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LONDON Sun Yang associated with China and Ryan Lochte regarding this United States ended up last the particular puddle on Sunday because top a pair of qualifiers while in the 200-meter freestyle hours once their gold-medal work for the Olympics.

Sun was quickest around a single minute, 46.24 minutes coming away his triumph from the 400 cost-free upon Saturday.

"I'll aim to do my best, women and men 2 hundred freestyle just isn't my ideal event," he / she said. "It's more and more difficult to me compared to the four hundred meters as well as that 1,500 meters."

Lochte had been second at 1:46.45, having won the particular 400 individual medley about the primary night connected with Olympic swimming.

"I did not be able to bed until similar to 2 a.m. therefore I'm somewhat tired, but it really had been your prelims swim, consequently I'm not really too uneasy in relation to it," mentioned Lochte, who seem to was away celebrating along with his family.

Yannick Agnel associated with France had been lastly at 1:46.60. Also advancing ended up being Park Tae-hwan regarding South Korea, who accomplished next behind Sun within the four hundred IM soon after in the beginning getting disqualified while in the prelims after which it reinstated. Park was fifth-fastest at 1:46.79.

Among the top end sixteen moving on towards the nighttime semifinals have been Robbie Renwick associated with Britain (sixth) plus Kenrick Monk of Australia (seventh).

Ricky Berens of this U.S. has been eighth, competing inside an personal Olympic affair for any primary time. Paul Biedermann of Germany, the world-record holder, had been 10th in 1:47.27 once not passing that will improvement away from the particular 400 zero cost prelims on Saturday.

Australia removed it's big guns inside 4x100 freestyle inform heats and it paid using the top time period associated with 3:12.29.

James "The Rocket" Roberts swam following for any Australians, although James "The Missile" Magnussen anchored. Cameron McEvoy and Tommaso D'Orsogna swam the particular additional a pair of legs.

"I felt nice calm the initial 50 in addition to I simply make the herd bring myself home along at the end," Magnussen said.

The U.S. saved it's finest swimmers with the night final. Jimmy Feigen, Matt Grevers, Berens and also 2008 Olympic exchange celebrity Jason Lezak skilled second during 3:12.59.

The Americans are usually to utilize Nathan Adrian and also Cullen Jones, that journeyed 1-2 inside the a hundred free of charge along at the U.S. trials, when Michael Phelps and also Lochte will also be in the mix that will swim the final.

"There's already been consider it, but by the end with the time it truly is the particular coaches' decisions," Lochte said. "They're visiting position the best four guys many people think tend to be ready."

Emily Seebohm with Australia qualified most effective within the a hundred backstroke with a good Olympic-record period associated with 58.23 seconds. She lowered this older mark connected with 58.77 fixed through Kirsty Coventry involving Zimbabwe four in years past inside Beijing.

"I saw in which I appeared to be ahead of the universe history in addition to I was just simply like, 'Don't conquer your head. Just carry on along with only go while hard when you can,'" Seebohm said. "All I were going to try this early morning ended up being in making them through. My intention was just to keep moving ahead and from now on perhaps your world file throughout the actual final, which knows?"

Missy Franklin, this 17-year-old American challenging within your ex very first Olympics, was second-quickest around 59.37. She received a bronze medal seeing that section of the particular U.S. 4x100 freestyle inform within the initial night of floating around Saturday, nevertheless was nevertheless nervous for the woman's initial specific event.

"Oh, my gosh. You cannot take virtually any probabilities here," Franklin said. "You should emerge generally there as well as do the most effective in which anyone can. I realize I are capable of doing more rapidly as compared with I did in prelims."