Great Britain's Molly Renshaw has recorded a new British record of 2:22.33 to reach the women's 200m breaststroke final at the Olympic Games.
After watching teammate Chloe Tutton finish in third position in the first semi-final, Renshaw went one better in a well-executed swim that saw her make the final as the third-fastest qualifier.
Each of the eight qualifiers were separated by just 1.18 seconds but with just Taylor McKeown and Rie Kaneto ahead of her, Renshaw will be confident of making a bid for a medal.
Tutton lost her British record to Renshaw by just one hundredth of a second but she did enough to progress through as the seventh-fastest qualifier.
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Darren Plant
Darren Plant
