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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1722369365494Kayla Sanchez 1.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Kayla Sanchez. Handout photo"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Kayla Sanchez. <em>Handout photo</em></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Filipina swimmer Kayla Sanchez missed out on a spot in the final of the women&#x27;s 100m freestyle in the 2024 Paris Olympics.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sanchez clocked 54.21 seconds in the second semifinal on Tuesday at the Paris La Defense Arena (early Wednesday in Manila), good for seventh place.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Her time ranked 15th overall among 16 semifinalists. Only the top eight advanced to the final. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sanchez, 23, won a silver and a bronze in the Tokyo Olympics when she was representing Canada. She switched federations to the Philippines in July 2022 and made her debut for the country in the Asian Games in 2023.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/7/30/kayla-sanchez-advances-to-semis-of-womens-100m-freestyle-1905"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/7/30/kayla-sanchez-advances-to-semis-of-womens-100m-freestyle-1905">READ: Kayla Sanchez advances to semis of women&#x27;s 100m freestyle</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Despite not making it to the final, Sanchez still registered a new national record in the women&#x27;s 100m freestyle with her time of 53.67 seconds in the heats.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hong Kong&#x27;s Siobhan Haughey clocked the fastest time in the semifinals, at 52.64 seconds. </span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Filipina swimmer Kayla Sanchez missed out on a spot in the final of the women's 100m freestyle in the 2024 Paris Olympics.</p>

Filipina swimmer Kayla Sanchez missed out on a spot in the final of the women's 100m freestyle in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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Kayla Sanchez misses out on finals of women's 100m freestyle

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Published July 31, 2024 03:57 AM PHT

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Updated July 31, 2024 04:07 AM PHT

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