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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Ryan Lochte was tired of sitting around his room in the Olympic athletes village and watching his U.S. teammates in the pool.He was raring to get racing.Lochte competed for the first time in the Rio Games on Tuesday, anchoring the Americans 4x200-meter freestyle relay in the preliminary heats. Clark Smith, Jack Conger and Gunnar Bentz joined Lochte to get the U.S. into the final with the second fastest time of 7 minutes, 6.74 seconds.Britains quartet of Stephen Milne, Robbie Renwick, Dan Wallace and Duncan Scott had the top time of 7:06.31.The Russians are a medal threat for the night final, qualifying third in 7:06.81.Besides the relay, Lochtes only other event in Rio is the 200 individual medley, where he and teammate Michael Phelps resume their longtime rivalry.It was rough because I love racing, he said of waiting until Day Four of competition. Sitting back in my room and just watching finals, I was like, `Man, I cant wait until its my time. Now its ours and I think were just going to keep the ball rolling from what weve done the last two days.In Lochtes absence, the Americans have won 15 medals, including four golds.Everything they did, especially last night, really got me going, he said. We were definitely pumped up for this morning.The biggest surprise of the preliminaries was Daniel Gyurtas failure to advance in the 200 breaststroke. He wont defend his Olympic title from four years ago after finishing 17th. He fell two-hundredths of a second short of a spot in the semifinals. The top qualifier was Anton Chupkov of Russia in 2:07.93. His teammate, Ilya Khomenko, also advanced as did Americans Kevin Cordes and Josh Prenot.American Nathan Adrian has some work to do in the 100 freestyle. The defending Olympic champion grabbed the 16th and last qualifying spot for the semifinals with a time of 48.58 seconds. He was 0.68 seconds behind top qualifier Kyle Chalmers of Australia, who was timed in 47.90.I just didnt know it was going to be that close, Adrian said. Im impressed how far the world has come. That was certainly safe four years ago. Just got to be that much more sharp through all the heats, semis and finals these days.The other American, Caeleb Dressel, was second fastest in 47.91. Also moving into the semis was Santo Condorelli of Canada and Vladimir Morozov, one of the Russian swimmers initially banned from the Rio Games.In the womens 200 butterfly, Mireia Belmonte Garcia of Spain was the fastest qualifier in 2:06.64. She earned bronze in the 400 IM last weekend.U.S. teammates Hali Flickinger and Cammile Adams tied for the second-fastest time of 2:06.67 while swimming in different heats. Jeff Bagwell Jersey Large . Reigning world champion Eve Muirhead of Scotland opened with a 12-2 rout of Winnipegs Jennifer Jones in a battle of teams bound for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. 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Sydney FC coach Graham Arnold has suggested the FFA Cup final venue be decided before the tournament begins to prevent conflict and disappointment for clubs and their fans.Immediately after Melbourne City beat Melbourne Victory in Tuesday nights second semi-final, Football Federation Australia (FFA) announced next months decider would be held at AAMI Park instead of Sydneys home ground Allianz Stadium.FFA chief executive David Gallop cited scheduling and a desire to maximise attendance.But the decision left Sky Blues chairman Scott Barlow furious, labelling the call a slap in the face given the club had not played a single home game.I agree with the chairmans statement, Arnold said.But the statement has come from the club and, as players and coaches, weve been dealt the cards and well get on with it.Arnold thought the best solution might be to establish the venue before the competition even started.Maybe it takes a non-football person to make that decision, he said.I saw last night Tadhg Kennelly came up with a good idea that - before the tournament starts - the ground is already announced where the final will be no matter who plays in it. That might be good.Before then, Sydney have five A-League games to focus on, starting with Newcastle at McDonald Jones Stadium on Saturday when the Sky Blues attempt to build on their best start to a season.Nine points and just as many goals from three games shape as a formidable prooposition for the Jets, who havent managed to score against Sydney in eight of their past nine meetings.ddddddddddddBut the Hunter-based club are also undefeated under new coach Mark Jones, most recently closing a two-goal deficit to draw with Western Sydney.While the absence of in-form winger Andrew Nabbout (groin) will leave Jones without a key attacking outlet, Arnold tipped Finnish striker Aleksandr Kokko to prove a menace on return from injury.Captain Alex Brosque is an unlikely starter as he continues a cautious return following his first 90-minute run in last weeks Cup semi-final win.But Arnold said the 32-year-old was simply too talented to sit on the bench the whole season.Just at the moment, while were building his fitness and making sure theres no slip-ups with what happened to his hamstring, he said.What Im seeing is that after 60 minutes, when I bring Alex or Matty Simon on, the opposition struggle to contain them.Out of the nine goals weve scored so far, five of them have come in the last 20 minutes when our fitness kicks in and we bring on the impact players.Bernie Ibini, who scored in his long-awaited return against Canberra Olympic, is under consideration although Arnold hinted he might prefer the winger to play a full match with the youth team or an in-house friendly first. 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