Paris 2024, NA Day 7: With A Third Silver, Regan Smith Shows Shades Of Laszlo Cseh
Smith, like Cseh, has the misfortune of competing against two of the best swimmers in the world, and constantly cannot get the best of them.
Three Individual Olympic Champions Will Face Each Other In The Women’s 200 IM
The women’s 200 IM final was already one of the most anticipated races of the Olympic Games, but now the stakes are even higher.
Paris 2024, North America Day 6: McIntosh Becomes First Canadian Woman With Two Indiv. Golds
Summer McIntosh is now the first Canadian female swimmer in Olympic history to win two individual gold medals, after she won both the 400 IM and 200 fly.
Regan Smith Clocks 2:03.84 200 Fly, Breaks American Record To Take Olympic Silver
Smith took 0.03 seconds off her previous American record time of 2:03.87, which was set at the 2023 Sun Devil Open in June of 2023.
Paris 2024, North America Day 5: Ilya Kharun Is First Canadian Man To Medal Since 2012
Kharun’s success in the 200 fly marks a surge of success in Canadian male swimmers, which have historically lagged behind their female counterparts.
Sarah Sjostrom, Who Wasn’t Even Going To Swim The 100 Free, Wins Olympic Gold In The Race
Sjostrom entered the 100 free as a last-minute decision, and then she ended up winning her first major international title in the event.
Paris 2024, North America Day 4: Three Finals And Three Silver Medals For Team USA
Four days into the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, and Team USA is already experiencing deja vu that brings them back to the 2023 World Championships.
Mona McSharry And Daniel Wiffen Become Second And Third Olympic Swim Medalists From Ireland
With the successes of Mona McSharry, Daniel Wiffen, and Ellen Walshe, Ireland can at least partially put the tainted legacy of Michelle Smith behind.
Paris 2024, North America Day 3: Team USA Is Getting Hits And Misses By The Closest Of Margins
There’s been a ton of close races at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and Team USA has been on both the good and bad side of them.
Paris Olympic 100 Back Bronze Medalist Ryan Murphy And His Wife Are Expecting A Baby Girl
Murphy found out the gender of his baby just moments after he won his third consecutive Olympic medal in the men’s 100 backstroke.
Brazilian Swimmer Ana Carolina Viera Sent Home From Olympics, Gabriel Santos Also Disciplined
Viera was sent back home to Brazil for arguing about a relay decision, while she and Santos both received a warning for leaving the Olympic village.
Paris 2024, Day 2 North America Recap: Torri Huske’s Gold Is A Symbol Of Perseverance
Torri Huske knew what was best for her and stayed at Stanford despite the school seeing a mass training exodus, and it paid off with Olympic gold.
2023 Worlds Finalist Felix Auboeck No-Shows 200 Free Prelims At 2024 Olympics
Auboeck has previously finished as high as fifth in the 200 free at the 2022 World Championships, and was originally seeded 18th.
Paris 2024, North America Day 1: Torri Huske Earns Redemption On 4×100 Freestyle Relay
Huske’s 52.06 relay split on the women’s 4×100 free relay erased sour memories of her 100 fly mixed medley relay leg at the 2023 Worlds.
Let The Theories Begin: Is The Paris 2024 Olympic Pool “Slow”?
In the first prelims session at the Paris Olympic Games, a lot of the winning times were slower than they were at previous meets.
