Olympic Fish

Women's 100m Backstroke Finals

Missy Franklin appears for a finals just after a semis a few minutes ago. She certainly seemed tired from the walk out but managed to smile ever so sweetly. :)) The top 3 qualifiers for the finals are the 3 medalists. I somehow think that if Missy Franklin didn't swim that semifinals just minutes ago, she could have broken the world record. Who knows?

Gold: Missy Franklin (Usa)

Silver: Emily Seebohm (Aus)

Bronze: Aya Terakawa (Jpn)

Men's 200m Freestyle Finals

Why didn't I cover the semifinals? Its kinda unbelievable that I missed it. Did I forgot or did my local channel fail to show the games again? D: Paul Beidermann holds the WR. There's 3 newly-crowned gold medalist in this event alone. Yannick led all the way! I didn't think he was going to make it because Lochte looks set to catch up, but no, Yannick went even faster and became one body length ahead of his other competitors. First frenchmen to ever win in this event. :))

Gold: Yannick Agnel (Fra)

Silver: Park Taehwan (Kor)

Silver: Sun Yang (Chn)

4. Ryan Lochte (Usa)

5. Paul Beidermann (Ger)

6. Robbie Renwick (Gbr)

7. Thomas Fraser-Holmes (Aus)

8. Danila Izotov (Rus)

Nice to see Park and Sun interacting that much during the medal ceremony. Park nudged him to throw his bouquet to his fans/family. Cute. I always find that guys have less rivalry between each other; I mean they are fierce in the field, but once they're out of it, its really all bro-love.

Women's 200m Freestyle Semifinals

Muffat led from the start, Schmitt close behind. But it is Barratt, who was at the 5th place, who sprinted in the last 25m to finish first in semifinals 1. Sjostrom failed to make it to the finals this time. Lippok, Macclatchy and Pellegrini led the second round of semifinals. But it is 2 times world champion and defending champion Federica Pellegrini that finished first in the second round.

Finals:

1. Bronte Barratt (Aus)

2. Allison Schmitt (Usa)

3 Camille Muffat (Fra)

4. Federica Pellegrini (Ita)

5. Veronika Popova (Rus)

6. Cailtlin Mcclatchey (Gbr)

7. Kylie Palmer (Aus)

8. Missy Franklin (Usa)

Men's 200m Butterfly Heats Swim-off

This was on the website but no details is provided. I wonder what it's about. Sounds...interesting! Swim for their life!!!

Women's 200m Individual Medley Heats

Happy to see YOG alum Zavadova (Cze) in the heats. Ye Shiwen finished fastest yet again in the heats. Really don't know what goes on in this young olympian's head. She just handles everything so well. Notice how swimmers from the same country tend to have almost the same timings. Must have been trained under the same coach. :))

Semifinal 1
1. Izumi Kato (Jpn)
2. Hannah Miley (Gbr)
3. Mireia Belmonte Garcia (Esp)
4. Katinka Hosszu (Hun)
5. Evelyn Verraszto (Hun)
6. Amit Ivry (Isr)
7. Joanna Melo (Bra)

Semifinal 2
1. Jiaxing Li (Chn)
2. Stephanie Rice (Aus)
3. Alicia Coutts (Aus)
4. Ye Shiwen (Chn)
5. Caitlin Leverenz (Usa)
6. Ariana Kukor (Usa)
7. Theresa Michalak (Ger)
8. Beatriz Gomez Cortes (Esp)

Men's 200m Butterfly Heats

I missed watching Chad le Clos and Singapore's very own Joseph Schooling in his olympic debut! Although he didn't make it into the semifinals, at least he was in heat 5 together with Michael Phelps. I bet local press would give that a mention. Some of the Youth Olympians: Bence Biczo (Hun), Velimir Stjepanovic (Srb), Marcin Cieslak (Pol) are here, in the event that they're good to qualify for the finals in the youth version. And other than Cieslak, all my little youth olympians made it to the semifinals! (I say "little" because they're obviously younger than I am; but they do look freakishly old and hulky) Biczo, beat Chad le Clos to win gold back in 2010 and Stejepanovic was bronze. Guess their speed 2 years ago is actually enough for Olympics semifinals. So proud of them. That and they trained uber hard, of course. Stjepanovic often eludes this very mysterious, sinister feel. He is so well hidden and so under the radar...that he might bring some surprises, who knows. :))

Semifinals 1
1. Chirs Wright (Aus)
2. Peng Wu (Chn)
3. Yin Chen (Chn)
4. Tyler Clary (Usa)
5. Chad le Clos (Rsa)
6. Takeshi Matsuda (Jpn)
7. Nick D'Arcy (Aus)
8. Ioannis Drymonakos (Gre)

Semifinals 2
1. Bence Biczo (Hun)
2. Laszlo Cseh (Hun)
3. Michael Phelps (Usa)
4. Dinko Jukic (Aut)
5. Velimir Stjepanovic (Srb)
6. Kazuya Kaneda (Jpn)
7. Pawel Korzeniowski (Pol)
8. Nikolay Skvortsov (Rus)

Women's 200m Freestyle Heats

Sarah Sjostrom, Allison Schmitt and Camille Muffat, fresh from last night's emotional race, is back for the qualifying heats in the morning. Also in the race is the youth olympic finialist in the same event Danielle Villars. :)) Here are the semifinalists:

Semifinal 1

1. Shijia Wang (Chn)

2. Bronte Barratt (Aus)

3. Barbara Jardin (Can)

4. Allison Schmitt (Usa)

5. Veronika Popova (Rus)

6. Sarah Sjostrom (Swe)

7. Camille Muffat (Fra)

8. Sara Isakovic (Slo)

Semifinal 2

1. Silke Lippok (Ger)

2. Samantha Cheverton (Can)

3. Melania Costa Schmid (Esp)