Australian Emma McKeon, on Sunday, became the first female swimmer to clinch seven Olympic medals at a single Summer Games. Emma extended her medal haul to six with a gold in the 50m freestyle event and then got her seventh medal by winning the 4x100m medley relay with teammates Kaylee McKeon, Chelsea Hodges and Cate Campbell.

This got Emma Mckeon’s medal tally to seven– four golds and three bronze.

With a fiery timing of 23.81 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, Emma remained below the magic 24-second mark and broke her own Olympic record of 24:00 she had set the previous day.

In the 50m race, it was a close call in the early part of the but by mid-race Emma took a slender lead and was swimming at world record time to touch the wall, winning her third gold medal.

Meanwhile, Sweden’s Sarah Sjoestroem – who returned from injury to compete at the Olympic Games – picked up silver after clocking in 24.07 in the 50m freestyle. And Denmark’s Pernille Blume settled for bronze.

Emma McKeon’s record medal haul ties her for the record by any female Olympian, set in 1952 at the Helsinki Games by gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaya of the Soviet Union.

She now joined Michael Phelps, Mark Spitz and Matt Biondi as the only swimmers with seven or more at a single Games. Phelps has an earth-shattering eight golds at the 2008 Beijing Games.

Here is the tally of Emma McKeon’s exploits:

-4×100 freestyle relay (gold, world record)

-100 freestyle (gold, Olympic record)

-50 freestyle (gold)

-4×100 medley relay (gold, Olympic record)

-100m butterfly (bronze)

-4×200 freestyle relay (bronze)

-4×100 mixed medley relay (bronze)

Emma’s four golds at the 2020 Tokyo Games is also a new Australian record for a single Games. It leapfrogged records set by Ian Thorpe, who had won three.

This exploit brings her total to 11 Olympic medals in total. Thorpe and Leisel Jones are tied on nine.

Talking about Emma McKeon’s achievement, Jones said: “That just shows how good she. Is she is so consistent and so underassuming. We were talking about Emma McKeon at the start of this meet saying she flies under the radar and she is one of the hardest workers in the room. It’s so good to see her getting the medals that she so rightly deserves.”

This record medal haul also levels here with Matt Biondi, Mark Spitz and Michael Phelps to stands on a podium seven times at a single Games.

Also being called Tokyo’s queen of the pool, Emma McKeon ends her campaign at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as the greatest Aussie Olympian of all time.