2016 RIO OLYMPIC GAMES
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Swimming: August 6-13
- Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Barra Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro
- Prelims – 9:00 a.m/12:00 p.m PST/EST (1:00 p.m local), Finals – 6:00 p.m/9:00 p.m PST/EST (10:00 p.m local)
- SwimSwam previews
- Rio Schedule & Results
- Live Stream (NBC)
The British men’s silver medal winning medley relay broke 4 x 100 medley British record by well over a second tonight.
The team of Chris Walker-Hebborn, Adam Peaty, James Guy, and Duncan Scott set a 3:30.47 mark yesterday for the national record, and then tonight the same four men swam 3:29.24 to lower the record.
See their splits below:
- Chris Walker-Hebborn: .53r, 25.86, 27.82: 53.68
- Adam Peaty: .24r, 26.09, 30.50: 56.59
- James Guy: .40r, 23.98, 27.37: 51.35
- Duncan Scott: .40r, 22.90, 24.72: 47.62
The shining star of Great Britain’s race was Peaty, splitting a full two seconds ahead of every other breaststroker in the field. At Peaty’s start, the British team was 1.83 seconds behind the Americans. Then, at the end of his leg, he touched .61 of a second ahead of Team USA’s Cody Miller.
The freestyler Scott held off team Australia’s charging Kyle Chalmers by just .01 for Great Britain’s overall silver.
Only if Great Britain had a faster backstroke
They do; Walker-Hebborn has been :52.88, 0.7 faster than his Rio swim. Just didn’t perform at best level.
more like Adam Peaty sets new British record.
This would have won London 2012. Wow, the British are to be watched!