Kimiko Raheem finishes 28th in the overall standings
The Lankan swimmer finished with a timing of 1.04.21 and was placed fourth in her heat behind Yin Yan Claudia Lau of Hong Kong, Alicja Tchorz of Poland and Alexus Laird of Seychelles.
Kimiko Raheem’s timing of 1.04.21 was not sufficient for her to get herself qualified to the semifinals of the event.
This was not Kimiko’s personal best as the Lankan swimmer swam the 100m backstroke event with a timing of 1.03.78 at the recently concluded South Asian Games held in Guwahati earlier this year.
Kimiko’s timing placed her 28th in the event rankings. USA’s Kathleen Baker takes the top spot in the rankings with a timing of 58.84 seconds followed by Emily Seebohm of Australia.
Sri Lanka’s other hope in the swimming arena, Matthew Abeysinghe is set to swim his 100m Freestyle heat on Tuesday 9th August at 9.32 p.m. (SL time).
Michael Phelps wins his 19th Olympic gold
The 31-year-old American swimming legend, competing at his 5th Olympic games, won his 19th Gold medal (his 1st for Rio 2016) taking his overall tally to an unprecedented 23 medals at the Olympics(19 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze).
Phelps was part of the USA 4X400 Men’s freestyle Swimming team which clinched the Gold medal and was instrumental in securing the pole position with a strong lap. .
Two swimming World Records tumble
After breaking the Olympic record in her afternoon heat, 19-year-old Katie Ledecky won Gold in 400m Freestyle event in a world record time of 3:56:46, nearly two seconds better than her own previous mark.
Adam Peaty of Great Britain established a new world record in the Men’s 100m backstroke event finishing with a timing of 57:13 minutes.
Kosovo win Gold at the debut Olympics
Majlinda Kelmendi became the first athlete from Kosovo to become an Olympic medalist. She achieved this feat winning the Women’s 52Kg weight class Judo event.
This victory is historic as it is the first time Kosovo is represented at the Olympics.
Women’s 7s proceed to the Semi Final stage.
Australia, Canada, Great Britain and New Zealand have booked their place in the semifinal for the debut Rugby 7s at Rio 2016.
Australia will take on Canada while Great Britain will face of the New Zealand today (08th August) for a spot in the final where both teams will be guaranteed to get their hands on either Gold or Silver medals.
The final and the bronze medal playoff will be tomorrow (09th August).
