Australia’s Kyle Chalmers won the gold medal on Wednesday 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. “I’m so proud to be a medallist for two Olympiads,” Adrian told reporters. “It’s not sinking into me that I’ve actually won, so I’m very excited,” Chalmers, 18, told reporters. Pieter Timmers of Belgium took the silver in 47.80 and defending Olympic champion Nathan Adrian of the United States claimed the bronze in 47.85. “I don’t want to celebrate too much because I know it would have been very hard for him,” he said.

Source: Dhaka Tribune August 11, 2016 14:15 UTC