South Africa's Schoenmaker wins gold with world record in women's 200m breaststroke
ROC's Evgeny Rylov completes backstroke sweep at the Tokyo Olympics
South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker set the first individual swimming world record at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday.
She won the women's 200-metre breaststroke with a time of two minutes, 18.95 seconds, breaking the mark of 2:19.11 set by Denmark's Rikke Moller Pedersen at the 2013 world championships in Barcelona.
The United States claimed the other two medals. Lilly King set a blistering pace early in the race and held on for a silver in 2:19.92. Annie Lazor grabbed bronze in 2:20.84.
It was the third world record at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, with the first two coming in women's relays.
Caeleb Dressel set another Olympic record in the semifinals of the 100 butterfly.
Rylov wins 200m backstroke
Russian Olympic Committee's Evgeny Rylov has completed a backstroke sweep at the Tokyo Olympics.
Rylov added the 200-metre backstroke title to his victory in the 100 back, winning with an Olympic-record time of one minute, 53.29 seconds.
The silver went to American Ryan Murphy in 1:54.15, while Britain's Luke Greenbank grabbed the bronze in 1:54.72.
Murphy was a double-gold medallist at the 2016 Rio Games, extending America's dominance of the backstroke events that went back to 1992.
Rylov ended the U.S. winning streak with his two golds in Tokyo. Murphy settled for a bronze and silver this time.
China's Shun wins men's 200m individual medley
China's Wang Shun has captured gold in the men's 200-metre individual medley at the Tokyo Olympics.
Wang edged Britain's Duncan Scott with a time of one minute, 55.00 seconds. Scott took the silver in 1:55.28, while the bronze went to Switzerland's Jeremy Desplanches in 1:56.17.
It was another disappointment for hometown star Daiya Seto, who didn't even qualify for the final of his first two events. He finally got through in the 200 IM but missed out on a medal with a fourth-place finish — a mere five-hundredths of a second behind the Swiss bronze medallist.
American Michael Andrew led after the third leg, powering to the top spot on the breaststroke. He faded badly on the freestyle to wind up in fifth, more than two seconds behind the winner.
