Tokyo Olympics: Canada’s swimmer Margaret MacNeil wins 100m butterfly gold with out her contact lenses

Canadian swimmer Margaret MacNeil emerged as a shock winner within the girls’s 100m butterfly on Monday.

Interestingly, the 21-year-old received the gold with out her contact lenses and was shocked when her identify was introduced. She received the gold with a time of 55.59, forward of favourites Zhang Yufei of China (55.64) and Australia’s Emma McKeon (55.72).”I could hardly see anyone on the far side of the pool, which I think helped me a lot, because I was able to just focus on my own race,” stated MacNeil, who had put her glasses on for the information convention.”I just put my head down and tried to get to the wall as fast as possible.”Rio champion and world file holder Sarah Sjostrom, was properly off the tempo, ending seventh in 56.91.MacNeil, who suffers from extreme bronchial asthma and has needed to give attention to shorter distance occasions, received a silver as a part of the Canadian 4x100m freestyle relay on Sunday.The Canadian had introduced herself on the worldwide swimming stage by beating Swede Sjostrom for the primary time on the 2019 World Championships. The gold will take a while to get used to.”I still don’t think I’ve realised the whole world champion thing, so this will take a while to get used to it.”Both Zhang and McKeon had sooner occasions than MacNeil going into the ultimate, with the Canadian racing from the seventh lane.Zhang, who took silver, stated she felt fairly near MacNeil, who was born in China.”I feel that she is a family member,” stated Zhang.Bronze medallist McKeon was massively impressed with MacNeil’s time, which was pushing Sjostrom’s world file of 55.48.”It’s close to the record. Anyone who swims under 56 is pretty impressive,” stated McKeon.