Be a (Google Doodle) Olympian! “Champion Island” Includes Artistic Swimming
You, too, can be an Olympian with Google’s Doodle Champion Island game. (Good luck beating me in artistic swimming, though.)
Charlotte Hook, Gretchen Walsh Highlight Huntsville Futures Psych Sheet
Charlotte Hook is seeded first in the 200 fly, 400 free, and 200 IM at the 2021 USA Swimming Futures Championships in Huntsville, AL.
Gymnast Alvarado Skirts IOC Rules by Incorporating BLM into Tokyo Floor Routine
18-year-old Luciana Alvarado, Costa Rica’s first gymnast to qualify for the Olympic Games, skirted IOC protest rules by adding a BLM tribute to her routine.
Tokyo 2020 Olympics Day 4 Medal Table: USA and Australia Remain at the Top
Katie Ledecky (right) and Erica Sullivan (left) added a gold and a silver to Team USA’s medal count on Day 4 of the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games.
Tokyo Relay Splits: GBR Dominates Men’s 4×200 Free with 3 of the 6 Fastest Legs
Great Britain registered the #1, #2, #6, and #16 splits of the morning, securing the gold medal by a margin of 3.23 seconds.
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Day 4 Finals Live Recap
USA’s Katie Ledecky will compete in the finals of both the 200 free and a new Olympic event, the women’s 1500 free, on Wednesday morning in Tokyo.
Canada’s Sydney Pickrem Expected to Scratch 200 Breaststroke in Tokyo
Sydney Pickrem, the 8th seed in the women’s 200 breaststroke, will pull out of that event to focus on the final of the 200 individual medley.
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Day 3 Finals Live Recap
South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker will try to dethrone defending champion Lilly King (USA) in the women’s 100 breast final on Tuesday morning.
Tokyo 2020 Olympics Day 3 Medal Table: Big Moves From Russia and Great Britain
Russia made its appearance at #5, thanks to a 1-2 finish in the men’s 100 back. Great Britain moved from 5th to 3rd with a 1-2 sweep in the 200 free.
After Competing at 5 Olympic Games, Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson Hints at Retirement
Alia Atkinson told The Jamaica Observer that she is contemplating wrapping up her swimming career at the end of the year.
Tokyo Relay Splits: Chalmers’ 46.44 and Apple’s 46.69 Are 5th/11th, All-time
Kyle Chalmers split 46.44 on the end of the Australian 4×100 free relay to post the 5th-fastest relay split of all time.
Tokyo 2020 Olympics Day 2 Medal Table: Australia Closes Gap with United States
Ariarne Titmus beat Katie Ledecky in the women’s 400 free to pull Australia even with the United States in gold medals on Day 2.
Polina Rukosuev to Transfer from Alabama to East Carolina in 2021-22
Polina Rukosuev, who graduated from Forest Lake Academy in Altamonte Springs, FL in 2019, is headed to ECU after 2 years at Alabama;
Schoenmaker: “I thought I was dying because I was going way too fast”
Tatjana Schoenmaker of South Africa took down the Olympic and African Records in the 100m breaststroke in prelims on Sunday.
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Day 2 Prelims Heat Sheets Show 0 Scratches
Evgeny Rylov of the Russian Olympic Committee is top seed for heats of the men’s 100 back on Day 2 in Tokyo.
