The new record time is 2.18.95.

The South African reacted with both joy over the gold and shock over time and tears welled up in her.

Won by far

It was Schoenmaker's first Olympic gold in his career.

Earlier this week, she took silver at half distance.

The South African won by a landslide and was almost a second ahead of American star Lilly King.

Earlier this week, Australia and China each broke a world record in team competition.

MORE WORLD RECORD: All medal teams during the world record time of 4x200 freestyle (yesterday):

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China (left) won the high-class final in the 4x200 meter freestyle.

Australia (right) was also below the previous world record.

Photo: Matthias Schrader / AP / TT