As Rio Wraps, Olympic Swimmers Put Back Into Storage Until 2020
With the competitive swimming portion of the 2016 Rio Olympics wrapping up this week, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has begun returning swimmers to their storage unit, where they’ll remain until fans care about swimming again in the year 2020.
Day 6 Prelims Preview: Manaudou’s Time To Shine In Men’s 50 Free
Florent Manaudou finally gets his opportunity to shine individually here in Rio with the men’s 50 free getting underway today.
2016 Rio Olympic Games: Day Five Finals Live Recap
Swimming’s blue ribbon event will give way to a Aussie-American duel with a Canadian somewhere in the middle. Kyle Chalmers and Cameron McEvoy of Australia will be trying to take down both Nathan Adrian and Caeleb Dressel of the United States.
Oleksiak Leads As Canada Destroys National 4×200 Free Relay Record
Led by a world-class anchor leg from Penny Oleksiak, Canada obliterated its own national record in the women’s 4×200 free relay to earn Olympic bronze.
Day 5 Relay Lineups: Americans Go With Dirado On 4×200 Free
The Americans have added double IM medalist Maya Dirado to their lineup for the women’s 4×200 free relay tonight.
Day 5 Relay Speculation: 4th Member Up The In Air For American Women
The fourth member of the American women’s 800 free relay is the burning question in today’s relay speculation post.
Brittany Maclean Misses Prelim Relay Due To Illness
Brittany Maclean was absent for the 800 free relay preliminary heats, but Canada still managed to make the final qualifying 6th overall.
Day 5 Relay Lineups: Franklin, Sjostrom In 800 Free Relay Heats
Missy Franklin will look to earn a spot in the 800 free relay final after a disappointing performance in the individual event.
2016 Rio Olympic Games: Day Three Prelims Live Recap
Michael Phelps will be competing in the heats of the men’s 200m butterfly shortly after where he’s not exactly the favorite. It looks to be a three man race right now between Phelps and his two rivals: Chad le Clos of South Africa and Laszlo Cseh of Hungary. Both have said their fair share of talk about Phelps making this one of the most anticipated races of the games.
2016 Rio Olympic Games: Day Two Finals Live Recap
2016 RIO OLYMPIC GAMES Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Swimming: August 6-13 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Barra Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro…
Day 3 Prelim All-Star: Siobhan Haughey Moves Up 19 Spots In W 200 Free
2016 RIO OLYMPIC GAMES Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Swimming: August 6-13 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Barra Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro…
North America Recap Day 2: Phelps Wins 19th Career Olympic Gold
Michael Phelps won his record 19th Olympic gold medal as the Americans regained glory in the men’s 400 free relay.
Brittany Maclean Breaks Canadian Record In 400 Free, Advances To Final
Brittany Maclean broke her own Canadian record in the Olympic heats for the second straight Games en route to qualifying 5th for the final.
2016 Canadian Swimming Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap
Genevieve Cantin comes into tonight’s final as the top seed in the women’s 200 back.
2016 Rio Olympics Preview: 800 Free to Feature Ledecky vs. Herself
Katie Ledecky is so far ahead of the rest of the world’s best, the 800 free has become a race between Ledecky and her personal best times.
