Sun Yang Maintains Lead in Men’s 200 Freestyle Semifinals

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China’s Sun Yang maintained his spot atop the leaderboard in the men’s 200 free, dropping his time to a 1:44.63 in heat two. Yang is now the only athlete to drop below the 1:45 mark in the 2016 Olympic Games. While his time still sits more than two seconds away from the world record of 1:42.00, he is edging closer to the Olympic Record of 1:42.96.

Newly-minted Olympic gold medalist Kosuke Hagino of Japan picked up the second place seed, stopping the clock at a 1:45.45 from the second heat.

USA’s Conor Dwyer earned a close third place seed for tomorrow’s final, clocking a time of 2:45.55.

World Record holder Paul Biedermann of Germany and Russia’s Aleksandr Krasnykh return tied as the fourth place seed after posting times of 1:45.69 from separate heats.

Townley Haas of the USA picked up the sixth place seed with a time of 1:45.92, followed closely by South Africa’s Chad le Clos (1:45.94).

James Guy of Great Britain completes tomorrow’s final heat with a 1:46.23.

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