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Romwel Anzures

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1722336420536IMG_4576.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/>2024 Paris Olympic Games PH Bet Kayla Sanchez. Handout photo.</div>(UPDATED) Kayla Sanchez opened her 2024 Paris Olympic Games campaign on a high note.The Filipina swimmer advanced into the semifinals of the women&#x27;s 100m freestyle on Tuesday in the tilt that was participated by 30 swimmers in 4 heats.Sanchez clocked in at 53.67 seconds in Heat 4, and this put her into the Top 16 that will advance into the tournament&#x27;s next round, a time that she described as the fastest that she&#x27;s recorded since 2022.&quot;That&#x27;s the fastest time I&#x27;ve swum since 2022, two years now,&quot; she told ABS-CBN News&#x27; Dyan Castillejo. &quot;My coach and I were planning exactly how to execute the race every single day. &#x27;How can we visualize my performance?&#x27; And it&#x27;s great because I was able to execute it. Things are going so well,&quot; she continued. She finished tied for 10th overall in the heats along with Anna Hopkin of Great Britain, and Sanchez, who officially represented the Philippines in the Summer Games for the first time, shared that the Pinoys and overall fans in attendance played a vital role in her semis qualification.&quot;It was so amazing. Merong isang babae, she&#x27;s French, katabi ko, and the crowd was losing their minds right before. It gives me butterflies and makes me excited.Topping the heats was World record-holder Sarah Sjoestroem of Sweden with a time of 52.99 seconds, and she will be among the 15 swimmers that Kayla is set to face in the semis.Meanwhile, her 53.67S finish is now the new National record as this broke her 54.25S which she clinched at the the Mel Zajac Jr. International Meet in Canada last month.But despite this, she is turning her focus on even getting better in the semifinals.&quot;I&#x27;ll improve and reconvene with my coach. We&#x27;ll go over the race and how it went. I know that there were little things in the race that I could&#x27;ve improved on,&quot; she offered when asked about how she would prepare for the next round.&quot;I&#x27;ll have more coffee tonight,&quot; she quipped.The semis is scheduled on Wednesday, July 31, at 3:33 a.m., and Sanchez vows to repay the support that her countrymen have been giving her.&quot;I&#x27;m gonna give it my all. I know I have more, and thank you for the support. Maraming maraming salamat po sa inyong suporta,&quot; said the two-time Olympic medalist. -- with a report from Dyan Castillejo, POC Media/ABS-CBN News<div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div>

Kayla Sanchez opened her 2024 Paris Olympic Games campaign on a high note.

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Paris 2024: Kayla Sanchez advances to semis of women's 100m freestyle

Romwel Anzures,

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Published Jul 30, 2024 07:09 PM PHT

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Updated Jul 30, 2024 08:02 PM PHT

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