"It's not sinking into me that I've actually won, so I'm very excited," Chalmers told reporters. "I'm so proud to be a medallist for two Olympiads," Adrian told reporters. It would be great to have gold, but in this day and age the 100 freestyle is maybe the most fickle event out there." The result was a huge disappointment for Australia's McEvoy, who dropped the 200 freestyle from his Rio schedule in order to focus on the sprints. Australia's Kyle Chalmers has claimed the gold medal in the men's 100 metres freestyle, the blue riband event in the pool, storming through in the final lap to touch first in 47.58 seconds.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 11, 2016 02:48 UTC