GO YOU BLOODY GOOD THINGS❗❗❗ The women's 4x100m freestyle relay team have won Australia's FIRST gold of the Tokyo 2020 Games and it's a WORLD RECORD 🥇🇦🇺 Golden Girls 💛💛💛 Tokyo2020 Olympics
Smith had qualified fastest for the final after a surprise performance in the heats but found himself seventh with 50m to go in the gruelling event. However he charged home to claim bronze in 4:10.38 behind Americans Chase Kalisz and Jay Litherland
“The thing that’s tough here, I have to point it out, is if he had swum the time he did in the heat he would have won that final,” swimming legend Ian Thorpe said on the Channel 7 commentary. Bronze medallist Australia's Brendon Smith, gold medallist USA's Chase Kalisz and silver medallist USA's Jay Litherland pose with their medals.McLoughlin , meanwhile, led with 50 metres to go in the 400m freestyle final but was just overhauled by 18-year-old Hafnaoui .“Hell no, I’m pretty much blind,” he told Channel 7.
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