The swimming events at the 2024 Paris Olympics are well underway with the first rounds of Men’s 100m Breaststroke heats over. Heat 3 saw America’s Nic Fink take to the waters, swimming in Lane 4, as Adam Peaty remained the fastest swimmer on the day.
Representing the Netherlands, Caspar Corbeau won the heat with a time of 59.04s while registering a split time of 31.34s. Meanwhile, Fink took the second place by registering a time of 59,66s. Australia’s Joshua Yong rounded out the top three finishers as he registered a time of 59.75s.
Meanwhile, Heat 4 saw Charlie Swanson take on two-time defending Olympic champion Adam Peaty. The Brit took the win with a 59.18s swim, but the win did not come easy. Ilya Shymanovich gave close competition to Peaty throughout and touched the wall second, just 0.07s behind Peaty. With a 59.39s swim, Italy’s Nicolo Martinenghi secured the third position.
Great Britain’s Adam Peaty has eased into the men’s 100m breaststroke final.#Olympics #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/sR3WJYds3p
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) July 27, 2024
As for Swanson, the American swimmer managed a seventh-place finish with a time of 59.92s. However, he remains in contention for qualification, as the 16 best times will qualify for the Semi-finals.
The favorite to win Gold, Peaty is looking to rewrite the history books in Paris this year. In the history of the Olympic games, no swimmer has ever won the Gold medal in the Men’s 100m Breaststroke thrice in a row. Having won in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo, the 29-year-old has his sights set on climbing the top step of the podium in Paris.
Gold for the USA in the Men’s 4x100m Swimming Relay
With the USA Men’s Swimming Relay team finishing second overall during the heats, there was an air of excitement for the finals on Day 1. Caeleb Dressel, Hunter Armstrong, Jack Alexy, and Chris Guiliano faced tough competition, but they proved to be too good.
USA TAKES GOLD IN THE MEN’S 4x100M RELAY pic.twitter.com/weJ014jRkQ
— ESPN (@espn) July 27, 2024
Switching up the lineup, the USA men were able to clinch the gold medal over a second ahead of the Aussies. At 3:09.28, the Americans were almost a second off-pace to match their world record. Meanwhile, Australia and Italy battled hard for the Silver medal, with the swimmers from the Land Down Under coming out on top. Italy had to settle for the third position with a time of 3:10.70, 1.42 seconds behind Australia.
