Tokyo 2020 Olympics day six: swimming, men’s golf and women’s rugby sevens begin and more – live!

3.53am BST

The legendary list of US men to win Olympic gold in the 100m free:

Caeleb Dressel
Nathan Adrian
Matt Biondi
Rowdy Gaines
Jim Montgomery
Mark Spitz
Don Schollander
Clarke Scholes
Wally Ris
Johnny Weissmuller
Duke Kahanamoku
Charlie Daniels

3.48am BST

There is a reason Dressel is being called the new Michael Phelps. He was basically unbeatable, even though Chalmers came so, so close to doing so. Chalmers started a little back, made the turn in third and it was only in the final 20m or so that he overtook Kolesnikov and was stroke for stroke with Dressel. He touched the wall 0.06 seconds after the American and that time, 47.08, is actually equal to Chalmers’s personal best, so it’s hard to argue he could have swum faster.

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Source: The Guardian