Watch Lakeville's Regan Smith win a gold medal at the world swim championships

July 27, 2019 at 3:29PM

"This is almost Secretariat-like. It's that incredible!"

Regan Smith's domination in the 200-meter backstroke finals Saturday was compared during the race to the legendary Triple Crown winner during Smith's gold-medal winning race at the world swimming championships.

Watch video of the race here:

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