Chase Kalisz and Jay Litherland delivered Team USA’s first medals of the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday night, taking the gold and silver, respectively, in the 400 individual medley.
Kalisz established a commanding lead during the breaststroke, the third leg of the demanding race. He finished in 4:09.42, eight-tenths of a second ahead of Litherland.
Brendon Smith of Australia took the bronze, becoming the first Australian to medal in the 400 IM since 1984.
At the 2016 Rio Games, Kalisz took home the silver in this event, one of many once dominated by Michael Phelps. In the preliminaries, Kalisz had the third-fastest time behind Australia’s Brendon Smith and New Zealand’s Lewis Clareburt. Litherland had advanced to the final tied for the fifth-fastest time.
Kalisz will also be in action later this week in the 200 IM.
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