Winnipeg swimmer Chantal Van Landeghem failed to advance to the final of the women’s 100m freestyle at the 2016 Rio Olympics on Wednesday.
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The 22-year-old placed 10th in the semifinals with a time of 54.00. Her finish was 0.47 seconds back of a qualifying berth.
Van Landeghem earned a spot in the semifinals by clocking a time of 53.89 seconds in the preliminaries for a ninth place finish.
She won gold in the same event at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto.
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