- Kyle Chalmers qualified second fastest in the men’s 100m freestyle final
- He recorded exactly the same time that led him to win gold in 2016.
- Chalmers will have a big task to defeat the Chinese Pan Zhanle
Kyle Chalmers has swept the men’s 100m freestyle final in Paris, and a strange coincidence could bode well for the Australian sprinter.
Chalmers qualified second fastest for the big race, which takes place in the early hours of Thursday morning AEST, with China’s Pan Zhanle fastest with a time of 47.21 seconds.
That was much better than Chalmers, who hit the wall in 47.58 seconds, which will surely be a familiar number for the Australian.
Of course, Chalmers won gold in the men’s 100m freestyle in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 with exactly the same time as a teenager.
He’ll need to go faster than that to defeat Zhanle, but he’ll be encouraged by his performances in this year’s competition.
More to follow.
Kyle Chalmers qualified for the men’s 100m freestyle final with a time of 47.58 seconds.
It’s exactly the same time that earned her a gold medal in the same event in 2016.