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Hayden comes up short in 50m free

Mission swimmer Brent Hayden, coming off an Olympic bronze medal, fell short of the final in the 50m free.

Mission swimmer Brent Hayden, coming off an Olympic bronze medal in the 100-metre freestyle on Wednesday, fell short of the final in the 50m free.

Hayden finished seventh in his semifinal on Thursday, clocking a time of 22.12 seconds, 0.49 seconds behind Brazil’s Bruno Fratus.

He'll wrap up his London Games with the 4x100m free relay, which begins Friday with the heats at 3:49 a.m. Pacific time. The finals are Saturday at 12:27 p.m. Pacific.