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Australia's Chalmers wins men's 100m freestyle Olympic gold

Xinhua, August 11, 2016 Adjust font size:

Teenager Kyle Chalmers clinched Australia's fifth gold medal of the Rio Olympics by winning the men's 100m freestyle final on Wednesday.

The 18-year-old touched the wall in 47.58 seconds, 0.22 seconds ahead of Pieter Timmers of Belgium at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.

Defending champion and pre-race favorite Adrian Nathan of the United States was third, 0.27 seconds further back.

It was Australia's third swimming gold medal of the Rio Games after Mack Horton won the men's 400m freestyle and women's 4x100m freestyle relay team also triumphed. Endit