Luke Greenbank finishes ahead of defending men's 200m backstroke champion Ryan Murphy to qualify for final... as Team GB team-mate Anna Hopkin squeezes into women's 100m freestyle showdown By Kishan Vaghela For Mailonline Published: 03:17 BST, 29 July 2021 | Updated: 03:48 BST, 29 July 2021 1 Viewcomments Luke Greenbank has made it through to the final of the Olympic 200m backstroke after a stunning swim. The 23-year-old - who won bronze at the 2019 World Championship - finished ahead of defending champion America's Ryan Murphy to win his semi-final with a time of 1:54.98. World champion Evgeny Rylov of the Russian Olympic Committee was the only semi-finalist to swim quicker, setting a time of 1:54.45. Luke Greenbank has made it through to the final of the Olympic 200m backstroke The 23-year-old - who won bronze at the 2019 World Championship - finished ahead of defending champion America's Ryan Murphy However, Brodie Williams' hopes of joining his Team GB team-mate in the final were left in tatters after finishing in last place in his semi-final. Anna Hopkin meanwhile qualified for the 100m freestyle final after a fourth-placed finish in the semi-final. But Freya Anderson - who reached the 2019 World Championship final in the same event - will not be competing in the showdown after finishing in a disappointing sixth place. Alys Thomas finished seventh in the women's 200m butterfly, in which China's Yufei Zhang delivered a dominant performance to take gold. Brodie Williams' hopes of joining his Team GB team-mate in the final were left in tatters Regan Smith, the 200m backstroke world-record holder took silver, while her US team-mate Hali Flickinger collecting the bronze. James Wilby meanwhile also finished outside the medal positions in sixth in the men's 200m breaststroke final. 'Physically - and mentally - it hurts,' he told BBC Sport after his race, which saw Australian Izaac Stubblety-Cook take the gold. 'I said throughout that it was always going to be that race. It wasn't quite there. The result, it is what it is. 'It is hard. The way I swim, it's got to be. perfect balancing act. If I'mm off ever so slightly, it really pays, in a bad way. It's something that I really enjoy doing - for balance - but it hasn't really paid off this Games, unfortunately.' Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility