Olympics: Britain's Peaty on fire but Japanese Seto sinks in Olympic pool

24 Jul 2021 08:45PMTOKYO: Britain's Adam Peaty clocked a scorching heat time on Saturday to kickstart the defence of his Olympic 100m breaststroke crown on the opening day at the Tokyo pool, but Japanese world champion Daiya Seto failed to make the 400m medley final.

Peaty appears unstoppable heading into Sunday's semi-finals, but he does have competition from Arno Kamminga, who clocked a monster 57.90 in May to be the only other swimmer besides Peaty to go under 58 seconds.American Michael Andrew, who caused a stir by opting not to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before heading to Tokyo, was third fastest.

Whatever happens in Sunday's final, a new champion will be crowned with reigning gold medallist Kosuke Hagino opting out of the event to focus on the 200m medley.In the evening's other heats, Hungarian world record holder Katinka Hosszu struggled in her fifth Olympic campaign. "I'm really happy with my time, it's right off what I had at trials," said the American teenager, who was almost two seconds clear of second-placed Aimee Willmott of Britain.Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom's comeback from a broken elbow this year gathered steam as she motored through her 100m butterfly heat in 56.18 to make Sunday's semi-finals.

Elijah Winnington, who shocked Mack Horton at the Australian trials to deny him the chance of defending his Olympic title on Sunday, was fourth quickest in a tie with team-mate Jack McLoughlin.

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