Rio Rapid Fire: Day Four Prelims
Kyle Chalmers of Australia and Caeleb Dressel of the United States raced in the same heat. Chalmers got the better of Dressel in 47.90 while Dressel finished just one one-hundredth behind him in 47.91.
19-Year-Old Anton Chupkov Lowers Russian 200 Breast Record In Rio Heat
Russian breaststroker Anton Chupkov took six more tenths of a second off his own Russian national 200 breast record, going 2:07.93 in heats of the 2016 Rio Olympics.
2012 Gold Medallist Daniel Gyurta Fails To Advance In 200 BR Heats
Defending gold medallist Daniel Gyurta failed to advance out of the men’s 200 breaststroke prelims this morning, finishing 17th.
Joseph Schooling Sets 100 Free Singaporean Record in Rio Prelims
Schooling hit the wall in 48.27 to lower his previous record of 48.58, which he set at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games.
Kyle Chalmers Breaks World Junior Record in 100 Free
2016 RIO OLYMPIC GAMES Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Swimming: August 6-13 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Barra Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro…
Defending Gold Medalist Nathan Adrian Finishes 16th in 100 Free Prelims
Nathan Adrian came dangerously close to missing out on being able to defend his 100 free title, after finishing 16th in prelims Tuesday morning.
Katinka Hosszu A No-Show For Women’s 200 Fly Prelims
Katinka Hosszu was a no-show for the women’s 200 fly prelims this morning.
How Michael Phelps Spoils the Rest of Us
Pretty much everyone knows Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte. They are titans of the sport, and they carry relevance outside…
Duncan Scott Breaks Eight Year-Old British Record In 100 Free
Duncan Scott broke an eight year-old British record in the 100 free this morning to qualify 3rd overall for the final.
Day 4 Relay Lineups: Lochte Makes Rio Debut In 800 Free Relay Prelims
2016 RIO OLYMPIC GAMES Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Swimming: August 6-13 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Barra Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro…
How Lilly King Taking Down Yulia Efimova Is Essentially Rocky IV
Last night, America’s Lilly King took down Yulia Efimova of Russia in the 100m breaststroke final in order to claim gold and back up her talk about Efimova’s previous positive doping tests.
Rio 2016 Day 4 Scratch/Add List: Morozov in 1FR, Bardach in 2IM
As reported earlier, Russian sprinter Vlad Morozov has been approved to compete in Rio despite initially being banned as a result of being named in the MacLaren report.
Le Clos Shadowboxes Phelps, Reminds Him of London 2012
In this article, Charles Hartley imagines what it was like inside the mind of Chad le Clos as he prepared for the mens semi final in the 200 fly last night.
Sun Yang’s Cap Throw Proves Swimmers Should Stick To Water
How would your throw compare to Sun Yang’s?
Updating Relay Projections: Americans Now Favored In Both Medleys
Abbey Weitzeil’s huge split on the 4×100 free relay gives a spark of hope to an American medley relay originally projected to take silver.
