One of the most anticipated showdowns of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics is set to take place Sunday night.
United States star swimmer Katie Ledecky will be competing in the women’s 400-meter freestyle, but this year it won’t be a given that she’s taking home the gold. Australia’s Ariarne Titmus has been the fastest swimmer in the world in the event in 2021. Even with Ledecky posting the faster time in the prelims, this race could go to either swimmer.
That will not be the lone final event on the night. World record-holder Adam Peaty (Great Britain) will go for the gold in the men’s 100 breaststroke and Torri Huske will hope to add to the American medal count when she swims the final of the women’s 100 butterfly. The night will wrap up with the United States men locked in a close battle with Italy and Australia to claim the gold medal in the 4×100 freestyle relay.
Sporting News will be providing live updates and highlights from each event during the second day of Olympic swimming finals.
Olympics swimming results
Live swimming updates, highlights from 2021 Olympics
Men’s 200 freestyle (semifinal 2)
9:49 p.m.: Scott’s time of 1:44.60 makes him the top seeded swimmer overall in the 200 freestyle final. Smith will be second with his time of 1:45.07 and Rapsys is third at 1:45.32. Only three swimmers from the first semifinal reached the final in the 200 freestyle, which means Haas will miss the cut.
9:48 p.m.: Scott wins the second semifinal and Smith finishes second. Lithuania’s Danas Rapsys places third in the race.
9:47 p.m.: Smith is ahead after the first 100, leading the two swimmers from Great Britain, Duncan Scott and Tom Dean.
9:46 p.m.: Kieran Smith racing in the top lane in the second semifinal.
Men’s 200 freestyle (semifinal 1)
9:43 p.m.: The top time in the race was Malyutin at 1:45.45. Popovici (1:45.68), Scheffer (1:45.71) and Australia’s Thomas Neill (1:45.74) all under 1:46. Haas sits at 1:46.07 and was still just over 0.6 seconds off from first.
9:41 p.m.: Russia’s Martin Malyutin and Romanian David Popovici is second. Scheffer places third and Haas is fifth. It was a close race, but he’s in a tough spot hoping to qualify for the final in this event.
9:40 p.m.: After the first 100, Brazil’s Fernando Scheffer leads the field.
9:40 p.m.: First round of semifinalists racing in the 200 freestyle. Townley Haas is the U.S.’s representative in this semi.
Women’s 100 butterfly (final)
9:35 p.m.: This race was extremely close. Top six swimmers separated by less than a second. Mac Neil’s time of 55.59 is the winner, with Yufei in second at 55.64, McKeon in third at 55.72 and Huske in fourth at 55.73.
9:33 p.m.: Canada’s Maggie Mac Neil wins an incredibly close race in the 100 butterfly, coming in just ahead of China’s Zhang Yufei and Australia’s Emma McKeon. American Torri Huske places fourth.
9:33 p.m.: The first final of the night begins.
Olympics swimming schedule 2021
With the exception of July 31, each day will begin with heats starting at 6 a.m. ET and will end with finals races starting at 9:30 p.m. ET. USA Network will carry the heats in the United States and NBC will have the finals, while CBC will provide coverage of both in Canada.
Those in the United States hoping to see replays of the qualifying heats can tune in to NBC every afternoon to see how swimmers performed in the morning.
Sunday, July 25
Monday, July 26
Tuesday, July 27
Wednesday, July 28
Thursday, July 29
Friday, July 30
Saturday, July 31
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