Australia’s Emma McKeon became the first female swimmer to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games on Sunday after completing the sprint double with victory in the 50m freestyle and then winning another gold in the women’s 4x100 medley relay.

American Caeleb Dressel confirmed his dominance in men’s sprint swimming, powering to victory in the 50m freestyle to go with his 100m gold and clinching a fifth medal of the Games as Team USA triumphed in the men’s medley relay.

The US ended what has been an enthralling swimming competition in Tokyo with 11 gold medals, five less than in Rio and London.

Australia won nine, their most swimming golds at a Games, and Britain left with four golds as part of a record haul of eight total medals.

McKeon, who has pocketed four golds in Tokyo, swam the butterfly leg as part of Australia’s ‘Awesome Foursome’ in the medley relay, with Cate Campbell’s superb final leg pushing the US into silver.

That saw McKeon join Michael Phelps, Mark Spitz and Matt Biondi as the only swimmers with seven medals at a Games. Russian gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaya, in 1952, is the only woman to have won seven in any other sport. McKeon also won four medals at the Rio Games.

“It still feels pretty surreal. I never thought I would win two golds in one session ... I’m very proud of myself,” said McKeon, who hails from a swimming family — her brother David and father Ron are both Olympians, while her mother and uncle competed at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.

2nd gold for Shi

China’s Shi Tingmao claimed her second gold medal in Tokyo with victory in the women’s 3 metre springboard diving, becoming the second woman to retain both individual and synchronised 3m titles at the Games.

Shi’s victory enabled her to match compatriot Guo Jingjing’s back-to-back double 3 metre springboard golds at the Athens and Beijing Olympics. It was China’s ninth consecutive gold in the individual event.