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Mark Geenty15:03, Jul 25 2021 Sky Sport Kiwi swimmer led at the halfway mark of the medal race, but faded in the final length in Tokyo. Halfway through his first Olympic final, Lewis Clareburt touched the Tokyo Aquatics Centre wall in front, and thousands of his newfound New Zealand fans leaned closer to their screens. “He looks to be cruising,” remarked one of the commentators, as the 22-year-old swimmer from Wellington turned from backstroke to breaststroke with a 0.34sec lead over American Chase Kalisz in the splash for medals in the men’s 400m individual medley. Kalisz seized cont...

Lewis Clareburt after the 400m IM final in Tokyo. Photo: John Cowpland/Photosport Ltd 2021 After a slow butterfly leg, Clareburt took the lead on the backstroke and was second behind American Chase Kalisz at the end of the breaststroke. Kalisz, the Rio silver medallist, held on to win gold, while the chasing pack swamped the Wellingtonian on the second lap of the freestyle. Another American Jay Litherland, who is a New Zealand passport holder, claimed silver ahead of Australian Brendon Smith. Clareburt finished eight tenths of a second off the podium in 4 minutes 11.11 seconds, more than one...

Lewis Clareburt on his way to winning his 400m IM heat. Photo: Photosport Ltd 2021 / John Cowpland Clareburt clocked a personal best 4 minutes 9.49 seconds to win his heat last night, with only Australian Brendon Smith going faster in 4:09.27. "Happy with that. I thought I went out a bit slow but managed to stick in and I had enough in the freestyle to stick in with those guys," Clarerburt said. "There was nerves for sure. The first race is always nice to get over and done with." Despite breaking his own national record, Clareburt would only rate his performance a two out of 10 because "I th...

Stuff Sports 18 July, 2021, 10:19 am Swimmer Erika Fairweather will be the youngest member of the New Zealand team at the Tokyo Olympics. JOE ALLISON/GETTY IMAGES Erika Fairweather’s alarm tends to go off at 4.30am, some four hours before she starts school at Kavanagh College in Dunedin. She admits there are “absolutely” some mornings where she considers staying in bed when she is woken up that early. But as a swimmer, she has her eyes on an Olympic medal, an end goal which would make all those early starts – and all the hours in the pool – worth it. Fairweather had been planning on...

Swimmer Lewis Clareburt trying to block out the burden as he begins his final Olympics preparations Swimmer Lewis Clareburt is trying to block out the burden placed on his shoulders - not to mention arms, legs and feet - as he begins his final preparations for the Olympics 16 June 2021 The Commonwealth Games and world championship bronze medalist heads a seven-strong New Zealand team to Tokyo. He's seen in his specialist 400 metres individual medley as the country's best chance of winning a swimming medal since Danyon Loader's double gold 25 years ago. The tee times are out for golf's US ...