WATCH: 400 Free Duel Between Titmus & Ledecky for Olympic Gold (Day 2)

2020 TOKYO SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES

• When: Pool swimming: Saturday, July 24 – Sunday, August 1, 2021
  • Open Water swimming: Wednesday, August 4 – Thursday, August 5, 2021
• Where: Olympic Aquatics Centre / Tokyo, Japan
• Heats: 7 PM / Semifinals & Finals: 10:30 AM (Local time)
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• Day  2 Finals Live Recap

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Day 2 of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics saw Ariarne Titmus defeat World Record holder Katie Ledecky in the 400 free, Adam Peaty become Britain’s first swimmer to ever repeat as an Olympic gold medalist in one event, and Team USA win their first relay gold medal.

Below, we’ve compiled day 2 race videos from around the world.

Women’s 100 Butterfly – Final

Medalists:

1. GOLD: Maggie MacNeil (CAN), 55.59
2. SILVER: Zhang Yufei (CHN), 55.64
3. BRONZE: Emma McKeon (AUS), 55.72
4. Torri Huske (USA), 55.73
5. Louise Hansson (SWE), 56.22
6. Marie Wattel (FRA), 56.27
7. Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 56.91
8. Anastasiya Shkurdai (BLR), 57.05

USA

CBC

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EUROSPORT (in German)

Maggie Macneil was able to overtake Marie Wattel‘s early lead to win Canada’s first gold medal of the meet with a 55.59. She out touched silver medalist Zhang Yufei by .05.

Men’s 100 Breaststroke – Final

Medalists:

1. GOLD: Adam Peaty (GBR), 57.37
2. SILVER: Arno Kamminga (NED), 58.00
3. BRONZE: Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA), 58.33
4. Michael Andrew (USA), 58.84
5. James Wilby (GBR), 58.96
6. Andrew Wilson (USA) / Yan Zibei (CHN), 58.99
7. –
8. Ilya Shymanovich (BLR), 59.36

USA

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EUROSPORT (in German)

BBC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l27ydEbTslE

Adam Peaty had a .31 second lead at the 50-meter mark and it only grew as he chased his own World Record line to a gold medal finish.

Women’s 100 Backstroke – Semifinals

Top 8 Qualifiers:

1. Regan Smith (USA), 57.86 OR
2. Kylie Masse (CAN), 58.09
3. Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 58.11
4. Rhyan White (USA), 58.46
5. Kathleen Dawson (GBR), 58.56
6. Emily Seebohm (AUS), 58.59
7. Kira Toussaint (NED), 59.09
8. Anastasia Gorbenko (ISR), 59.30

USA

Kaylee McKeown broke the Olympic Record in prelims (57.88) and Regan Smith snuck under that mark by .02 in the semifinals.

Women’s 400 Freestyle – Final

Medalists:

1. GOLD: Ariarne Titmus (AUS), 3:56.69
2. SILVER: Katie Ledecky (USA), 3:57.36
3. BRONZE: Li Bingjie (CHN), 4:01.08
4. Summer McIntosh (CAN), 4:02.42
5. Tang Muhan (CHN), 4:04.10
6. Isabel Gose (GER), 4:04.98
7. Paige Madden (USA), 4:06.81
8. Erika Fairweather (NZL), 4:08.01

USA

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BBC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l27ydEbTslE

The women’s 400 freestyle final did not disappoint. Katie Ledecky led the race for the first 300 meters, but with Ariarne Titmus right with her the whole time. Ledecky faded slightly on the last 100, giving Titmus room to maintain her own speed and out-touch Ledecky to win gold.

Men’s 4×100 Freestyle Relay – Final

Medalists:

1. GOLD: United States, 3:08.97
2. SILVER: Italy, 3:10.11
3. BRONZE: Australia, 3:10.22
4. Canada, 3:10.82
5. Hungary, 3:11.06
6. France, 3:11.09
7. ROC, 3:12.20
8. Brazil, 3:13.41

USA

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Caeleb Dressel lead off Team USA’s relay in 47.26 and handed it off to Blake Pieroni (47.58) and then Bowe Becker (47.44) who maintained the lead while the Italian team picked up their pace. 6’7″ Zach Apple anchored the relay in a blistering 46.69.