Swimming
Tokyo Olympics Swimming LIVE Day 4, July 27 - Kaylee McKeown and Lydia Jacoby shine along with Tom Dean and Evgeny Rylov with all four winning gold- Update, Scores, Live Blog
Kaylee McKeown and Lydia Jacoby steal the show in the morning session winning gold in 100m Backstroke and 100m Breaststroke respectively.
Kaylee McKeown
The morning session of Swimming on Day 4 at the Tokyo Olympics saw some brilliant and historic performances.
Kaylee McKeown won gold in the women's 100m Backstroke event, while 17-year-old Lydia Jacoby surprised everyone by winning the gold medal in the 100m Breaststroke event.
It was history for Great Britain, as Tom Dean and Scott Duncan won gold and silver respectively in the men's 200m Freestyle event. Russian, Evgeny Rylov, won the gold in the 100m Backstroke events by the finest of margins as fellow countryman Kliment Kolesnikov finished second. Both the athletes were competing under the Olympic flag.
After all the intense action in the morning session, we will be back soon for the evening session.
Stay tuned for live updates.
Live Updates
- 27 July 2021 3:40 AM GMT
END OF SESSION!
So that's all for what has been an enthralling morning session.
We will see you soon as we build up for the evening session at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
Do join in as we expect another intense and exciting session.
- 27 July 2021 3:35 AM GMT
Women's 200m Individual Medley | Top 8
The start list for tomorrow's medal race:
1. Kate Douglass
2. Abbie Wood
3. Alex Walsh
4. Yu Yiting
5. Yui Ohashi
6. Sydney Pickrem
7. Katinka Hosszú
8. Alicia Wilson
- 27 July 2021 3:29 AM GMT
Men's 200m Butterfly | Top 8
The start list for the medal race is as follow:
1. Kristof Milak
2. Leonardo de Deus
3. Chad le Clos
4. Federico Burdisso
5. Tamas Kenderesi
6. Gunnar Bentz
7. Krzysztof Chmielewski
8. Tomoru Honda
- 27 July 2021 3:22 AM GMT
Women's 200m Freestyle | Top 8
The start list for tomorrow's medal race:
1. Ariarne Titmus
2. Siobhan Bernadette Haughey
3. Katie Ledecky
4. Yang Junxuan
5. Barbora Seemanova
6. Penny Oleksiak
7. Federica Pellegrini
8. Madison Wilson
- 27 July 2021 3:17 AM GMT
Women's 200m Individual Medley | Semifinal 2
Kate Douglass, first.
Abbie Wood, second.
Alicia Wilson, third.
- 27 July 2021 3:15 AM GMT
Women's 200m Individual Medley | Semifinal 2
Kim Seoyeong currently leading after the first 100m.
- 27 July 2021 3:11 AM GMT
Women's 200m Individual Medley | Semifinal 1
Alex Walsh finishes first but it was the 15-year-old Yu Yiting who impressed everyone and finished second.
Yui Ohashi finished third.
- 27 July 2021 3:08 AM GMT
Women's 200m Individual Medley | Semifinal 1
Alex Walsh is currently leading after the 100m mark.
- 27 July 2021 2:56 AM GMT
Women's 200m Individual Medley | Semifinal 1
Hungary's Katinka Hosszu, who holds the World and Olympic record, will be up in action in the first semifinal.
- 27 July 2021 2:53 AM GMT
Men's 200m Butterfly | Semifinal 2
A statement of intent from Milak, as he finishes first with a time of 1:52.22.
Leonardo de Deus (Brazil) finishes second and Federico Burdisso (Italy) comes third.
