2024 Paris, Oceania Recap Day 4: Kaylee McKeown Becomes Second Woman To Defend 100 Back Gold
Kaylee McKeown tied her lifetime best and set an Olympic record (57.33) en route to successfully defending gold in the women’s 100 backstroke.
París 2024: nueva hazaña de Kaylee McKeown, Daniel Wiffen y el equipo británico
La australiana revalidó el título de campeona olímpica de los 100 espalda que conquistó hace tres años en Tokio. El repaso de las finales.
2024 Paris Olympics Day 4 Finals: Fun Facts
Kaylee McKeown joined Natalie Coughlin as the only female swimmer to ever win two Olympic golds in the 100 backstroke. What else stood out?
Kaylee McKeown Breaks Own Olympic Record With 57.33 100 Backstroke To Defend Title
McKeown also tied her own Australian and Oceanic record of a 57.33 that she swam in October 2023 for a World Record at the time.
Watch: McIntosh Claims First Gold Medal, Smith Holds Off 100 Breast Field (Day 3 Race Videos)
With 5 finals, night 3 proved to be an exciting and memorable night of action in Paris with Summer McIntosh claiming her first Olympic gold medal.
#5 Seed Lani Pallister Withdraws from the 1500 Heats, Tests Positive for COVID-19
COVID hits again, as Australian Lani Pallister, a medal contender in the 1500 has tested positive and withdrew from this morning’s prelims.
8 Lanes, 4 Countries: What Are the Odds of That?
For just the second time in history since countries started sending two swimmers to the Games, only four nations will be represented in an Olympic final.
2024 Paris, Oceania Recap: O’Callaghan Goes From Relay Swimmer to Olympic Champ In 3 Years
Three years after being a prelims relay-only swimmer in Tokyo, Mollie O’Callaghan earned her first individual Olympic gold with an Olympic record (1:53.27).
2024 Paris Olympics Finals Day 3: Fun Facts
Tatjana Smith became South Africa’s second-ever gold medalist in the women’s 100 breaststroke. What else stood out from day 3’s finals session?
Mollie O’Callaghan Breaks Olympic Record With 1:53.27 200 Freestyle
O’Callaghan earned her first individual gold medal and closed in a 27.98 on the final 50, the fastest split of the field.
2024 Paris Olympics Data Dive (Day 3 Prelims)
Katharine Berkoff comes in as the top seed in the women’s 100 backstroke going into tonight’s semifinals. Who else made waves this morning?
2023 Worlds Silver Medalist Samuel Short Misses Out on 800 Free Final at Paris Olympics
Despite being the #1 seed heading into the event, Short narrowly missed out on making it back for the final by placing 9th overall.
2024 Paris Olympics Finals Day 2: Fun Facts
Nicolo Martinenghi, Nic Fink, and Adam Peaty found themselves on the podium of the men’s 100 breaststroke after Sunday’s finals. Who else stood out?
Watch: Marchand Dominates Men’s 400 IM In Front of Home Crowd (Day 2 Race Videos)
Tonight world record holder Leon Marchand was hit with rounds of praise from the hometown crowd as he won the men’s 400 IM, his first Olympic gold medal.
Brett Hawke Replacing Mark Schubert as Head Coach of California’s The Swim Team
TST’s pro group will likely look very different with Brett Hawke and his “sprint revolution” replacing the distance-oriented Mark Schubert.
