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Men’s 200m freestyle final
GOLD – Sun Yang (CHN)
SILVER – Chad le Clos (RSA)
BRONZE – Conor Dwyer (USA)
Women’s 100m backstroke final
GOLD – Katinka Hosszu (HUN)
SILVER – Kathleen Baker (USA)
BRONZE – Kylie Masse (CAN)
BRONZE – Fu Yuanhui (CHN)
Men’s 100m backstroke final
GOLD – Ryan Murphy OR (USA)
SILVER – Xu Jiayu (CHN)
BRONZE – David Plummer (USA)
Women’s 100m breaststroke final
GOLD – Lilly King OR (USA)
SILVER – Yulia Efimova (RUS)
BRONZE – Katie Meili (USA)
The men’s and women’s 100-metre backstroke finals headline Day 3 of finals action in the pool at the Rio Olympics.
Can Emily Seebohm breakthrough for that elusive individual Olympic gold? Join The Roar from 11am (AEST) for all the action.
Backstrokers Seebohm and Madison Wilson, and on the men’s side Mitchell Larkin are Australia’s best hope for gold as they look to defend the world titles they won in Kazan last year.
Seebohm will aim to avenge the agonising loss she suffered to American Missy Franklin in London after breaking the Olympic record in the semi-finals. Franklin’s absence from the field leaves Danish teenager Mie Nielsen and American Olivia Smoliga as her most likely challengers.
Larkin has a tougher task if he is to end the American domination of the event, which dates back to 1996, with team USA members Ryan Murphy and David Plummer both having overtaken Larkin’s world-leading time at the US trials.
The final of the 200m freestyle looms as one of the most open events on the program, with less than a second separating the top nine swimmers in the world this year. London silver medallist Sun Yang faces strong opposition from James Guy, Paul Biederman and Thomas Fraser-Holmes.
The women’s 100m breaststroke field has been blown wide open, after the banning of Russian Yuliya Efimova for doping. This final looms as a battle between two 19-year-olds, defending champion Rūta Meilutytė of Lithuania and rising American star Lilly King.
Michael Phelps will be in action in the 200 butterfly semi-finals, and the night also features the women’s semi-finals of the 200 freestyle and 200 individual medley.
Today’s schedule
Women’s 200m freestyle: semi-finals
Men’s 200m freestyle: final
Women’s 100m backstroke: final
Men’s 100m backstroke: final
Women’s 100m breaststroke: final
Men’s 200m butterfly: semi-finals
Women’s 200m IM: semi-finals
Prediction
Emily Seebohm should deliver in her favourite event, with Franklin’s absence making it the Aussie’s race to lose.
Ryan Murphy and Rūta Meilutytė will triumph in the 100 backstroke and 100 breaststroke respectively, while Sun Yang is hard to go past in the 200 freestyle.
Join The Roar from 11am (AEST) for live commentary and analysis, and get involved in the conversation by adding your comments below.