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It's a strange time in world sport. After a global pandemic it feels like someone has pushed the fast forward switch and investors are…
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Olympic swimming LIVE: Time for Arnie v Ledecky 2 as Titmus starts 200m campaign
That’s it for the swimming session. The Australian 4x100m freestyle team is currently receiving their bronze medal. It caps off a great night for Australia with Ariarne Titmus claiming gold in the 400m women’s freestyle and a bronze to Emma McKeon in the 100m butterfly.
The swimming returns tonight with more heats before finals tomorrow morning/early afternoon.
Olympic swimming LIVE: Time for Arnie v Ledecky 2 as Titmus starts 200m campaign
Kyle Chalmers last anchor leg time for Australia was 46.44. That was the fastest split by ANY swimmer in the race!! Amazing stuff by the Aussie.
Olympic swimming LIVE: Time for Arnie v Ledecky 2 as Titmus starts 200m campaign
Wow! USA win GOLD in the men’s 4x100m race but what a swim by Australia’s Kyle Chalmers. He’s taken the Aussies from 6th to a BRONZE MEDAL in the final leg!!!
Olympic swimming LIVE: Time for Arnie v Ledecky 2 as Titmus starts 200m campaign
Kaylee McKeown and Emily Seebohm have both progressed to the 100m women’s backstroke final after finishing second and third respectively in their semi-final.
We have the 4x100m men’s freestyle final coming up next.
Olympic swimming LIVE: Time for Arnie v Ledecky 2 as Titmus starts 200m campaign
Final results in the women’s 400m freestyle
Ariarne Titmus (AUS) 3:56.69
Katie Ledecky (USA) 3:57.36
Bingjie Li (CHN) 4:01.08
Olympic swimming LIVE: Time for Arnie v Ledecky 2 as Titmus starts 200m campaign
Titus takes the lead with 50m to go. She’s looking strong. Titmus is going to do it. GOLD MEDAL TO AUSTRALIA. She’s done it. What a swim defeating Ledecky!!!
Olympic swimming LIVE: Time for Arnie v Ledecky 2 as Titmus starts 200m campaign
Ariarne Titmus is coming home strong and she’s keeping Ledecky honest. We have 100m to go and it’s Ledecky by just 0.16 seconds!!! Great split by Titmus.
Olympic swimming LIVE: Time for Arnie v Ledecky 2 as Titmus starts 200m campaign
Ledecky has a 0.66s lead over Titmus at the half-way mark.
Olympic swimming LIVE: Time for Arnie v Ledecky 2 as Titmus starts 200m campaign
Okay. we’re ready for the big one. Swimmers are coming out and being introduced. It’s Ledecky vs Titmus. America vs Australia. Who’s your tip?
Olympic swimming LIVE: Time for Arnie v Ledecky 2 as Titmus starts 200m campaign
Men’s 100m Breastroke final
1. Adam Peaty (GBR) – 57.37
2. Arno Kamminga (NED) – 58.00
3. Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA) – 58.33
Olympic swimming LIVE: Time for Arnie v Ledecky 2 as Titmus starts 200m campaign
Adam Peaty does it easy. He defends his title. Just misses out on his own World Record title but he doesn’t care. He’s absolutely pumped to win GOLD and he fist pumps and unleashes a huge ‘C’mon!’
Olympic swimming LIVE: Time for Arnie v Ledecky 2 as Titmus starts 200m campaign
Men’s 100m breaststroke final underway. Britain’s Adam Peaty the clear favourite.
Olympic swimming LIVE: Time for Arnie v Ledecky 2 as Titmus starts 200m campaign
Oh no. Another Aussie just misses out on the final.
Chelsea Hodges missed by even less than Tom Neil in the 100m breaststroke final.
Hodges speaking poolside. “That’s swimming.”
Olympic swimming LIVE: Time for Arnie v Ledecky 2 as Titmus starts 200m campaign
We’ve just seen the first of the women’s 100m breaststroke semi-finals.
Australia’s Chelsea Hodges finished 5th in a relatively slow race. Her time was 1:06:60. It’s outside her personal best but we’ll see what happens in the second semi.
Olympic swimming LIVE: Time for Arnie v Ledecky 2 as Titmus starts 200m campaign
Unfortunately, Australia’s Tom Neill has missed out on making the Men’s 200m Freestyle final by .03 of a second. He’s disappointed in a post-race interview with Channel 7 but looking at the positives of swimming as well as he could.
Olympic swimming LIVE: Time for Arnie v Ledecky 2 as Titmus starts 200m campaign
We’ve just had the first men’s semi-final in the 200m freestyle.
Australia’s Tom Neill finished fourth and he’ll now wait to see if he’s done enough to get through to the final, pending what happens in semi-final 2.
Neil finished in 1:45:74 so he’ll be checking the times closely.
Olympic swimming LIVE: Time for Arnie v Ledecky 2 as Titmus starts 200m campaign
Women’s 100m Butterfly
1. Margaret Macneil (Can) 55.59 (Americas record)
2. Yufei Zhang (Chn) 55.64
3. Emma McKeon (Aus) 55.72 (Oceania Record)
Olympic swimming LIVE: Time for Arnie v Ledecky 2 as Titmus starts 200m campaign
BRONZE to McKeon. It was extremely close there on the line. Great swim by all the women but it’s Maggie Macneil from Canada with the Gold medal from China’s Zhang.
Olympic swimming LIVE: Time for Arnie v Ledecky 2 as Titmus starts 200m campaign
Good morning everyone. We’ve got the 100m women’s butterfly final first up.
Australia’s Emma McKeon will start in lane 3.
China’s Zhang Yufei will start favourite from Lane 4.
Olympic swimming LIVE: Time for Arnie v Ledecky 2 as Titmus starts 200m campaign
Hey there. The boxing has been going since 12pm AEST. We’ve had featherweight welterweight preliminaries so far.
Tokyo Olympics Day 1 recap: Sam Kerr's heartbreak, Barty cruises in doubles
Hi Rusty. 7plus has the rowing on at the moment – although I must admit it was a little difficult to find. You have to search by sports to get there.
Tokyo Olympics Day 1 recap: Sam Kerr's heartbreak, Barty cruises in doubles
As much as Pliskova is on fire, I still think Ash would prefer to play her than Sabalenka. She has a 5-2 head to head record and has won the last three matches. It was 4-4 with Sabalenka and she can really turn it on at the drop of the hat. Similar to Marat Safin back in the day.
One final hurdle for Ash Barty after supreme tennis at Wimbledon
Welcome to The Roar Will! Great to hear your thoughts. The guys off the bench certainly seemed to have a lot of impact last night. Do you think Rennie will end up starting McDermott and Tupou next game?
WILL GENIA: Why I'd opt for Noah and Tate, and loved Hunter's 'ballsy' play
Sport is so cruel sometimes. It feels a bit like Jacqui Cooper who dominated women’s aerial skiing and couldn’t quite get it done at the Winter Olympics. Hopefully, she can shake it off and come back stronger in the C1 tomorrow.
HEARTBREAK: Crucial late penalty forces Jessica Fox to settle for bronze