It All Comes Down To Day 9 As Australia Leads With 7 Golds, US Has 6 Golds Through Day 8
The US won 17 total medals on the day in all sports. They now sit one gold behind Australia in the swimming medal table.
US Mixed 4×100 Medley Relay Gets Redemption, Breaks World Record With 3:37.43
The US finished 5th in the mixed medley relay in Tokyo but swam to a World Record today, breaking Great Britain’s record of a 3:37.58 from Tokyo.
Caeleb Dressel Moves Up Gold Medal Ranks With A Finals Race He Didn’t Swim, T-2nd Most Golds
Caeleb Dressel now sits tied at 2nd (along with 5 other athletes) for the most gold medals all-time in the modern era of the Olympics, earning his 9th gold.
Katie Ledecky After 800 Free Win “August 3 Is The Day I Won In 2012”
“August 3 is the day I won in 2012, and I didn’t want August 3 to be a day I didn’t” Katie Ledecky said after winning the 800 free at 4-straight Olympics.
Bronze Today Would Have Won Gold In Tokyo In Women’s 200 IM (Day 8 Analysis)
Kaylee McKeown of Australia won bronze in the 200 IM today but her time would have been fast enough to win gold in Tokyo.
The Streak Continues: Women’s 200 And 400 IM Won By Same Swimmer Since 1996 Olympics
The winner of the 200 and 400 IM has been the same on the women’s side in the last 8 Olympic Games. It is the most common double for gold.
Canada Making History In Paris While Led By Teenagers Summer McIntosh And Ilya Kharun
Summer McIntosh became the first Canadian to ever win three individual gold medals at the same Olympics. Kharun won bronze tonight alongside Josh Liendo.
LEGENDecky Wins 9th Gold Ever, T-2nd Most Golds All-Time Sitting Only Behind Phelps
Ledecky also became the first woman to ever win gold in any event in 4 Olympics as she won the 800 free ever since 2012 in London.
Summer McIntosh Breaks Katinka Hosszu’s 200 IM Olympic Record, #3 Swim All-Time With 2:06.56
McIntosh broke the World Junior record and Canadian Records as well, swimming the #3 performance of all-time.
Sarah Sjostrom Breaks Olympic Record With 23.66 50 Free In Semifinals, #3 Performance All-Time
Sjostrom heads into the final as the top seed by half a second. She broke the previous record of a 23.81 that Emma McKeon swam in Tokyo.
China Keeps Diving Sweep Alive As Long Daoyi and Wang Zongyuan Win 3M Synchro Event
Wang Zongyuan won the event in Tokyo. China has won all four (out of 8 total) diving events as they search for the sweep.
2024 Paris Olympics: Day 8 Finals Preview
Night 8 features finals of the M100 fly, W200IM, W800 free, and Mixed 4×100 medley relay. There also is the W50 free semifinals.
Adam Peaty “Probably The Worst Week Of My Life In Terms Of How My Body Is” After COVID Battle
“Everything’s come at once. Since Covid, it’s just every day waking up with a different thing,” Peaty said. He returned to competition this morning.
Specialization? Men’s 50 And 100 Freestyle Finals See No Repeats, Large Age Differential
Maxime Grousset of France could have swam in both the men’s 50 and 100 free finals but he scratched the 50. The 50 free final was much older than the 100.
Wang Shun Denies Wrongdoing While Speaking About Chinese Doping Scandal
Wang spoke of recent tests saying, “The two weeks before the Olympic Games, I was tested 11 times. All these tests had proven my innocence.”
