PARIS, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom claimed her third Olympic gold medal by powering to victory in the women's 50m freestyle final at the Paris Games on Sunday.
Sjostrom, who set a new Olympic record of 23.66 seconds in her semifinal on Saturday, touched the wall in 23.71 at La Defense Arena.
Australia's Meg Harris took silver in 23.97 and China's Zhang Yufei grabbed bronze in 24.20.
Sjostrom who has competed in every Olympics since Beijing 2008, said her victory capped the most successful Games of her career.
"It doesn't get any better than this, this is the peak of my career for sure," an elated Sjostrom said after the race.
The 30-year-old also won the 100m freestyle title in Paris to go with her 100m butterfly crown at the Rio 2016 Games.
She had no doubt that this was the best Games of her career and left open the possibility of competing at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
"I'm so proud of what I've done my whole career," Sjostrom said. "I'm going to continue swimming for many years, but I mean, how can I top this ever?"
