Australia’s Chalmers wins men’s 100m freestyle Olympic gold

The Olympian Kyle Chalmers took the medal in the men’s 100-meters freestyle, becoming the first Australian to win the event since Mike Wenden in 1968, and earning him hero status back home. Brazil now play Colombia in the quarter-finals on Saturday. That part of the race is his office, his playground.

Ledecky, who claimed her third gold of the Games, swam a stellar final leg to reel in the Australians with Canada taking bronze.

When his muscles started to combust, it wasn’t a warning that he was about to fade. I want to get a good sleep, that’s my main focus right now.

The Scottish Mr Chalmers said he had been asleep, and only realised his namesake had scooped victory when he checked his Twitter mentions.

Australia had been looking towards the more experienced race favourite Cameron McEvoy to deliver the gold. Naturally perplexed yet courageous in defeat, he will try to reset for the 50m event.

Chalmers, who won the race with a time of 47.58, edged past Belgian Pieter Timmers and USA star Nathan Adrian, who finished in the silver and bronze places, respectively.

In glorious hindsight, it shouldn’t have arrived as such a shock.

Chalmers, 18, came from behind in both his swims and finished among the top two times in both the heats and the semi finals this morning.

But few dared to believe the junior prodigy could really go with the superstars when they unleashed their best on the grandest of stages.

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“I don’t think it’s sunk into him yet”.

Evgeny Korotyshkin, a silver medalist in 2012 who is not competing at the Rio Olympics, says in an Instagram post that two armed people approached him near Ipanema beach, away from the Olympic venues, and forced him to hand over the contents of his pockets. I did that again tonight, I’m not anxious on the turn, I know I’ve got that back end. “Everything has fallen into place and I’m very grateful the way everything has worked out”.

Chalmers, the son of former Australian Rules player Brett, had until recently harboured a dream of following his father into the indigenous Australian football code, but was forced to choose between the sports past year when injuries piled up.

And, get this, it’s an Australian.

“No. He hasn’t been ill”, the coach said.

“Obviously not the best week of racing for me but it was just about making it through and if I can do that again tonight I’ll be happy”, Seebohm said.

“There was definitely some regrets, but I’m an injury prone person”. Chalmers said that Thorpe penned him a letter of support with sage advice on the eve of his final.

“He’s someone I looked up to my whole life”.

“I think it’s going to be so much fun”.

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When asked what he thought he could get out of the 50m freestyle, McEvoy said he wants to enjoy it.