This, then, was the first night of the Olympic swim meet for the American team: fast, but not quite fast enough. “I didn’t think about getting a medal,” Kalisz said. It takes nothing away from the performances of Kalisz and DiRado, who performed better than ever before. [Live updates: Get the latest news and results from Rio Games]So at one level, Kalisz had a right to be thrilled. His silver in the 400-meter individual medley came in a time of 4:06.75 — by far the fastest time of his life.

Source: Washington Post August 06, 2016 20:48 UTC