 53.08, while Cate slipped to a shocking sixth with a 53.24.<\/p>\n
The USA’s\u00a0Abbey Weitzeil\u00a0<\/strong>took seventh with a time of 53.30, while\u00a0Jeanette Ottesen\u00a0<\/strong>of Denmark finished eighth with a 53.36.<\/p>\n
Rank Lane Time Time \nBehind R.T. 50m \n1 3 MANUEL Simone USA 0.68 (3) 25.24 52.70 OR,AM \n27.46 \n1 5 OLEKSIAK Penny CAN 0.69 (7) 25.70 52.70 OR,AM,WJ \n27.00 \n3 6 SJOSTROM Sarah SWE 0.68 (5) 25.45 52.99 0.29 \n27.54 \n4 2 CAMPBELL Bronte AUS 0.69 (2) 25.04 53.04 0.34 \n28.00 \n5 1 KROMOWIDJOJO Ranomi NED 0.70 (6) 25.55 53.08 0.38 \n27.53 \n6 4 CAMPBELL Cate AUS 0.80 (1) 24.77 53.24 0.54 \n28.47 \n7 8 WEITZEIL Abbey USA 0.70 (4) 25.39 53.30 0.60 \n27.91 \n8 7 OTTESEN Jeanette DEN 0.68 (8) 25.79 53.36 0.66 \n27.57<\/p>\n