Torri Huske, the 18-year-old American, just missed keeping the U.S. swimming youth movement on a roll, missing out on a bronze medal by one hundredth of a second.
Huske was in the lead group of swimmers at the turn but fell off the pace in the final quarter of the race as MacNeil pressed from lane 7 and touched first for the surprise win. It was MacNeil’s first individual Olympic medal and her second of the Tokyo Games. She helped Canada win the silver medal in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay on Sunday.