400m freestyle olympic games tokyo 20205/15/2023 ![]() ![]() This is something that's been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember. "It mean's the word," Kalisz said through the pain of lactic acid buildup. "This was the last thing I really wanted to accomplish in my swimming career. Teenage swimmer Ahmed Hafnaoui stunned the Tokyo Aquatic Centre to become the first African to win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympics after a shock triumph in the 400m freestyle. The first four sets of swimming medals were on the line in the men’s 400m individual medley, men’s 400m freestyle, women’s 400m IM and women’s 4x100m relay. A world record was also broken in the evenings final event. On commentary at that moment, Michael Phelps, a longtime friend and former training partner of Kalisz's, called it "The closest 400 IM I think I've ever seen."īut that comment would prove to be premature, as Kalisz won by over three-quarters of a second. The United States won six medals, its first of the Tokyo Olympics, in the pool. ![]() Kalisz turned at the 300-mark nearly 2.5 seconds ahead of top-seeded Kiwi Lewis Clareburt, who usually closes well. ![]() She bagged gold in the 200m butterfly and 400m medley at the world. The Americans swept gold and sliver, with Chase Kalisz, the Rio 2016 silver medalist, executing arguably the best race of his career to clinch gold and Jay Litherland closing hard in the final 50 meters to complete the 1-2 finish. 24 July 2021, 03:47am Olympics: In Shocker, Favorite Daiya Seto Fails To Qualify For Final of 400 Individual Medley For more than a year, as the COVID-19 pandemic forced the one-year delay of. The Canadian teen made her Olympic debut aged 14 at Tokyo 2020, where she finished fourth in the 200-meter freestyle. Teenage swimmer Summer McIntosh smashed the 400m freestyle world record, shaving more than three-tenths of a second off the previous mark at the Canadian National Trials at the Toronto Pan Am. Watch Swimming - 400m freestyle highlights from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (23 Jul - 8 Aug, 2021). The United States is off an running in the best possible way. ![]()
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