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Two days ago, the name Kyle Chalmers would have left a lot of people scratching their head -- even after he swam in Australias Olympic bronze medal-winning 4x100m freestyle relay. How things change.Chalmers is Australias latest sporting hero after he became the nations first Olympic 100m freestyle gold medalist since Mike Wenden in the 1968 Games in Mexico City.So who is Kyle Chalmers?His father, Brett Chalmers, is a South Australian football icon who built his reputation with state league club Port Adelaide. He played 120 games that earned four premierships as well as a Jack Oatey Medal as man of the match in the 1998 grand final. Chalmers also played a total of 75 games for both Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League, and the allure of football seemed to be drawing his son in.Growing up in Port Lincoln, South Australia, Kyle Chalmers dreamed of following in his fathers footsteps. He stumbled into swimming only when he decided to participate in a school swimming carnival for fun. But powered by his enormous feet -- size 11 at age 11 -- Kyle stormed to victory in his school carnival, and things snowballed. Seven hour-plus journeys to compete in South Australian championships became de rigueur, and his swimming rose to levels that saw him qualify for national titles and thus commit more time to swimming than to football.Chalmers broke his first national age record in 2012, in the 13-and-under 100m freestyle. Since then, he has claimed every Australian age record in this event and added the world junior mark in the heats at Rio 2016.Chalmers was competitive as an under-age entrant at the World Youth Olympics in 2014, but it wasnt until the 2015 world championships that he began to stand out from the crowd. Australia failed to qualify for the 4x100m freestyle relay final, but Chalmers clocked a 47.92 split as the second man off the blocks. Of the 120 swimmers who competed in the heats, Chalmers time was the third fastest.He stamped himself a swimmer to watch with three gold medals at the 2015 world junior championships in Singapore, where he touched the wall first in the 100m freestyle (48.47), 50m freestyle (22.19) and 4x100 freestyle relay (48.41 split). Attending school at Immanuel College in Adelaide, Chalmers decided to concentrate on his Olympics preparation while undertaking work experience at AFL club Port Adelaide.Although he went to the 2016 Australian Olympic trials in Adelaide as a rising star, he still had not made his name. With 2012 Olympic silver medalist James Magnussen missing automatic selection, Chalmers went under the radar, even after he finished second to golden boy Cam McEvoy in a time that broke the world junior record.Chalmers arrived in Rio de Janeiro still not spoken about in major circles, and it wasnt until his split time in the 4x100m freestyle heats that people began to take notice. His time of 47.04 was easily the quickest of any swimmer in the heats. Then Chalmers played a critical role in securing Australia the bronze medal in the final of the 4x100m relay, as he swam the second leg and moved Australia from eighth to second. Still, many still thought McEvoy was the Australian to beat in the individual event.Chalmers turned in a seventh-place finish in the semifinal of the 100m freestyle, and many thought he had too much to overcome. Having built his fast-finishing style on that of childhood idol Ian Thorpe, however, Chalmers knew he was a chance.With his now size 15 feet powering him along, he had what it took. Chalmers touched the wall in 47.88, the second-fastest qualifying time, behind defending champion Nathan Adrian (47.83) and ahead of McEvoy (47.93). 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PETERSBURG, Fla.RIO DE JANEIRO -- The sewage-filled waters off Copacabana werent much of an issue for the open water swimmers.It tastes like ocean, American Haley Anderson said nonchalantly.Instead, the womens Olympic race will be remembered for something more familiar in the rough-and-tumble sport -- a disqualification right at the finish line that lifted Brazil to a bronze, its first swimming medal of the Rio Games.Sharon van Rouwendaal claimed gold for the Netherlands with a dominating performance, pulling away over the final lap to win in a romp Monday.Van Rouwendaal began to spread the margin on the third of four laps, and it wasnt even close by the end of the 10-kilometer race. She reached up and touched the timing board before her closest challenger had even entered the finish chute. The winning margin was a staggering 17.4 seconds, far more than the 0.4 difference four years ago and the 1.4 spread at the inaugural open water competition in 2008.I felt so good, said Van Rouwendaal, who finished in 1 hour, 56 minutes, 32.1 seconds. I swam so easy. I felt no fatigue. After 6k, I changed my mind and thought I should push on.The bigger drama came behind the winner. Aurelie Muller of France touched next, but then it was announced she had been disqualified for an incident at the finish. Apparently confused, she was about swim into a white buoy when she tried to cut over and collided with Italys Rachele Bruni.She pushed down my arm, said Bruni, who wound up with silver.Brazils Poliana Okimoto went from just off the podium to bronze -- the first swimming medal ever won by a Brazilian woman, either in the pool or open water. Okimotos medal eased some of the sting from a disappointing performance by the pool swimmers, who failed to win a medal at their home Olympics.This was the best event of my life, Okimoto said. God is Brazilian.Van Rouwendaal didnt look like much of a medal contender as she battled an ailing right shoulder for eight months. Finally, about six weeks before Rio, she was able to get treatment in Spain that relieved the pain.Its not been a great year for me, she said.It just got a whole lot better.Defending Olympic champion Eva Risztov of Hungary wasnt a contender this time. She finished 13th, more than a minute behind the winner. Anderson, the silver medalist four years ago, was more than 48 seconds off the pace in fifth.With music blaring, scantily clad beachcombers frolicked in the ocean waters on a sunny winter day, though officials on jeet skis kept anyone from swimming out close to the course.dddddddddddd In many ways, it was just another day at the beach for sun-worshipping Brazilians -- with an Olympic event thrown into the mix.The temperature was climbing toward the low 90s, but the heat wasnt a problem. All 26 swimmers finished the race, a striking contrast from four years ago when two athletes, including Okimoto, had to be pulled from the water.London was a difficult experience for me, the bronze medalist said. I tried to keep those memories away.The start of the race didnt comply with FINA rules, which require the swimmers to jump off a fixed platform. The Rio structure was destroyed by high waves last weekend, so the swimmers -- in a scene that resembled the set of a war movie -- waded off in the water, cheered on by hundreds of Brazilian fans.About 250 yards off shore, they all bunched up together to get the signal to begin four laps around the bay. Fort Copacabana was at one end of the course, while Sugarloaf loomed over the far end of the 2.5-kilometer circuit. A Brazilian naval vessel lurked close by, ensuring there were no security issues.While the hotel-lined beach provided a glorious backdrop, the race was held in waters that an Associated Press study found could be dangerous to ones health because of raw sewage dumped into the citys waters. Brazilian officials had vowed to clean up the waters after winning South Americas first Olympics, but those promises were never carried out.The quality of the water was a major embarrassment leading up to the games, also affecting venues for rowing, canoeing, sailing and triathlon.Anderson took antibiotics and probiotics for extra protection, but said it seemed like any other ocean race.My tongue is like salty right now, she said.This was only the second Olympic competition held in open ocean waters. At the first Summer Games in 1896, before custom-built pools were the norm, swimming was held in the Bay of Zea.The inaugural open water event in 2008 was staged at Beijings rowing and canoeing canal. Four years ago, the open water in London took place in the Serpentine lake at Hyde Park.The mens 10K race will be held Tuesday on the same course at Copacabana.---Follow Paul Newberry on Twitter at www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963 . 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