Phelps scrapes through to 400IM final

Roberto Pavoni and Joe Roebuck failed to make it through to the final of the 400 metres individual medley which saw defending champion Michael Phelps only just scrape through on the first morning of Olympic competition.

Pavoni, who grew up just down the road in Harold Wood, will have been disappointed not to have made it given he reached the final of the World Championships last year in Shanghai.