LONDON (AP) — Kosuke Kitajima of Japan kept alive his bid to win a third consecutive Olympic title in the 100-meter breaststroke on Saturday.
Kitajima finished sixth in the semifinals in 59.69 seconds to advance to Sunday’s final at the Aquatics Centre. Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa qualified fastest in 58.83.
Kitajima would become the first male swimmer to win the same individual event at three consecutive Olympics. Michael Phelps could have beat him to it, but the American finished fourth in the 400 individual medley final after winning that title in the previous two Olympics.
