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Gareth Kean - Source: Photosport
Just 0.06 seconds separated the men's 4x100m medley relay team
from a place in swimming final at the London Olympics and an
unwanted ninth place.
The team of Gareth Kean, Glenn Snyders, Andy McMillan and Carl
O'Donnell were fifth fastest in their heat in a time of 3min
34.52sec.
Canada pipped them for the place in the final after swimming
3:34.46 in the earlier heat.
Kean put the team sixth after the backstroke leg, before Snyders'
breaststroke effort lifted them to third, a position held by
butterflier McMillan before O'Donnell brought them home.
United States were the fastest qualifiers in 3:32.65.
Freestyler Hayley Palmer earlier missed out on making the
semi-finals of the 50m after posting the 23rd fastest time in
Friday's heats.
Palmer covered the one lap of the pool at the Aquatics Centre in
25.47sec to finish second in Heat 7.
The fastest 16 swimmers qualified for the semi-finals and Palmer
was 0.19s slower than the time she needed.
Newly-crowned Olympic 100m champion Ranomi Kromowidjojo was fastest
qualifier in 24.51.