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- Men’s 200 Free (Semi-Finals)<\/li>\n
- Women’s 100 Breast (Semi-Finals)<\/li>\n
- Men’s 100 Breast (FINAL)<\/li>\n
- Women’s 400 Free (FINAL)<\/li>\n
- Men’s 100 Back (Semi-Finals)<\/li>\n
- Women’s 100 Back (Semi-Finals)<\/li>\n
- Men’s 4×100 Free Relay (FINAL)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Women’s 100 Fly FINAL<\/h3>\n
Sarah Sjostrom<\/strong>\u00a0of Sweden continues to flex her dominance over the sprint butterfly events, lowering her own world record of 55.64 to a 55.48. Sjostrom’s performance also makes her the first Swede to earn a gold medal in swimming at the Olympic Games.<\/p>\nEarning the silver medal was Canada’s\u00a0Penny Oleksiak<\/strong>\u00a0with a time of 56.46. Oleksiak’s time lowers her own junior world record and Canadian record of 56.73, a record that she set in prelims of the 100 fly.<\/p>\n2012 Olympic gold medalist and first woman to swim a sub-56 in this event,\u00a0Dana Vollmer<\/strong>\u00a0(USA), clocked a final 56.63 for third.<\/p>\nChinese teammates\u00a0Chen Xinyi\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Lu Ying<\/strong>\u00a0grabbed fourth and fifth respectively, separate by a slim .04 seconds. Chen turned in a 56.72 over Lu’s 56.76.<\/p>\nJapan’s\u00a0Rikako Ikee\u00a0<\/strong>picked up sixth place with a final time of 56.86 to be the last swimmer under the 57-second mark.<\/p>\nAustralia’s\u00a0Emma McKeon<\/strong>\u00a0(57.05) and\u00a0Denmark’s\u00a0Jeanette Ottesen<\/strong>\u00a0(57.17) posted seventh and eighth respectively.<\/p>\n\u00a0Men’s 200 Free Semi-Finals:<\/h3>\n
China\u2019s <\/span>Sun Yang<\/b> maintained his spot atop the leaderboard in the men\u2019s 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. <\/span><\/p>\nNewly-minted Olympic gold medalist <\/span>Kosuke Hagino<\/b> of Japan picked up the second place seed, stopping the clock at a 1:45.45 from the second heat. <\/span><\/p>\nUSA\u2019s <\/span>Conor Dwyer<\/b> earned a close third place seed for tomorrow\u2019s final, clocking a time of 2:45.55. <\/span><\/p>\nWorld Record holder <\/span>Paul Biedermann<\/b> of Germany and Russia\u2019s <\/span>Aleksandr Krasnykh <\/b>return tied as the fourth place seed after posting times of 1:45.69 from separate heats. <\/span><\/p>\nTownley Haas<\/b> of the USA \u00a0picked up the sixth place seed with a time of 1:45.92, followed closely by South Africa\u2019s <\/span>Chad le Clos<\/b> (1:45.94). <\/span><\/p>\nJames Guy<\/b> of Great Britain completes tomorrow\u2019s final heat with a 1:46.23. <\/span><\/p>\nWomen’s 100 Breast Semi-Finals:<\/h3>\n
Lilly King<\/b> of the USA entered the water for heat two of the semi-finals with confidence, maintaining a strong stroke throughout the entire 100. King was the first at the wall for the 50, before surging ahead in the final 50 meters to stop the clock at a 1:05.70, once again edging out Efimova. <\/span><\/p>\nYulia Efimova <\/b>of Russia<\/span> powered home in the final 50 of the first heat to capture the opening semifinal in 1:05.72, just faster than her 1:05.79 from this morning. <\/span><\/p>\nChina\u2019s <\/span>Shi Jinglin<\/b> picked up the third place seed for tomorrow\u2019s final with a time of 1:06.31. <\/span><\/p>\nRuta Meilutyte <\/b>of Lithuania<\/span> led the first semifinal at the 50 meter mark and came home in a 1:06.44 to grab the fourth place seed.<\/span><\/p>\nContinuing her breakout year the USA\u2019s <\/span>Katie Meili<\/b> tied for the fifth place seed with Jamaica\u2019s <\/span>Alia Atkinson<\/b>. The two posted matching times of 1:06.52 from the second heat. <\/span><\/p>\nIsrael\u2019s <\/span>Hrafnhildur Luthersdottir<\/b> and Canada\u2019s <\/span>Rachel Nicol <\/b>return as seventh and eighth with times of 1:06.71 and 1:06.73 respectively. <\/span><\/p>\nMen’s 100 Breast FINAL:<\/h3>\n
Adam Peaty<\/b> of Great Britain charged off the blocks with the fastest reaction time of the men\u2019s 100 breast final. The young Brit jumped to an immediate lead and never looked back, charging ahead of the competition to stop the clock in world record time. Peaty lowered his existing world and Olympic record of 57.55 down to a 57.13 to earn gold and give him the seven fastest times in this event. <\/span><\/p>\n2012 Olympic gold medalist <\/span>Cameron van der Burgh<\/b> of South Africa was the first to pop up off the initial start but battled hard for second overall with a 58.69.<\/span><\/p>\nCody Miller<\/b> of the USA claimed the bronze medal in American record style, clocking a final 58.87. <\/span><\/p>\nFellow American <\/span>Kevin Cordes<\/b> was fourth with a time of 59.22, just ahead of Brazil\u2019s <\/span>Joao Gomes\u2019 <\/b>59.31. <\/span><\/p>\nJapan\u2019s <\/span>Yasuhiro Koseki <\/b>and Brazil\u2019s <\/span>Felipe Franca<\/b> turned in similar times of 59.37 and 59.38 for sixth and seventh respectively. <\/span><\/p>\nDmitriy Balandin<\/b> of Kazakhstan finished eighth with a 59.95. <\/span><\/p>\nWomen’s 400 Free FINAL:<\/h3>\n
Katie Ledecky<\/b> earned the USA their first Olympic swimming gold medal in true Ledecky fashion. The nineteen-year-old continued her distance dominance by lowering her own world record by close to two full seconds, stopping the clock at a 3:56.46 and becoming the first American to win the women\u2019s 400 free since 2000. Ledecky finished almost five seconds ahead of the competition giving her ample time to recognize her world record and begin cheering as the race for second headed towards the wall. <\/span><\/p>\nGreat Britain\u2019s <\/span>Jazz Carlin<\/b> edged out <\/span>Leah Smith<\/b> of the USA for the silver medal. Carlin turned up the heat on her kick to pull ahead of Smith and clock a 4:01.23. Smith settled for the bronze and a final time of 4:01.92. <\/span><\/p>\nHungary\u2019s <\/span>Boglarka Kapas<\/b> picked up fourth with a 4:02.37 from an outside lane, just ahead of Canada\u2019s <\/span>Brittany Maclean <\/b>and her 4:04.69. <\/span><\/p>\nThe Australian duo of <\/span>Tamsin Cook<\/b> and <\/span>Jessica Ashwood<\/b> kept a close race for sixth and seventh with times of 4:05.30 and 4:05.68 respectively. <\/span><\/p>\nFrance\u2019s <\/span>Coralie Balmy<\/b> rounded out the top eight with a 4:06.98. <\/span><\/p>\nMen’s 100 Back Semi-Finals:<\/h3>\n
The American men entered semi-finals tonight ready to make a statement, earning the first and second place seeds for tomorrow night\u2019s final of the men\u2019s 100 back. <\/span>Ryan Murphy<\/b> moved to the top of the qualifier\u2019s list with a swift 52.49 from heat one, edging out China\u2019s <\/span>Xu Jiayu <\/b>and Russia\u2019s <\/span>Evgeny Rylov.<\/b><\/p>\nMoving into the second place seed was fellow American <\/span>David Plummer<\/b> posting a time only .01 seconds slower at 52.50. Plummer stopped the clock .20 seconds ahead of Australia\u2019s <\/span>Mitch Larkin<\/b> in heat two. Larkin returns as the third place seed with a 52.70. <\/span><\/p>\nFrance\u2019s <\/span>Camille Lacourt<\/b> slipped from his first place seed down to fourth turning in a final time of 52.72, just ahead of China\u2019s <\/span>Xu Jiayu<\/b> and his time of 52.73. <\/span><\/p>\nRylov will return as sixth with a 52.84, while Japan\u2019s <\/span>Ryosuke Irie <\/b>picks up seventh with a 53.21. <\/span><\/p>\nRobert Glinta<\/b> of Romania rounds out the top eight qualifiers with a 53.34. <\/span><\/p>\nWomen’s 100 Back Semi-Finals:<\/h3>\n
Kathleen Baker<\/b> continues to top the leaderboard in the women\u2019s 100 backstroke, posting a matching time in semi-finals to her prelims swim. Baker battled a strong <\/span>Katinka Hosszu<\/b> of Hungary in heat two of the semi-finals to finish once again with a 58.84. Hosszu returns tomorrow night as second with a 58.94. <\/span><\/p>\nChina\u2019s <\/span>Fu Yuanhui <\/b>posted the only other sub-59 second swim to return tomorrow as the third place seed. <\/span><\/p>\nAustralia\u2019s <\/span>Madison Wilson<\/b> cruised to the front of semi-final heat one to return as fourth overall with a 59.03. <\/span><\/p>\nCanada\u2019s <\/span>Kylie Masse<\/b> picks up the fifth place seed with a 59.06, just ahead of Denmark\u2019s <\/span>Mie Nielsen\u2019s <\/b>59.18. <\/span><\/p>\nReigning world champion <\/span>Emily Seebohm <\/b>of Australia returns as seventh with a 59.32, while <\/span>Olivia Smoliga<\/b> of the USA snuck into tomorrow night\u2019s finals with a 59.35.<\/span><\/p>\nMen’s 4×100 Free Relay FINAL:<\/h3>\n
Caeleb Dressel<\/b> launched the Americans to a swift start in finals of the men\u2019s 400 free relay holding a tight race with France, Canada, and Australia. <\/span><\/p>\nDressel (48.10), <\/span>Michael Phelps<\/b> (47.12), <\/span>Ryan Held<\/b> (47.73), and <\/span>Nathan Adrian<\/b> (46.97) held off the men of France to re-claim gold with a final time of 3:09.92. <\/span><\/p>\nFrance\u2019s <\/span>Mehdy Metella<\/b> (48.08), <\/span>Fabien Gilot<\/b> (48.20), <\/span>Florent Manaudou <\/b>(47.14), and <\/span>Jeremy Stravius <\/b>(47.11) settled for second and a 3:10.53. <\/span><\/p>\nThe Australian team of <\/span>James Roberts <\/b>(48.88), <\/span>Kyle Chalmers <\/b>(47.38), <\/span>James Magnussen <\/b>(48.11), and <\/span>Cameron McEvoy <\/b>(47.00) charged ahead of the Russian relay team to claim the bronze with a 3:11.37. <\/span><\/p>\nThe Russian Federation finished a close fourth with a final time of 3:11.64, while the home-crowd favorite, Brazil, picked up fifth with a 3:13.21. <\/span><\/p>\nBelgium grabbed sixth with a 3:13.57, followed by Canada (3:14.35) and Japan (3:14.48). <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Everything you need to follow along live with day two finals of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Competition begins at 10 p.m. local time (9 p.m. EST\/6 p.m. PST) Hit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":216459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[50558],"class_list":["post-216539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-world","tag-2016-rio-olympic-games"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n
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