The U.S. won five medals Sunday to finish the World Swimming Championships atop the gold and overall medal standings Sunday, albeit with its fewest medals in Olympic events at an Olympics or Worlds in 50 years.
The medal Sunday came from the men’s medley relay (gold); silvers from Connor Jaeger (1500m freestyle), Maya DiRado (400m individual medley) and Matt Grevers (50m backstroke); and bronze from Chase Kalisz (400m individual medley). The U.S. women’s medley relay with Missy Franklin finished fourth.
The U.S. surpassed its fewest overall medals won at an Olympics or World Championships in the last 50 years, the 21 it won at the 1994 World Championships (not counting the boycotted Moscow 1980 Olympics).