By competing in the first semi, Phelps has less time to warm down after the 200 IM. “It shows I chose the right sport”, Chalmers said after the race. She is aiming for a third gold in the 800 metres this Thursday.
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“(Coach) Bruce (Gemmell) just told me to think about my rhythm the first 200 and then he didn’t give any other instructions”, said the world record holder and defending champion who has become unbeatable at the distance.
A breakout star at the London Olympics with four gold medals and an ever-present smile, Franklin’s good humor remained at these Games, but her performance in the pool wasn’t the same.
Phelps and Lochte led the US men’s relay team to gold in the 4×200 freestyle.
At the age of 19 and the owner of the 13 fastest times in the history of the 800 free, Ledecky is capable of doing even more damage in the future.
The next closest competitor to Ledecky in Thursday’s prelims was Hungary’s Boglarka Kapas, who was 6.57 seconds behind, followed by British swimmer Jazz Carlin at 6.81 seconds behind.
Smith (Pittsburgh, Pa.) swam the second leg of the American relay, which also included Allison Schmitt leading off, Maya DiRado in the third leg and anchor Katie Ledecky. Helped by funding from Ukraine’s meager sports budget, Hovorov is in position to win swimming’s glamour event.
The Americans missed out by one kick Wednesday after New England Patriots player Nate Ebner scored on Fiji with just a minute to go.
Golf tees off for the first time at the Olympics since 1904 as the men start their first round play at 7:30 a.m. atOlympic Golf Course. Adrian, bronze medalist in the 100 free on Wednesday, touched in 21.61.
One of the blue ribbon events of the track cycling competition at Rio 2016 will see reigning world champions Australia up against reigning Olympic champions Great Britain.
Also advancing to the semis were defending champion Florent Manaudou of France, Cameron McEvoy of Australia, Vladimir Morozov of Russia, Santo Condorelli of Canada and Bruno Fratus of Brazil.
Phelps looked back and said, “We have a lot of momentum right now”.
Phelps clocked one minute, 54.66 for a comfortable winning margin of 1.95 seconds.
Team USA leads the medal count after five days in Rio with 11 gold, 11 silver and 10 bronze for a total of 32 medals.
Cate Campbell posted the fastest time in the semifinals Wednesday night, an Olympic-record 52.71 seconds.
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“I feel great about getting another medal”, said Adrian, who barely advanced out of the preliminaries but almost pulled off the first back-to-back titles in the 100 since Pieter van den Hoogenband in 2000 and 2004. “It’s about setting goals and going after them”.
