New York's Kate Douglass won both her heat and her semifinal race in the women's 200m breaststroke, putting her in position to contend for a medal in the final in Thursday.
The 22-year-old from Pelham, New York, had the fastest time in the semifinals, coming in at 2:19:74, two-tenths of a second faster than Tatjana Smith of South Africa, the reigning Olympic champion in the event. Douglass won her first heat earlier on Wednesday with the third-fastest time overall.
She won't be the only member of Team USA competing in the race: Teammate Lilly King also qualified with the sixth-fastest time in the semis.
Douglass is a two-time Olympian and has won two medals. She won a bronze in the 200m women’s individual medley in Tokyo in 2020 and a silver in the women’s 4 x 100m freestyle relay in Paris.
She swam for the Chelsea Piers Athletic Club in Stamford, Connecticut, from 2017 to 2019.
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When is Kate Douglass racing in the 200m breaststroke semifinal?
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Both Douglass and King will be competing in the final for the women’s 200m breaststroke on Thursday afternoon, at 3:11 p.m. ET.
How to watch:
The final will air on NBC and streaming on Peacock. The stream will also be available at the link here.
