Torri Huske, Katie Ledecky Lead US “Operation Gold” Earnings At 2024 Paris Olympics
Huske leads all swimmers from the US with $261,875 earned at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Bobby Finke is the highest male with $145,000.
What Are Team USA’s Swimming Superstitions?
Paige Madden does not do her nails before her races while Nic Fink always warms up a second time before his race.
Thomas Ceccon Will Move To Australia Or USA To Find New Motivation
Thomas Ceccon says that he plans to spend a couple of months training in the United States or Australia before returning home to Verona.
SMH: World Aquatics Has Formally Requested Addition of 50m Stroke Events for the Olympics
Sarah Sjostrom is a 7-time World Champion in the 50 meter butterfly, which to this point has never been offered as an Olympic event.
Mission Viejo Nadadores Divers Win Individual and Team National Titles
Mission Viejo had 55 divers qualify for the USA Diving Junior National Championships in Morgantown, WV, the most ever in the history of the sport.
Rowdy Gaines Announces He Will Retire After The 2028 LA Olympics
Gaines has been commentating at every Olympics since 1996 but will retire after the 2028 LA Olympics to be a full time grandparent.
Katie Ledecky Selected As US Women’s Flag Bearer For Closing Ceremony In Paris
Ledecky is the 3rd ever swimmer to be a flag bearer for the US and the first female swimmer. The ceremony is scheduled for August 11th.
How Many Non-Americans, Who Trained In the U.S., Won Olympic Swimming Medals?
The two best swimmers of the Olympics, Leon Marchand and Summer McIntosh, both train in the U.S., but neither are American.
Swimming Disqualifications Down at Paris Olympics After a Rough Few Years
There were only 9 disqualifications at the Paris 2024 Olympics following a pair of DQ-heavy World Championships in 2022 and 2023.
SwimSwam Awards: 2024 Paris Olympic Games (Women’s Swimming Edition)
Summer McIntosh’s Olympic performance in Paris was the best by a junior swimmer since at least Missy Franklin at the 2012 Olympics in London.
125 Swimmers Take Home Medals From the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
China’s Zhang Yufei, above, leaves Paris with the most Olympic swimming medals. She won 5 bronze and 1 silver for 6 total medals.
Gretchen Walsh On Women’s 4×100 Medley Relay, “We Did Exactly What We Came Here To Do”
“We did exactly what we came here to do, and we had so much fun the whole way,” Walsh said after helping the US women’s 4×100 medley relay to a World Record.
US Closes Meet Strong With 2 Golds On Final Night To Top Medal Table For 9th Straight Olympics
The US has topped the medal table in swimming since the 1992 Olympics. They won a total of 8 in Paris, 1 more than Australia.
Paris 2024, North America Day 9: With 49.41 Fly Split, Dressel Ends Olympics On A High Note
Dressel’s 49.41 100 fly split indicated that he was still capable of stepping up for Team USA, and allowed him to end his meet on a high note.
Regan Smith Breaks McKeown’s Olympic Record With 57.28 100 Backstroke Lead-Off
Smith’s time of a 57.28 would have won gold the other night but she won her 2nd gold medal of her career helping the US relay to gold.
