Carter, Romany eliminated in heats

Carter finished 10th and last in 52.75 seconds of heat seven in the men’s 100-metre butterfly and failed to advance to the semifinals.

James Guy of Great Britain won the heat in 51.16. Heat seven was fast, as the top five qualified for the semifinals.

In the men’s 50m freestyle, Romany finished tied for seventh among the 10 competitors in heat eight.

Romany and Enzo Martinez of Uruguay both touched the wall in 23.30.

It was a competitive heat as Peter Wetzlar of Zimbabwe and Aleksey Tarasenko of Uzbekistan tied for ninth place in 23.37. However, no swimmers qualified for the semifinals from heat eight.