USA Swimmer Chase Kalisz has won Team USA’s first gold medal of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with a victory in the men’s 400-meter individual medley final Sunday in Tokyo.
Similarly, Jay Litherland, Team USA won the silver medal in the men’s 400-meter individual medley. Australia’s Brendon Smith finished third.
Chase Kalisz and Jay Litherland finished first and second in the Men’s 400-meter Individual Medley.
Chase Kalisz won gold with a time of 4:09.42, while Litherland finished just behind him with a time of 4:10:28. Brendon Smith of Australia won bronze with a time of 4:10.38.
This is the second Olympic medal for Kalisz, who won silver in the same event in 2016, and the first Olympic medal for Litherland. Kalisz is also set to compete in the 200-meter Individual Medley on July 28.
Team USA failed to medal Saturday, the first time since 1972 that the Americans didn’t claim gold, silver or bronze on the first day of the Olympics.
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