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2016 Rio Olympic Games: Day Six Prelims Live Recap

Finally Michael Phelps is up in the men’s 100m butterfly. This event is arguably the toughest on his schedule for him. He wasn’t remarkably fast at the US Olympic Trials but has shown throughout this meet that he’s much better than he was just a few weeks ago.

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Le Clos: 200 Fly Was “The Worst Performance of My Career”

South African butterflyer Chad le Clos called his 4th-place 200 fly finish “the worst performance of my career,” expressing his disappointment while speaking of his respect for gold medalist Michael Phelps.

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French Portrait Series: Florent Manaudou (Video)

Meet Florent Manaudou in this quick video profile, part of a series of portraits the French Federation is putting out to introduce members of their 2016 Olympic team.

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Aussie 4×200 Women: We tried to pull a Kyle Chalmers (Video)

Seeing teammate Kyle Chalmers win the men’s 100 Free just moments before the women dove in for their relay certainly inspired them in more ways than one

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Simon Cusack Talks Coaching The Campbell Sisters (Video)

The coach of Cate and Bronte Campbell discusses his methods for cultivating two of the fastest women in the world.

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IOC Reprimands 3 of 4 2024 Olympic Bid Cities, Including L.A., in Rio

Los Angeles, Paris and Rome have been reprimanded by the IOC for violating lobbying rules in Rio.

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Re-Thinking Leaving Cameron McEvoy Off Aussies’ 4×200 Relay In RIo

Australian swim fans were surprised to see a favorite Aussie, Cameron McEvoy, off of last night’s 4×200 freestyle relay.

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TritonWear Race Analysis: 2016 Olympics Women’s 200 Butterfly

TritonWear brings you the 2016 Summer Games with daily in-depth race analysis of every final.

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Allison Schmitt: I’m just soaking it all in (Video)

Allison Schmitt led off a golden 800 Free Relay in Rio for the United States last night

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TritonWear Race Analysis: 2016 Olympics Women’s 4×200 Free Relay

TritonWear brings you the 2016 Summer Games with daily in-depth race analysis of every final.

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Watch: Chalmers, Timmers, Adrian Post 100 Free Press Conference

Hear what the medalists in the 100 Freestyle had to say after their extremely close race

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Hosszu Breaks Hungarian Record En Route To Top Spot In 200 Back Heats

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu continues her impressive Olympics, taking the top spot in the women’s 200 back prelims in a new national record.

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Manaudou is Rested and Focused for a Repeat in the 50 Freestyle

After posting the fourth fastest prelims time of 21.72 in the 50 freestyle 2012 Olympic champion Florent Manaudou is heading into tonight’s semi-finals with a lot of confidence…

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Rio Rapid Fire: Day Six Prelims

. Although he wasn’t the leader, his 51.60 moves him through to the next round where he’ll attempt to qualify. If he does, it’ll be his fourth Olympic final in the event, and he’ll have the chance to win his fourth consecutive gold.

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Boglarka Kapas Breaks Hungarian Record in the 800 Free

2016 RIO OLYMPIC GAMES Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Swimming: August 6-13 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Barra Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro…

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