Defending Olympic champion Nathan Adrian from the United States took bronze but Australia’s pre-race fancy McEvoy (48.12) finished ahead of just one swimmer.
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Nathan Adrian of the United States dives in for the Men’s 50m Freestyle Final on day fifteen of the 16th FINA World Championships at the Kazan Arena on August 8, 2015 in Kazan, Russia.
Franklin will get a gold medal for this relay – her first medal of the Rio Games – because she swam in prelims.
The other USA swimmers were Maya DiRado, who added a gold to go along with silver and bronze in the two individual medleys, and Leah Smith, who picked up her second medal of the games after earning bronze in the 400 free.
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu gave up her bid for a record-equalling five solo women’s Olympic swimming medals on Tuesday as some of the sport’s top names also wrestled with Rio’s late night schedules.
In a furious down-and-back sprint, Chalmers rallied on the return lap to win with a time of 47.58 seconds.
Adrian and Dressel both be part of the American 4x100m medley relay team that will compete starting Friday and Adrian will compete individually in the 50-meter freestyle on Thursday and Friday.
Balandin touched in 2:07.46, while Josh Prenot, who was born in Sedalia, Mo., but moved away before he was old enough to notice, rallied to claim silver in 2:07.53. But he dominated in the semis and scored the fastest time. Russian Anton Chupkov was fastest in the heats. “It’s the best thing I can do for my country”.
Japan’s Natsumi Hoshi claimed the bronze, beating out Cammile Adams of the U.S.
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Ryan Murphy is officially America’s next backstroke star.
