Jagger Eaton goes into the lead after a superb last run in heat one. His total score of 35.07 would have got him in the top eight at the world championships and he will probably make the final today. A reminder that the best eight skaters from the four heats go into the final.

We are just over an hour away from the first medal races at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. The men’s 400m individual medley is up first – Australia’s Brendon Smith was an unexpected fastest qualifier last night in the heats, but he will face tough competition in lanes three and five from American Chase Kalisz, who won silver at the event in Rio, and Kiwi Lewis Clareburt.

The women’s 100m butterfly semi-finals will be enthralling – Sweden’s Sarah Sjöström, Australia’s Emma McKeon, the USA’s Torri Huske and China’s Yufei Zhang are all gold medal contenders.

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