Australian swimming, results, Kyle Chalmers

American Caeleb Dressel defeated Australian star Kyle Chalmers with a nail advantage in their 100m freestyle duel.

In the roller coaster race, the 23-year-old completed the turn in third place, but he returned with difficulty in the second 50m and swam with Drexel at a distance of 15m.

Only when rushing to the wall did Drexel lead the frontcourt by 0.06 seconds.

Chalmers’ counterattack at the finish line seemed to convince the Australian legend Ian Thorpe that another Australian gold medal was coming, and he excitedly said: “Yes! Yes!”.

But it turns out that this is a kiss of death.

Chalmers achieved his personal best in the game, but he was still disappointed in his first interview with Channel 7 after leaving the pool.

Strikingly, Chalmers confirmed the huge concerns about how the game will unfold before Thorpe.

Thorpe said before the game that he was worried that Chalmers would be blind in the second half of the game because he often looked to the right while breathing, which was very weak.

This meant that Chalmers could not see Drexel because they sprinted towards the wall.

“I qualified in Lane 7, and it was more challenging outside,” he told Nathan Templeton on Channel 7.

“I have to swim my own race from start to finish, and change my breath on the way home. But I left everything in the pool.”

Thorpe said earlier: “My concern for Kyle Chalmers is traditionally that he is breathing on the right hand side, which means that during the descent, he will be able to see the rest of the field enter Calle. Bu Drexel, and possibly through (Kliment) Kolesnikov, will help him get out of the first 50 games faster.

“He needs to get out faster than in the semifinals. If he continues to breathe on the right side, he won’t be able to hunt them down as usual because he will be looking at Maxim Grusset Lane 8.”

This is another case where Thorpe’s analysis appeared in this Olympics, because Chalmers continued to look to the right on the way back to the swimming pool.

Although earlier this week in the men’s 4x100m freestyle with 46.44, the fifth fastest relay in swimming history, Chalmers finished sixth in the semifinals with a score of 47.80. It turns out that this seems very expensive.

Despite the obvious injury, Chalmers was still a classmate after the game.

“I left everything in the swimming pool, and I did my best,” he said.

“I tried my best to win. Obviously, life is not always about winning, but it is good and I executed the game well. I feel strong and feel good. Yesterday was an important day, an important day. , Can relax, and then come back this morning, but like I said, I left everything in the swimming pool and do my best to do this for my country.”

This victory further cemented Drexel’s reputation as the king of sprint swimming, and he won his second Olympic gold medal so far.

Dreiser must break the Olympic record to win, his time is only 0.11 seconds shorter than the world record.

The Russian Kolesnikov won the bronze medal.

Chalmers hopes to be the first Australian ever to defend the 100 million freestyle Olympic champion he won in Rio five years ago.