Men’s 3m Synchro Champs Wang, Xie Cruise Through Springboard Prelims In Tokyo
Wang Zongyuan and Xie Siyi comfortably advanced 1-2 into the semis of the individual 3m springboard event, putting up respective scores of 531.30 and 520.90.
Tokyo 2020 Women’s Water Polo: Hungary Loss Makes USA Group B Top Finisher
In the final group play matches, Hungary had an opportunity to come out on top of Group B, but a loss to China hands the USA sole ownership of the #1 spot.
Tokyo 2020, Africa Recap: RSA Earns 2 Medals, Tunisia Wins 3rd Pool Medal Ever
After a stellar seven days of Tokyo 2020 racing, South Africa walks away with two medals while Tunisia celebrates its third swimming Olympic medal ever.
Tokyo Rapid-Fire: Day 8 Swimming Headlines
Didn’t have time to check what happened during the last Tokyo finals session? Read below for the biggest day 8 swimming headlines you want to catch up on.
Emma McKeon Leads All #Tokyo2020 Olympic Swimming Individual Medalists
Emma McKeon leads all Tokyo 2020 Olympic swimming medalists with 7 medals, 4 gold and 3 bronze. Caeleb Dressel had the most golds with five.
Team USA Has 2 Obvious Choices for Paris 2024 Olympic Head Coaches
Four Todd Desorbo-coached swimmers made Team USA at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, and each of those swimmers is coming home with a medal.
Evaluating Team USA’s Performance in Swimming at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
An American gold medal and World Record in the final men’s 400 medley relay helped heal a lot of wounds from earlier in the meet.
Florent Manaudou Says He Hopes to Race Until Home-Nation Paris 2024 Olympics
Florent Manaudou, a three-time Olympic medalist in the 50 free, says that he will give Paris 2024 a shot with the desire to swim in his home nation.
China’s Shi Tingmao Defends Women’s 3m Springboard Olympic Title
Shi won gold by 34.75 points, with teammate Wang Han in for silver, giving China nine straight golds in the event and three consecutive 1-2 finishes
Tokyo 2020 Medal Table: US Reaches 30 Medals, McKeon Leads Australian to 20
The United States topped the medal table for swimming in Tokyo with a total of 30 medals, while Australia came in second overall with 20 total.
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Watch Day 8 Finals Race Videos
Day 8 finals included finals of the men’s & women’s 50 free, men’s 1500 free, and the men’s & women’s 4×100 medley relays.
Tokyo 2020, North America Day 8: Dressel Joins Elite Company With Five Golds
Caeleb Dressel joins Mark Spitz, Matt Biondi and Michael Phelps as the only male swimmers to win five gold medals at a single Olympic Games.
Tokyo 2020, Europe Day 8: Sjostrom Matches Pre-Injury 50 Free Speed For Silver
In February, Sarah Sjostrom swam a 24.07 50 free (her fastest time in 2021) before breaking her elbow that same month. She just swam a 24.07 to win silver.
Japan Closes #Tokyo2020 Swimming With Men’s 400 Medley Relay Asian Record
The Japanese men’s 400 medley relay of Irie, Mura, Mizunuma, and Nakamura took down the Asian record by 0.08s, despite placing 6th in the Olympic final.
2020 Tokyo Olympics Pick’Em Contest – Day 8, Final Results
181 Pick’Em voters correctly predicted Bruno Fratus (above) would win bronze in the 50 free. Day 8 brings the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Pick’Em contest to a close.
