EMMA MCKEON won two more gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics yesterday, making the Australian the first woman to earn seven medals in swimming at a single Games.

She set an Olympic record to win the 50m freestyle in 23.81 seconds, completing the sprint double after her victory in the 100m.

Thirty minutes later, McKeon dived back in the pool to win again, this time as part of Australia’s 4×100 medley relay. They trailed the Americans after her butterfly leg, but anchor Cate Campbell sprinted past Abbey Weitzeil to clinch the victory with an Olympic-record time.

“I feel like it has been a bit of a roller coaster getting a gold medal and trying to keep the emotions at bay,” McKeon said. “It will take a while to sink in because I’ve been focusing on myself to keep my cool.”

McKeon leaves Tokyo with four golds and three bronze, tying the record for most medals won by a woman at a single Games set by Soviet gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaya in 1952 in Helsinki.

“I’ve never really looked at the stats of medal counts,” she said. “It is an honor because I know I’ve worked so hard for it.”

The 27-year-old from Brisbane comes from a swimming family. She and her brother, David, were the first brother-sister duo since 1960 to swim for Australia at the Olympics five years ago in Rio.

The unassuming McKeon was just as impressive, blasting through the 50m and then spearheading Australia to the women’s medley relay honors on the final day of action.

It boosted her medal tally to seven, surpassing the six won by East German Kristin Otto (1952) and American Natalie Coughlin (2008).

McKeon also matched the record for the most decorated female athlete at a single Games ever, tied with Russian gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaya (1952).

“It’s very surreal now it’s over. It all went by very quickly and I’m very happy with how the meet went,” she said.

“I look at the athletes that have gone before me and have been so impressed. But to be in that kind of company, it’s an honor and I know I’ve worked hard for it,” she said.(SD-Agencies)