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.
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 2:06 AM GMT
Men's 100m Backstroke | FINAL
It's Evgeny Rylov who wins the gold.
But Kliment Kolesnikov would be gutted as he was just a bit too slow to make the final touch.
Evgeny Rylov, Gold.
Kliment Kolesnikov, Silver.
Ryan Murphy, Bronze.
- 27 July 2021 2:02 AM GMT
Men's 100m Backstroke | FINAL
All eyes will be on the American Ryan Murphy, who set the World and Olympic record in Rio 2016 with a time of 51.85s
- 27 July 2021 1:59 AM GMT
Women's 100m Backstroke | FINAL
Remember the name - Kaylee McKeown.
She wins the gold and also breaks the OR for the fifth time at the Tokyo Olympics with a time of 57.47s
Kylie Masse wins the silver and Regan Smith gets the bronze.
- 27 July 2021 1:54 AM GMT
Women's 100m Backstroke | FINAL
Here we go, this is gonna be one hell of a final and it's very tense right now.
- 27 July 2021 1:53 AM GMT
Men's 200m Freestyle | FINAL
It looked like Duncan Scott had edged ahead of Tom Dean but as the commentator said what we see up above isn't the same under the water.
Nevertheless, it's a historic day for Great Britain.
- 27 July 2021 1:50 AM GMT
Men's 200m Freestyle | FINAL
And it is a 1-2 finish for Great Britain with Tom Dean winning the gold and Duncan Scott getting the silver medal.
Fernando Scheffer from Brazil wins the bronze.
- 27 July 2021 1:47 AM GMT
Men's 200m Freestyle | FINAL
Can the 16-year-old David Popovici pull off an upset from Lane 1?
- 27 July 2021 1:43 AM GMT
Women's 200m Freestyle | Semifinal 2
Ledecky first.
Seemanova second.
Pellegrini, third, with a really impressive swim from Lane 8. Just a reminder, she currently holds the world record in the 200m Freestyle event.