Welcome to Day 4 of our live coverage from the Olympics in Paris. The Boomers are in action ahead of several gold medal chances for Australia.
Kyle Chalmers has cruised into the semi-finals with a comfortable 100m freestyle heat at Paris La Defence Arena. Chalmers already has a silver medal under his belt in Paris after a sizzling anchor leg in the 4 x 100m freestyle.It would be a phenomenal effort to win two 100-metre crowns eight years apart. Chalmers was 18 when he exploded into view by winning the prestigious sprint at Rio 2016.
Chalmers’ time was sharp - 48.07 - and it looked as if he conserved some energy at the end. Ian Thorpe says on Nine he can strip another second off that. Fellow Australian William Yang is also through to the semis. American Jack Alexy was quickest in 47.57 and the Romanian star David Popivici looked cruisy, too. They’ll be tough to beat, and Frenchman Maxime Grousset will have the wind of the home crowd at his back.
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