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Australian swimmer Emma McKeon has history in her sights this morning at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. McKeon already has a bumper haul at the pool – gold in the 100m freestyle, gold in the 4x100m freestyle relay, bronze in the 100m butterfly, bronze in the 4x100m mixed medley relay and bronze in the 4x200m freestyle relay. This morning, McKeon starts as favourite in the women’s 50m freestyle and will swim the butterfly leg for a strong Australian team in women’s 4x100m medley relay.
The equestrian eventing continues apace (a pretty fast pace – horses can run). GB’s Laura Collett has completed her cross country and has moved into bronze behind Germany’s Julia Krajewski (silver) and GB’s Oliver Townend (gold). In the team standings it’s GB, USA and Switzerland 1-2-3. New Zealand and Australia are seventh and eighth respectively.
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