They were just out-touched for bronze by six-tenths of second by Australia.Īlso racing in the morning was two-time reigning world champion Kylie Masse, who won her 100m backstroke semifinal heat in 58.09 seconds and qualifies for the final second overall behind American Regan Smith, who swam 57.86 to break the Olympic record. There was also an exciting finish in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay as the quartet of Brent Hayden, Joshua Liendo, Yuri Kisil, and Markus Thormeyer placed fourth in a time of 3:10.82, breaking the national record that had stood in the event since Beijing 2008. The 14-year-old had been in the top three through the 300m mark before being passed for the podium. Teen phenom Summer McIntosh created more buzz with her fourth place finish in the women’s 400m freestyle as she lowered the Canadian record she had set in the heats to 4:02.42.
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READ: Mac Neil wins Canada’s first gold of Tokyo 2020 in 100m butterfly Canadian swimmer Margaret Mac Neil wins gold in the Women’s 100m Butterfly during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Monday, July 26, 2021. Mac Neil lowered her national record by almost a quarter of a second as she edged out China’s Zhang Yufei to the wall by 0.05 of a second. Tokyo 2020 Olympic Competition Schedule and ResultsĪ day after she won silver with the 4x100m freestyle relay, Maggie Mac Neil became Canada’s first Olympic champion of Tokyo 2020 as she won the 100m butterfly in Canadian and Americas record time of 55.59 seconds. You can check out the official schedule of Canadians who competed today at the bottom of this page and read on for the details about what happened in each sport. That’s just the tip of the iceberg when it came to Canadian athletes and teams in action on Day 3 at Tokyo 2020. Maggie Mac Neil won Canada’s first gold medal of the Games and Jessica Klimkait made Canadian history in the birthplace of judo. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window).Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window).
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