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Erica Sullivan on Making Olympic Team After Loss of Her Father in 2017

it was Sullivan holding on to book an Olympic berth in a time of 15:51.18, taking more than four seconds off her best time of 15:55.25 set in 2019.

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Regan Smith Explains What it Will Take to have a Special Swim in the 2Fly Final

Regan Smith topped the first semi-final in 2:07.89 over Olivia Carter and Dakota Luther, with those three qualifying second, fourth and sixth overall

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Ledecky on Event Schedules: “I do think the men have it a little bit easier”

Ledecky, who swam the 200/1500 free double tonight, commented on that fact that on the men’s side, no such double appears in the event schedule

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Caeleb Dressel: “These meets are quite miserable when you’re not swimming”

Caeleb Dressel and Zach Apple took charge of the men’s 100 freestyle semi-finals from the second heat, duking it out stroke-for-stroke down the final meters

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Nathan Adrian Gives Heartfelt Analysis of 100 Free Semi Final

notably missing the 100 free final was three-time Olympian Nathan Adrian, who finished 13th overall in 48.92 after going 48.37 in the heats

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2021 US Olympic Trials Night 4 Video Roundup

We are seeing a changing of the guard as more young guns continue to shut out season veterans and punch their first-time tickets to Tokyo

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Alex Walsh on 200 IM: ‘You just kinda gotta go for it on the first lap”

It was all about the NCAA champion University of Virginia in the women’s 200 IM, as Cavalier teammates Alex Walsh and Kate Douglass went 1-2

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Zach Harting: “I figure it’s only my job to put on a show”

In another crazy three-way finish, Zach Harting and Gunnar Bentz claim the two Olympic spots in the men’s 200 fly, leaving Luca Urlando out

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Paige Madden on Olympic Qualification: “I’m still in a lot of shock”

Madden, who earned an Olympic berth last night by taking second to Ledecky in the 400 free, touched second in 1:56.44 to qualify for the 200 free final

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Lydia Jacoby Keeps Youth in Perspective to Put Emotions Aside

Lydia Jacoby, the 17-year-old out of Alaska, becomes the state’s first Olympic swimmer in the second spot, lowering her 17-18 National Age Group Record

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Katie Ledecky Previews 200/1500 Free Double

At the 2016 Trials, when Ledecky didn’t have to swim the 1500 free heats on the same day, she was 1:55.10 in the semi-finals

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Hunter Armstrong: “It is kinda nice, though, to have people taller than me”

Armstrong surprised many when he popped off with a 52.67 swim in the semi-finals, and he went almost a full two-tenths quicker tonight

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Regan Smith on Making First Olympic Team: “That was stressful, that was tough”

Regan Smith came through over an elite field to win the women’s 100 backstroke and qualify for her first ever Olympic team

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Ryan Murphy on Olympic Pressure: “I think nerves are motivating”

Ryan Murphy held off an unbelievable late push from Hunter Armstrong to win his second straight Olympic Trials 100 backstroke title in a time of 52.33

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