Heats and semi-finals are also on tap in the women's 100m breaststroke and men's 100m back. + Britain's Adam Peaty is the man to beat in the men's 100m breaststroke final. Even with the 18-time gold medalist, and 2012 100m free champion Nathan Adrian, the United States will be chasing a talent-laden Australian team led by 2016's fastest, Cameron McEvoy. + World record-holder Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden and reigning Olympic champion Dana Vollmer are on course for a showdown in the women's 100m butterfly final. "I don't think it matters to her today," her coach Bruce Gemmell says of Ledecky's carving out a place in swimming history.

Source: Bangkok Post August 07, 2016 00:45 UTC