World Aquatics Championships: American Simone Manuel decimates competitive field to retain 100 metres freestyle title
Former champion Campbell came into the final as the form swimmer but allowed Manuel to open too much of a lead on the first 50m and left herself with too much to do
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American Simone Manuel destroyed a quality field to retain her 100 metres freestyle world title on Friday
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The Olympic champion clocked 52.04 seconds in Gwangju with Australian Cate Campbell pipping Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom to the silver medal
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Former champion Campbell came into the final as the form swimmer but allowed Manuel to open too much of a lead on the first 50m and left herself with too much to do
Gwangju: American Simone Manuel destroyed a quality field to retain her 100 metres freestyle world title on Friday.
File image of Simone Manuel. Reuters
The Olympic champion clocked 52.04 seconds in Gwangju with Australian Cate Campbell pipping Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom to the silver medal.
Manuel burst from the blocks in lane one to turn just inside world record pace and comfortably hung to become the second female swimmer to win multiple world titles in the women's 100m free after Kornelia Ender of East Germany in 1973 and 1975.
"I felt a little bit of pressure coming into the race," said Manuel, who tied Canada's Penny Oleksiak for gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics. "It feels amazing to win."
Former champion Campbell came into the final as the form swimmer but allowed Manuel to open too much of a lead on the first 50m and left herself with too much to do.
Sjostrom remains the only world record holder in the women's 100m free not to have captured a world title in the event.
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