University of California, Berkeley graduate Nathan Adrian, fresh off his bronze medal-winning 100m freestyle Wednesday night, advanced from the qualifying heats of the 50m freestyle into the semifinals on Thursday afternoon alongside fellow U.S. swim team co-captain and Golden Bear Anthony Ervin.
Adrian and Ervin raced the same heat and finished first and second, separated by 0.02 of a second.
Defending 2012 Olympic champion Florent Manaudou of France also advanced in fourth place, with a time of 21.72 seconds.
Australian Cam McEvoy, Canada’s Santo Condorelli and Vladimir Morozov of Russia also advanced to the final.
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