2024 Paris Olympics: Paige Madden Clocks PB in 800 Free Heats to Become #5 American All-Time
Madden clocked 8:18.48 to cut over two seconds from her previous best of 8:20.71, which she swam at Trials to qualify for this event.
2024 Paris Olympics: 2x D3 NCAA Champion Jesse Ssengonzi Lowers Own Ugandan Record in 100 Fly
Ssengonzi just wrapped up his senior year at UChicago, capping off his NCAA season with an NCAA record in the 100-yard butterfly.
2024 Summer Swimming Pick ‘Em Day 6: Backstroke is the Hardest 200 (To Predict)
Out of the three individual 200s that swam finals today, the men’s 200 backstroke was the hardest for our readers to predict.
2024 Paris Olympic: Maxime Grousset Out, Josh Liendo In For Men’s 50 Free Final
Grousset qualified 6th in 21.60 in tonight’s semifinals. Both Liendo and Grousset are entered in the 100 fly tomorrow morning as the top 2 seeds.
2024 Paris Olympics: Ariarne Titmus Splits 1:52.95 on Australian Anchor (Day 6 Relay Analysis)
Titmus is the only woman in history to split 1:52 in a 4×200 free relay, and she added a third split to her resume during tonight’s final.
Jordan Crooks Lowers Own Cayman Islands National Record; First to Make 50 Free Semis
Crooks scorched 21.51 to break his own record by 0.22-seconds and qualify 2nd. He is the first athlete from the Cayman Islands to make a 50 free semi.
Thomas Fannon Breaks Irish 50 Free National Record in Heats, 21.79
Ireland continues their strong showing at the Olympics as Fannon will mark their first ever semis appearance in the men’s 50 free.
2024 Summer Swimming Pick ‘Em Day 5: The Epic Highs and Lows of Predicting Fast Swimming
It was nearly a perfect split between readers who picked Kristof Milak (476) and Leon Marchand (475) to win the men’s 200 butterfly.
2024 Summer Swimming Pick ‘Em Day 4: Big Battles Brewing
Despite being the defending Olympic champion, Kaylee McKeown was not the readers’ favorite to take gold in the women’s 100 back.
James Guy Swims First 200 Free PB in Nine Years in Paris 4×200 Relay Prelims
The 28-year-old’s previous best stood at his gold medal winning time from Kazan 2015. Great Britain has the top time heading into finals.
2024 Summer Swimming Pick ‘Em Day 3: Breaststroke Continues to Baffle
Not a single person picked Mona McSharry to grab a medal in the women’s 100 breaststroke, where she became Ireland’s first medalist since 1996.
A Legacy of Excellence: Who are Léon Marchand’s Parents?
Marchand is primed to be the star of these games after taking home 400 IM gold in Olympic record fashion, but he isn’t the first Olympian of his family.
2024 Paris Olympics: Day 2 Finals Live Recap
Leon Marchand has the chance to earn his first Olympic medal in the 400 IM, and France’s first swimming medal of the Games.
2024 Summer Swimming Pick ‘Em Day 2: Martinenghi Surprises, Marchand Fulfills Prophecy
Italy’s Nicolo Martinenghi was the surprise winner of the men’s 100 breast, and only one player picked him to win.
Paraguayan National Record Holder and Two-Time Olympian Luana Alonso Announces Retirement
Alonso competed in the 100 fly at the Paris Olympics, an event where she holds the Paraguayan national record.
