Olympics: Matthew Edben and John Peers claimed Australia's latest gold, Ariarne Titmus and Katie Ledecky added another chapter to their rivalry, and Julien Alfred took out the women's 100m sprint over Sha'carri Richardson.
Speaking to reporters after helping Australia into the 4x100m medley relay final on Sunday morning , Chalmers said he had moved to clear the air with Pan directly., Chalmers said he asked Pan about what he said on Chinese television and had no beef with him. China 's Pan Zhanle smashed Kyle Chalmers by 10.08 seconds. Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP.
“I don’t think there was any animosity ever. I feel like there was none from my point of view,” Chalmers said.“I spoke to him in the marshalling room before the race. After the race, I went straight over, shook his hand in the pool. On the podium, shook his hand and we had a great conversation before we started that cooldown, just in regards to how great the race was.
“But I know that I’ve done everything I possibly can to be respectful, like I am to every one of my competitors. “I really look forward to progressing our relationship and challenging each other and having some amazing battles in the pool over the years.
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