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Tokyo 2020 Olympics – Swimming – Women’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay – Heats – Tokyo Aquatics Centre – Tokyo, Japan – July 24, 2021. Team members Lucy Hope of Britain, Anna Hopkin of Britain, Abbie Wood of Britain and Freya Anderson of Britain during the event REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics – Swimming – Women’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay – Heats – Tokyo Aquatics Centre – Tokyo, Japan – July 24, 2021. Team members Lucy Hope of Britain, Anna Hopkin of Britain, Abbie Wood of Britain and Freya Anderson of Britain during the event REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel
The Tokyo Olympics 2020 has started with a bang as the swimming events begun. The events saw their fair share of shocks and excitements as the swimmers put in a splendid effort in the Olympic games. Notably, Daiya Seto provided the biggest excitement in the event as he failed to qualify for the 400-meter individual medley. Likewise, the relay events saw the British women’s team qualified for Tokyo Olympics by posting a record time in the event. Quite a splendid performance from the Brits.
Australia, Netherlands, and Canada posted the top three times in the race. Moreover, the US swimming team finished 5th in the relay events and hope they can put in a better performance in the finals.
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics – Swimming – Women’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay – Heats – Tokyo Aquatics Centre – Tokyo, Japan – July 24, 2021. Team members Olivia Smoliga of the United States, Lucy Hope of Britain, and Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden, in action REUTERS/Antonio Bronic
Team Britain breaks national record in Tokyo Olympics 2020
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In an exciting opening session, the relay events showcased the best talents in the world. On the other hand, Netherlands performed well in the relay events too. But, Australia and Great Britain stole the show.
A team comprising Freya Anderson, Abbie Wood, Anna Hopkin, and Lucy Hope swam well in the 4?100-meter freestyle event. They created a British record in the European Aquatics Championships last May. However, they broke the national record by posting a time of 3:34.03 to win the first heats. They broke the record by setting a time of 0.14 seconds ahead of the previous record.
New British record for the same team who achieved this ⤵️ at the European Aquatics Championships earlier this year 👏
The GB Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay team of @freyaandersonn, @abbielouisew, @annahopkin and @LucyHope_ swam 3:34.03 to secure a place in the #Tokyo2020 final! pic.twitter.com/VLk5KF8rqO
— Swim England (@Swim_England) July 24, 2021
The British team finished fourth in the overall timings after Australia, Netherlands, and Canada.
Australians are too strong for other nations
The Brits started slowly as Lucy Hope swam the first round. After that, Anna Hopkin and Abbie Wood were the next swimmers. As Wood entered the pool, Britains were in third place but moved forward to second place after which Freya Anderson touched the wall at the end. While Sweden was leading the race, Anderson came from behind and took the victory in what was an exciting race in Japan.
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Despite their brilliant performance, the finals won’t be a cakewalk as team Australia posted a fantastic time in the heats. Brendon Smith created the fastest time in the relay events as she took team Australia to victory ahead of the finals. Quite an incredible performance.
Adam Peaty has qualified for the semi-finals of the men's 100m breaststroke in 57.56 sec.
He holds the record for all the 16 fastest times in men's 100m breaststroke history, with today's effort being ranked 8th.
He's also unbeaten over the distance since 2014. 😳#TeamGB pic.twitter.com/hICdSGH6yy
— 🎯 Tommy's Darts Tips (@TommysDartsTips) July 24, 2021
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No events are as exciting as the swimming events in Tokyo. From Daiya Seto’s failure to Adam Peaty’s dominance, the swimming events had their fair share of thrills and excitement. Day 2 of the swimming events looks to be incredible. Team Australia looks like the team to beat as the US have to be at their best to win medals in the swimming competitions.
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