{"id":10792,"date":"2016-08-11T09:22:52","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T09:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=10792"},"modified":"2016-08-11T09:22:52","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T09:22:52","slug":"kyle-chalmers-makes-olympic-history-on-golden-night-for-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/rio-olympics\/kyle-chalmers-makes-olympic-history-on-golden-night-for-australia.html","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Chalmers makes Olympic history on golden night for Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kyle Chalmers makes Olympic history on golden night for Australia<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Kyle Chalmers makes Olympic history on golden night for Australia<\/strong>:(CNN)Australia has a new Olympic hero — and his name is Kyle Chalmers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 18-year-old stunned the field in the men’s 100-meters freestyle final<\/strong> to claim gold and become the first Australian to win the event since Mike Wenden in 1968.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chalmers, who had already won bronze in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay<\/strong>, edged out Belgium’s Pieter Timmers and defending champion Nathan Adrian<\/strong> of the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

The teenager was seventh on the turn but powered through the final length to claim a shock victory.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s definitely still sinking in that I’ve actually won,” Chalmers told reporters after the race. “I was a bit worried that I glided for a bit too long at the finish but very happy with that.<\/span>
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“It’s unbelievable, I mean, I’m only 18. Nathan [Adrian] is 10 years older than me and he’s the reigning Olympic champion so being next to him was pretty daunting for me but I knew I had to stick to my guns.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The son of former AFL footballer Brett Chalmers<\/strong>, he is Australia’s youngest swimming gold medalist<\/strong> since Ian Thorpe announced himself on the world stage as a 17-year-old in Sydney.<\/span><\/p>\n

And there was more joy for Australia in the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay with the team taking silver behind a US foursome powered by Katie Ledecky<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ledecky, who claimed her third gold of the Games, swam a stellar final leg to reel in the Australians with Canada taking bronze.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chalmers’ victory was not the only shock of the night in the pool with Kazakhstan’s Dmitry Balandin claiming gold<\/strong> in the men’s 200-meter breaststroke.<\/span><\/p>\n

Balandin finished in a time of two minutes, 7.46 seconds, just 0.07 seconds ahead of Josh Prenot of the US and Russia’s Anton Chupkov.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s probably the biggest honor and the best thing I could do for my country,” he told reporters.<\/span>
\n“I’m very proud of this. This is history, the first swimming medal for Kazakhstan, and I’m very glad I wrote it.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Mireia Belmonte became the first Spanish women to win an Olympic swimming gold after taking the 200-meter butterfly title.<\/span>
\nSecond in London four years ago, Belmonte went one better on this occasion, finishing ahead of Australia’s Madeline Groves and Japan’s world champion Natsumi Hoshi.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Belmonte, who won bronze in the women’s 400-meter individual medley on Saturday to add to the silver she won in the 800-meter freestyle in London four years ago, is now Spain’s most successful swimmer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a day after taking his gold medal tally to 21, Michael Phelps booked his place in the final of the men’s 200-meter individual medley final.<\/span><\/p>\n

Phelps qualified as the fastest man with US teammate Ryan Lochte<\/strong> also making it through after finishing in second.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source<\/strong> : http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2016\/08\/10\/sport\/kyle-chalmers-australia-michael-phelps\/index.html<\/span><\/p>\n

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