The Swedish gold medal winning paralylmpic swimmer Anders Olsson has qualified to the men’s 400 metres freestyle finals in London on Saturday evening.

The 46-year-old Swede came second in the semi-finals with a time of 5.06 just 4 seconds behind the Irish swimmer, Darragh McDonald, reports news agency TT.

Olsson has taken home gold medals in three previous Paralympic Games and Swedish sports commentators says he has a strong chance of winning a fourth.