Team GB duo into 200m breaststroke semi-finals

Team GB duo into 200m breaststroke semi-finals

Team GB duo Michael Jamieson and Andrew Willis have secured places in the men's 200m breaststroke semi-finals.

The former was up against Hungarian world champion Daniel Gyurta, and put in a hard graft to finish narrowly behind him with a new British record time of 2:08.98.

Willis swam alongside one of the legends of the sport, Japan's Kosuke Kitajima, and took the race to his rival, leading him from start to finish to clock up a time of 2:09.33.

Gyurta qualified for the last 16 with the fastest time of 2:08.71, followed by Jamieson and Willis, respectively.

The men's 200m breaststroke semi-finals take place this evening.

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