The opening session of the Rio Farewell Grand Prix kicked off at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre this morning with the best swimmers from across Australia, including the Olympic, Paralympic and Junior Pan Pacific Championship teams going head to head in what will be for many, their last racing opportunity ahead of Rio.
With 35 days to go until the Olympic Games and just over two months until the Paralympics, the swimmers are in tough training but posted some strong in season times in front of an excited crowd.
All eyes will be on the men’s 100m freestyle final tonight with crowd favourite Cameron McEvoy just getting the better of his relay teammate James Magnussen in this morning’s heats, hitting the wall in a time of 48.82. Magnussen was just a touch behind in 48.87 and with Olympic rookie Kyle Chalmers third fastest in 49.38 the race for first place will heat up tonight.
Dual World Champion Mitch Larkin was in fine form, clocking a 53.92 to qualify fastest for the final of the 100m backstroke, finishing a body-length and a half ahead of teammate Joshua Beaver (55.36) with 19-year-oldJames Traiforos (56.59) rounding out the top three.
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