Day 4 Finals Reside Recap

2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES

DAY 4 Finals HEAT SHEET

Day 4 Relay Line-Ups

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Good Night, my swim associates. The fourth evening of swimming is about to start, and it’s a busy one. There are 4 semifinals and three finals on the schedule for tonight.

DAY 4 FINALS SCHEDULE

It’s an excellent set of occasions tonight, as now we have an excellent mixture of sprints and longer distances. We begin with two males’s semifinals, the boys’s 100 free and the boys’s 200 butterfly. Within the dash occasion, American Jack Alexy leads the sphere along with his 47.57 from this morning’s prelims. However the American will probably be hard-pressed as Maxime Grousset may have the house crowd behind him as he leads out the primary semifinal. World document holder Pan Zhanle snuck into the semifinals in a three-way tie for thirteenth place, and there may very well be some exterior smoke. Final evening’s 200 freestyle champion, David Popovici, finds himself because the third seed and certain has way more left within the tank after swimming 47.92 this morning.

The 200 Fly sees World document holder Kristof Milak look to repeat as Olympic Champion as he leads the sphere in tonight’s semifinal. Posting a time of 1:53.92 this morning, the Hungarian sits simply .14 forward of Canada’s Ilya Kharun. Leon Marchand, the highest seed, certified sixth into the semifinal and certain performed it conservatively this morning as he additionally had the prelims of the 200 breaststroke to swim.

It’s a lopsided night as there are simply two girls’s occasions in comparison with the 5 for the boys, however the girls’s occasions actually convey the star energy. In tonight’s 100-back closing, 4 of the 5 quickest performers take to the water and three World document holders. Regan Smith, the present holder, will take lane 4 this night and will probably be flanked by rival Kaylee McKeown on one facet and compatriot Katharine Berkoff on the opposite. It’s a singular closing as simply 4 nations are represented, and people three swimmers will probably be joined by McKeown’s fellow Australian Iona Anderson, two swimmers from Canada, together with former WR holder Kylie Masse, and two from house nation France.

The second and solely different particular person closing of the night is up subsequent as the boys’s 800 free takes to the pool. Defending Olympic Champion Bobby Finke will look so as to add a 3rd particular person gold medal to his identify, however first should overcome competitors each new and outdated. Ahmed Jaouadi of Tunisian dropped an enormous period of time to put 2nd into the ultimate, however may have his work reduce out to attempt to run down prime seed Daniel Wiffen. The Irishman is the defending World Champion within the occasion and likewise holds the SCM world document.

From the 800, we pace issues up once more with the ladies’s 100 free. It’s a world-class discipline led by WR holder Sarah Sjostrom, who swam the one sub-53 time this morning, stopping the clock in 52.99. Simply behind her is the season’s quickest swimmer, Siobhan Haughey, who claimed a bronze in final evening’s 200 freestyle. Beating the Hong Kong swimmer in that occasion was Mollie O’Callaghan, who claimed her first particular person gold medal because the Olympics. The Australian, who was the 2023 World Champion on this occasion, sits fifth after prelims in a time of 53.27. The USA’s Torri Huske and Gretchen Walsh will look to remain in rivalry for tomorrow’s closing after posting the seventh and eighth quickest occasions this morning.

Leon Marchand concludes his double-double of particular person 200s as he’s the third seed within the 200 breast. Korea’s Cho Sung Jae leads the sphere along with his 2:09.45 however is simply .04 forward of Australia’s Zac Stubblety-Cook dinner. ZSC fellow former world document holder Ippei Watanabe additionally safely moved by way of because the fifth seed, however its the current world document holder Qin Haiyang who seems to be in a spot of trouble as he completed simply fifteenth this morning. Additionally on the surface wanting in are People Josh Matheny and Matt Fallon, who completed tenth and eleventh this morning.

We conclude the night with the boys’s 4×200 freestyle relay, the place defending Olympic Champion Nice Britain finds itself within the center lanes after posting the highest time this morning. The USA and France will flank the Brits and will probably be hungry for a medal, because the People did not get on the rostrum in 2021 and the French will look to offer the house crowd one thing to cheer about. Nice Britain returns their complete line-up from Tokyo however faces off in opposition to a re-vamped US staff.

Watch together with SwimSwam’s Coleman Hodges and particular visitor stars Nathan Adrien and Katilin Sandeno

MEN’S 100 FREESTYLE – Semifinals

• World Report: 46.80 – Pan Zhanle, CHN (2024)
• World Junior Report: 46.86 – David Popovici, ROU (2022)
• Olympic Report: 46.92 – Pan Zhanle, CHN (2024)
• 2021 Profitable Time: 47.02 – Caeleb Dressel, USA
• 2021 Time to Advance to Finals: 47.82

High 8

1. Pan Zhanle (CHN) – 47.21
2. Kyle Chalmers (AUS) – 47.58
3. Nandor Nemeth (HUN) – 47.61
4. Maxime Grousset (FRA) – 47.63
5. David Popovici (ROU) – 47.66
6. Jack Alexy (USA) – 47.68
7. Chris Guiliano (USA) – 47.72
8. Josha Salchow (GER) – 47.94

The primary semifinal noticed France’s Maxime Grousset take the race out in 22.57 forward of Nandor Nemeth’s 22.71. Grousset, urged on by a partisan Parisian crowd regarded stong heading down the again 50, however Nemeth and 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist Kyle Chalmers appeared to be gaining on the frenchmen with each stroke. Chalmers, who needed to accept the silver in 2021, was simply 4th on the 50 flip, flipping in 22.91 turned on the after burners to get to the wall first.

Touching in 47.58, King Kyle, who closed in 22.91, confirmed off these lengthy arms as he out-touched Nemeth by .03 and Grousset by .05. The USA Chris Guiliano, who the US Trials in 47,38 positioned 4th within the warmth in a time of  47.72. Matthew Richards of Nice Britain was out in a speedy 22.87, touching third, however fell away from the leaders to complete sixth within the warmth in a time of 48.09.

Jack Alexy had the early lead taking the primary 50 out in 22.58, .11 forward of WR holder Pan Zhanle, who was 22.69. Pan had a tough swim this morning and was in a three-way tie for thirteenth and swam out of lane 8 this night.

Pan had the quickest 2nd 50 of 24.52 and took the win from the underside of the pool, finally touching in 47.21. This week Pan has been as quick as 46.92, when he broke the Olympic document within the occasion main off China’s 4×100 free relay.

Very similar to Grousset within the earlier warmth, the early chief, Alexy, fell to third on the end, with Romania’s David Popovici additionally passing the tall American within the closing meters. Popovici, the winner of the 200 free, was sixth on the 50 flip (23.02) however surged house in 24.64 (Alexy was 25.10) to take second in 47.66, simply .02 forward of Alexy.

Kyle Chalmers taking the 2nd seed for the ultimate tomorrow, could also be an indication of fine fortune to return, because the final 5 Olympic Champions within the occasion have come from lane 5. 

MEN’S 200 BUTTERFLY – Semifinals

High 8

1. Kristof Milark (HUN) – 1:52.72
2. Leon Marchand (FRA) -1:53.50
3. Ilya Kharun (CAN) – 1:54.01
4. Noe Ponti (SUI) – 1:54.14
5. Kregor Zirk (EST) – 1:54.22
6. Krysztof Chmielewski (POL) – 1:54.28
7. Alberto Razzetti (ITA) – 1:54.51
8. Martin Espernberger (AUT) – 1:54.62

The primary semifinal was a masterclass on the best way to swim the 200 fly. France’s Leon Marchand, strolling out to an enormous cheer, by no means regarded again and led the race from begin to end. The Frenchman, who’s coached by Bob Bowman, was 53.17 on the 100 flip, greater than half a second forward of Estonia’s Kregor Zirk. By the 150 mark, the distinction has opened to 3 quarters of second.

Marchand would finally contact in 1:53.50, nevertheless it was not Zirk who was second however Canadian Ilya Kharun. Kharun, who was coaching companions with Marchand at ASU, was 4th on the 100, hitting the wall in 53.98. He had slipped to fifth on the 150 flip however closed in swift 29.85 to take 2nd. His final cut up of 29.85 was the one sub-30 cut up of the semifinal, and Kharun put himself into good place to make the ultimate tomorrow. Finally, he touched in 1:54.01, .05 of a second sooner than this morning.

Warmth 2 was a really comparable story to the primary warmth. Kristof Milak, the defending Olympic Gold medalist and WR holder, led from begin to end. Out in 53.34, the Hungarian celebrity had a lead of .85 over the younger American Thomas Heilman.

Milak saved up the strain, splitting 29.29 and 30.09 on the final two 50 to the touch the wall in 1:52.72, greater than a second sooner than his prelims swim of 1:53.92 and the one swim beneath 1:53. Heilman who tried to maintain in touch with Milak, slipped again to sixth within the semi, finally touching in 1:54.87.

Taking Heilman’s place behind Milak was Swiss star Noe Ponti. Ponti, who gained bronze within the 100 fly in Tokyo, was simply 4th on the 100 however surged on the backhalf and, like Kharun, closed in sub-30 (29.95) to the touch in second behind the Hungarian in a time of 1:54.14.

It was to not be a household affair within the closing tomorrow as brothers Krysztof Chmielewski and Michael Chmielewski completed third and fifth within the 2nd semifinal, however Michal ended up ninth, .02 away from tying for eighth.

WOMEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE—FINALS

Podium

1. Kaylee McKeown (AUS) – 57.33 ***NEW OLYMPIC RECORD***
2. Regan Smith (USA) – 57.66
3. Katharine Berkoff (USA) -57.98
4. Kylie Masse (CAN) – 58.29
5. Iona Anderson (AUS) – 58.98
6. Ingrid Wilm (CAN) – 59.25
7. Emma Terebo (FRA) – 59.40
8. Beryl Gastaldello (FRA) – 59.80

The race lived as much as the hype and, maybe on the 50, was nearer than anticipated. World Report holder Regan Smith, who had lane 4 within the closing, took the race out in 28.02. Kylie Masse, a former World Report holder within the occasion, was equal on 28.02 with Smith. American Katharine Berkoff, who joined the sub-58 membership this previous June and had posted the quickest time within the discipline within the prelims, was third in 28.05.

Australian star Kaylee McKeown was simply 4th on the 50 however was simply .06 again of the 2 leaders. Because the quartet got here off the wall, the trio of Berkoff, Smith, and McKeown, swimming in lanes 3 ,4, and 5, separated themselves from Masse and surged forward. With about 25 meters to go, it regarded like Berkoff was set to drag off the upset of the meet, however Smith and McKeown surged into one other gear and commenced a drag race over the past 25.

McKeown, who has gotten the perfect of Smith in virtually each race the 2 have competed in, wouldn’t be denied her back-to-back to victory. Growing the tempo of her arms and pounding her kick, McKeown pulled away from Smith and gained by a wholesome margin of .33. Her time of 57.33 marks a brand new Olympic document, breaking her personal mark from 2021 and tying her private greatest. Smith would declare silver within the occasion in a time of 57.66, enhancing upon her bronze from 2021, whereas her compatriot Berkoff would publish one other sub-58 cut up to say her first Olympic medal in a time of 57.98.

Males’s 800 Freestyle —Finals

Podium

1. Daniel Wiffen (IRE) – 7:38.19 ***NEW OLYMPIC RECORD***
2. Bobby Finke (USA) – 7:38.75
3. Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) – 7:39.38
4. Ahmed Jaouadi (TUN) – 7:42.83
5. Sven Schwarz (GER)/David Aubry (FRA) – 7:43.59
7. Luca de Tullio (ITA) – 7:46.16
8. Elijah Winnington (AUS) – 7:48.36

What a closing. Whereas not all of it was coated on American tv, the race was actually an entertaining one. Australia’s Elijah Winnington set the early tempo main up by way of the 350 mark. Winner of the silver medal within the 400 free on evening one, Winnington began to slide again and by the five hundred meter mark had slipped to sixth.

Taking Winnington’s place on the entrance of the sphere was Eire’s Daniel Wiffen. Wiffern, who gained this occasion in Doha the previous February, was 3:48.82 on the 400 mark, main out Bobby Finke (3:48.89) and Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri (3:49.42). The trio, with Winnington falling again, would set up themselves because the one to beat as they traded positions atop the pack over the subsequent 300 meters.

With the bell sounding and 100 meters left, Paltrinieri led the trio with a cut up of 6:42.08, forward of Wiffen’s 6:42.86 and Finke’s 6:43.45. With simply 50 meters left, the lead had closed to simply .10 because the Irishman constructed pace into the ultimate flip and exploded down the house straight. Finke tried to make use of his trademark final 50 however may solely run down the Italian.

Wiffen closing in 26.94 would contact the wall first in 7:38.19, erasing each the Olympic and European information within the occasion. Finke, who closed in 26.47, needed to accept the silver in 7:38.75 and Paltrinieri the bronze in 7:39.38

WOMEN’S 100 FREESTYLE – Semifinals

High 8

1. Siobhan Haughey (HKG)- 52.64
2. Shayna Jack (AUS) – 52.72
3. Mollie O’Callaghan (AUS) – 52.75
4. Yang Junxuan (CHN) – 52.81
5. Marrit Steenbergen (NED) – 52.86
6. Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) – 52.87
7. Torri Huske (USA) – 52.99
8. Gretchen Walsh (USA) – 53.18

The primary semifinal was a battle of these with closing pace and people with early pace. The USA’s Gretchen Walsh led on the 50 in 25.05, forward of Shayna Jack’s 25.18. Walsh, who gained silver within the girls’s 100 fly and is likely one of the biggest brief course yards sprinters ever, would do her greatest to remain in entrance of the pack, however Siobhan Hauughy’s energy within the closing meters would reel her in.

Haughey was .45 again on the 50, however surged house in 27.14 to the touch first in 52.64. Additionally using a tremendous final 50 was Dutch star Marrit Steenbergen. Regardless of being simply seventh on the 50 flip and .67 again of Walsh equaled Haughey’s final 50 of 27.14 to go 4 different swimmers, together with Walsh to complete third in 52.86. Australian Shayna Jack didn’t let up on the again half, coming house in 27.54 and touched in 2nd in 52.72, holding off Steenbergen by .14. Walsh would finally end 4th in 53.18 and should wait nervously to see if its sufficient to make it again.

Walsh’s time was sufficient to earn her a spot within the closing tomorrow as solely 4 swimmers within the 2nd semifinal had been sooner than her. Very similar to the primary warmth, the US’s Torri Huske was out quick, flipping in second in 25.24, simply .02 behind early chief Wu Qingfeng.

Very similar to within the first semi, the backhalf expertise of Mollie O’Callaghan and Yang Junxuan propelled them to the forefront. The Australian was simply sixth because the 50, flipping in 25.89, however pulled out the one sub-27 final 50 of all the discipline to return house in 26.86 and win the warmth in 52.75. Yang, the current Chinese language document holder on this occasion, was 4th on the 50 however pulled previous Huske and Sarah Sjostrom to complete in 2nd in 52.81

Simply .06 again of Yang was the WR holder, Sjostrom. The Swede initially made it clear that she would solely contest the 50 free, however added the 100 late and has been rewarded with a spot within the closing, as she completed third within the warmth in 52.87, forward of Huske’s 52.99.

MEN’S 200 BREASTSTROKE – Semifinals

High 8

1. Leon Marchand (FRA) – 2:08.11
2. Zac Stubblety-Cook dinner (AUS) – 2:08.57
3. Dong Zhihao (CHN) – 2:08.99
4. Caspar Cobeau (NED) – 2:09.52
5. Ippei Watanabe (JPN) – 2:09.62
6. Josh Matheny (USA) – 2:09.70
7. Yu Hanaguruma (JPN) – 2:09.72
8. Joshua Yong (AUS) – 2:09.89

Zac Stubblety-Cook dinner, the reigning Olympic champion within the occasion, swam the primary semifinal in a really uncommon manner, at the least for him. The Australian, recognized for an enormous backhalf was 4th on the 100, splitting 1:02.64 however was solely half a second again of the early lead. Stubblety-Cook dinner, who can be a former world document holder within the occasion, moved up from 4th to 2nd by the 150 turns and, utilizing a swift 32.55 final 50, his quickest 50 in addition to his first, touched first in 2:08.57, all however guaranteeing his spot within the closing tomorrow.

American Josh Matheny was that early chief, out in 1:02.14 however began to maneuver again into the sphere, hitting the wall second on the 150 flip and coming house in 33.68 to complete 4th in 2:09.70.

Ending between the Australian and American had been China’s Dong Zhihao and Dutchmen Caspar Corbeau. Corbeau, who swam collegiately at Texas, was up within the mixture of issues over the entire 200, hitting the wall in third on the midway mark and taking the lead on the 150 mark, however ZSC and Dong’s final 50 had been an excessive amount of, and Corbeau needed to accept third within the warmth in 2:09.52.

Dong, the World junior document holder, was simply sixth on the 150 flip however got here house in a blistering 32.37 to complete .42 again of ZSC in 2:08.99

MEN’S 4×200 FREESTYLE RELAY – Finals

• World Report: 6:58.55 – USA (2009)
• Olympic Report: 6:58.56 – USA (2009)
• 2021 Profitable Time: 6:58.58 – Nice Britain
• 2021 Time to Win Bronze: 7:01.84