Olympics-Swimming-Out of sight! Canada's MacNeil wows rivals in 100m fly

[ASFN Admin]

Without her contact lenses, Margaret MacNeil could not see who won gold in the women's 100m butterfly on Monday but the Canadian said she had a good feeling about it when she heard her name being called after a tight finish at the Tokyo pool. The 21-year old gasped in shock as she squinted at the timing board, which showed her in top spot with a time of 55.59, ahead of favourites Zhang Yufei of China (55.64) and Australia's Emma McKeon (55.72). Both Zhang and McKeon had faster times than MacNeil going into the final, with the Canadian racing from the seventh lane.

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