Kathleen Baker\u00a0<\/strong>put together a stunning swim, under world record pace at the halfway mark. The 19 year old touched in 58.84. The American will return to semifinals in the top spot.<\/p>\nWorld Champion\u00a0Emily Seebhom\u00a0<\/strong>of Australia was also under 59 with a 58.99 for the second spot.\u00a0Kylie Masse\u00a0<\/strong>of Canada will have the third seed with a 59.07.\u00a0Denmark’s\u00a0Mie Nielsen\u00a0<\/strong>had a great second 50 meters and finished in 59.13 for fourth.<\/p>\nIron Lady\u00a0Katinka Hosszu\u00a0<\/strong>of Hungary returned to the pool this morning as a newly minted Olympic gold medalist. She posted a 59.13.<\/p>\nOlivia Smoliga\u00a0<\/strong>of the United States was the first swimmer of the morning under a minute. She touched in 59.60 and will return to semifinals in sixth.\u00a0Great Britain’s\u00a0Georgia Davies\u00a0<\/strong>stopped the clock in 59.86.<\/p>\nAustralia’s\u00a0Maidson Wilson\u00a0<\/strong>was also under the minute mark in the first circle seeded heat in 59.92, to take the eighth seed for semifinals.<\/p>\nYuanhui Fu\u00a0<\/strong>of China (1:00.02) finished just before\u00a0Russia’s\u00a0Anastasiia Fesikova\u00a0<\/strong>(1:00.04).<\/p>\nIn her fifth Olympics\u00a0Kirsty Coventry\u00a0<\/strong>of Zimbabwe\u00a0posted a 1:00.13 to secure a semifinal swim.<\/p>\nMatea Samardzic\u00a0<\/strong>of Croatia (1:00.46), China’s\u00a0Xueer Wang\u00a0<\/strong>(1:00.59), Spain’s\u00a0Duane Da Rocha Marce\u00a0<\/strong>(1:00.87), and Iceland’s\u00a0Eyglo Gustafsdottir\u00a0<\/strong>(1:00.89) will also swim again tonight.<\/p>\nMen’s 200 Freestyle<\/h3>\n
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Russia’s\u00a0Yulia Efimova\u00a0<\/strong>won heat five of the women’s 100 breaststroke\u00a0in a 1:05.79. Her finish was greeted by jeers and boos from the crowd. In the very next heat the United States’\u00a0Lilly King\u00a0<\/strong>bettered that time by .01 with a 1:05.78 to claim the top seed.<\/p>\nKatie Meili\u00a0<\/strong>won a tight heat four with a 1:06.00 and will return to semifinals in third. Defending champion\u00a0Ruta Meilutyte\u00a0<\/strong>placed fourth in 1:06.35 while China’s\u00a0Jinglin Shi\u00a0<\/strong>swam a 1:06.55.<\/p>\nDenmark’s\u00a0Rikke Moller Pedersen\u00a0<\/strong>posted a 1:06.58 for the sixth spot.\u00a0Jamaica’s\u00a0Alia Atkinson\u00a0<\/strong>clocked a 1:06.72, just .01 ahead of Australia’s\u00a0Taylor McKeown\u00a0<\/strong>in 1:06.73.<\/p>\nIceland’s\u00a0Hrafnhildur\u00a0<\/strong>Luthersdottir\u00a0<\/strong>(1:06.81) and\u00a0Sweden’s\u00a0Jennie Johansson <\/strong>(1:06.84)\u00a0<\/strong>will head to semifinals in ninth and tenth.<\/p>\nCanada’s\u00a0Rachel Nicol\u00a0<\/strong>(1:06.85),\u00a0Chloe Tutton\u00a0<\/strong>of Great Britain (1:06.88), and Japan’s\u00a0Satomi Suzuki\u00a0<\/strong>(1:06.99) also made semifinals.<\/p>\nSpain’s\u00a0Jessica Vall Montero\u00a0<\/strong>(1:07.07), Turkey’s\u00a0Viktoria Zeynep Gunes\u00a0<\/strong>(1:07.14), and\u00a0Italy’s\u00a0Arianna Castiglioni\u00a0<\/strong>(1:07.32) also secured second swims tonight.<\/p>\nMen’s 100 Backstroke<\/h3>\n
France’s\u00a0Camille Lacourt\u00a0<\/strong>had the fastest men’s 100 backstroke this morning in 52.96. The top four swimmers all touched within a tenth of each other.<\/p>\nChina’s\u00a0Jiayu Xu\u00a0<\/strong>posted the second best time of the morning with a 53.01. Just .03 behind him was Mitch Larkin\u00a0<\/strong>of Australis in 53.04. Another .02 behind the world champion was\u00a0Ryan Murphy\u00a0<\/strong>in 53.06. His American teammate\u00a0David Plummer\u00a0<\/strong>posted a 53.19 for the fifth spot.<\/p>\nRussia’s\u00a0Evgeny Rylov\u00a0<\/strong>touched in 53.25 for sixth. Australia’s\u00a0Joshua Beaver\u00a0<\/strong>clocked a 53.47 and Japan’s\u00a0Ryosuke Irie\u00a0<\/strong>will be eighth after swimming a 53.49.<\/p>\nRomania’s\u00a0Robert Glinta\u00a0<\/strong>registered a ninth\u00a0seeded 53.51.<\/p>\nGreat Britain’s\u00a0Chris Walker-Hebborn\u00a0<\/strong>(53.54), Russia’s\u00a0Grigory Tarasevich\u00a0<\/strong>(53.65), South Africa’s\u00a0Christopher Patrick Reid\u00a0<\/strong>(53.68), Brazil’s Guilherme Guido\u00a0<\/strong>(53.80),\u00a0Ireland’s\u00a0Shane Ryan\u00a0<\/strong>(53.85), Germany’s\u00a0Jan-Philip Glania\u00a0<\/strong>(53.87), and New Zealand’s\u00a0Corey Main\u00a0<\/strong>(53.99) will also compete in tonight’s semifinals.<\/p>\nWomen’s 400 Freestyle<\/h3>\n
Katie Ledecky\u00a0<\/strong>got out to a quick start in the final heat and dominated as usual. She’ll head to finals in the top spot with her 3:58.71, a new Olympic record, and just shy of her own World Record.<\/p>\nLeah Smith\u00a0<\/strong>of the US,\u00a0Brittany Maclean\u00a0<\/strong>of Canada\u00a0and\u00a0Jazz Carlin\u00a0<\/strong>of Great Britain had a tight race through the halfway mark of heat three. Maclean lead the way in the third 100. Carlin charged home to take the heat in 4:02.83. She will head to finals seeded second. Smith’s 4:03.39 will make her the third seed tonight, just .01 ahead of France’s\u00a0Coralie Balmy\u00a0<\/strong>(4:03.40). Smith touched\u00a0just .04 ahead of Maclean (4:03.43) who will be seeded fifth tonight.<\/p>\nAustralian national record holder\u00a0Jessica Ashwood\u00a0<\/strong>posted a 4:03.58 to return to tonight’s finals in sixth.<\/p>\nHungary’s\u00a0Boglarka Kapas\u00a0<\/strong>swam a 4:04.11 to take seventh and Australia’s\u00a0Tamsin Cook\u00a0<\/strong>secured the last spot with a 4:04.36.<\/p>\nMen’s 400 Freestyle Relay<\/h3>\n
The Russian team of\u00a0Andrey Grechin\u00a0<\/strong>(48.58),\u00a0Aleksandr Popkov\u00a0<\/strong>(48.18),\u00a0Danila Izotov\u00a0<\/strong>(47.65), and\u00a0Alexander Sukhorukov\u00a0<\/strong>(47.63) won the first heat of the men’s 400 freestyle relay in 3:12.04 to take the top spot at finals.<\/p>\nSwimming in lane one, the United States’\u00a0Jimmy Feigen\u00a0<\/strong>(48.55),\u00a0Ryan Held\u00a0<\/strong>(47.79),\u00a0Blake Pieroni\u00a0<\/strong>(48.39), and\u00a0Anthony Ervin\u00a0<\/strong>(47.65) topped a competitive final heat to take the second seed into finals with a 3:12.38.<\/p>\nThe Australian squad of\u00a0James Magnussen\u00a0<\/strong>(48.85),\u00a0Kyle Chalmers\u00a0<\/strong>(47.04),\u00a0James Roberts\u00a0<\/strong>(48.33), and\u00a0Matthew Abood\u00a0<\/strong>(48.43) finished in 3:12.65, just behind the Americans.<\/p>\nThose swims for the Americans and the Australians overcame some difficulty from last summer when neither team made the finals at World championships.<\/p>\n
The French finished fourth with a 3:13.27. Canada finished with a 3:14.06. Brazil rode the energy from the home crowd and touched sixth in 3:14.06.<\/p>\n
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