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| China break World Record as Australian 4x200m team finishes with Bronze |
| Equal PB for Kyle Chalmers who picks up silver in 100m freestyle |
| Zac Stubblety-Cook wins GOLD in 200m breaststroke |
| Emma McKeon cruises into the 100m freestyle final |
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Australian swimming could be in for another golden morning/afternoon in the pool with five chances for medals at the Tokyo Olympics on Day 6 from 11:30am AEST.
Thanks to the opening five days it feels like the pressure is off and while it would be great to pick up some more golds the Australian swimmers can swim with freedom knowing the team has already done better than London and Rio.
With four gold medals in the pool so far – there’s a good chance of at least getting one more today with Zac Stubblety-Cook qualifying fastest in the 200m breaststroke final while the women’s 4x200m relay team managed to cruise through the heats and semi using their backup swimmers to make it to the final. It means they should be relatively fresh compared to the other nations in the final.
Kyle Chalmers is the defending champion in the men’s 100m freestyle, however, he looks to be under a serious challenge this time around and will start in lane 7. It could work in his favour though as we saw with Kieran Perkins in 1996 with a wide lane.
There are also medal chances in the first race of the day with Jack McLoughlin in the 800m while Brianna Throssell lines up in the 200m women’s butterfly final.
Emma McKeon and Cate Campbell will be looking to make the final of the women’s 100m freestyle. McKeon cruised to the semi with an Olympic record in her heat.
It’s shaping up as another massive day for Australia and we’ll be bringing you the action from 11:30am.
DAY 6 Swimming Finals and times AEST
11.30am – Men’s 800m freestyle final
Jack McLoughlin
11.44am – Men’s 200m breaststroke final
Zac Stubblety-Cook
11.53am – Women’s 100m freestyle semi-finals
Emma McKeon, Cate Campbell
12.04pm – Men’s 200m backstroke semi-finals
12.28pm – Women’s 200m butterfly final
Brianna Throssell
12.37pm – Men’s 100m freestyle final
Kyle Chalmers
12.54pm – Womens’ 200m breaststroke semi-finals
Jenna Strauch
1.08pm – Men’s 200m individual medley final
1.31pm – Women’s 4x200m freestyle relay final
Ariarne Titmus, Emma McKeon, Madison Wilson and Leah Neale
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