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.”
2024 Paris Olympics: Day 8 Prelims Preview
The final prelims session features the women’s 50 free, men’s 1500 free, men’s 4×100 medley relay, and women’s 4×100 medley relay.
Day 8 At The Paris Olympics: Non-Swimming Megathread
Serbia won gold in water polo in 2020 but has struggled through group play. Simone Biles returns to action in gymnastics.
Australia Leads Medal Table, US Men Still Without Individual Gold Through Night 7
Kaylee McKeown won the 200 backstroke tonight picking up Australia’s 7th gold medal. They lead the medal table with 2 days to go.
Who Was Caeleb Dressel Hugging After Missing The 100 Butterfly Final?
Dressel finished 13th in the 100 fly tonight, about 30 minutes after swimming the 50 free final. He was visibly emotional after the race.
Caeleb Dressel Misses Olympic Final Of Men’s 100 Butterfly With 51.57 For 13th In Semifinals
Dressel swam in the final of the men’s 50 free just over 30 minutes before he swam in the first heat of the men’s 100 fly semifinals.
Leon Marchand Breaks Michael Phelps’ Olympic Record With 1:54.06 200 IM
Leon Marchand breaks his own European and French national records as well. He moved up from holding the #12 performance to the #2 performance all-time.
Leon Marchand After 200 IM Gold “I Am Really Proud When I Am Compared With Michael Phelps”
“I am really proud when I am compared with Michael Phelps – he changed the sport forever,” Marchand said after winning his 4th individual gold in Paris.
Women’s 200 IM Final Sees Much Faster Semifinals Than In Tokyo (Day 7 Analysis)
No one dipped below the 2:09 mark in semifinals of the 200 IM in Tokyo but three women did so today with Alex Walsh leading the way.
