Emily Overholt

Top 3 Junior Swimmers in Each Event At The 2016 Rio Olympics

A couple of juniors took the Olympic stage by a storm, including Australia’s 100 free gold medalist Kyle Chalmers, and Canada’s 100 free gold medalist Penny Oleksiak, who won 4 medals in her first Olympic Games.

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Top 3 Junior Swimmers in Each Event Through Rio Day 5

While swimmers like Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte continue to add to their Olympic medal career totals, the Rio Olympic Games serve as a first chance for many young swimmers to represent their respective nations on the Olympic stage.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Juegos Olímpicos Río 2016: Finales día 1

JUEGOS OLÍMPICOS RÍO 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Natación: Agost o6-13 Estadio Olímpico Acuático, Parque Olímpico de Barra, Río de…

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2016 Rio Olympic Games: Day One Finals Live Recap

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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North America Recap Day 1: Canada Wins First Relay Medal In 24 Years

The Canadians won their first Olympic relay medal in 24 years today in the women’s 4×100 free.

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2016 Rio Olympic Games: Day One Prelims Live Recap

The day has finally arrived, the 2016 Olympic Games will commence in the pool, beginning a week-long mix of triumph and heartbreak depicting the raw emotion of sport displayed exclusively at the Olympics.

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2016 Rio Olympic Games: Day 1 Finals Preview

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu will look for her first Olympic medal tonight after narrowly missing the wolrd record this morning in the women’s 400 IM.

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Canadian Nationals To Pause During Finals To Watch Canadian Olympians Compete

At the Kinsmen Sports Centre in Edmonton, Alberta where the Canadian Swimming Championships are being held, tonight’s Olympic 100m butterfly semifinal will be shown on the timing board during tonight’s session.

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2016 Rio Olympics: Day 1 Prelims Preview

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu will contest the women’s 400 IM this morning, four years after her devastating 4th place finish in London.

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Video: Emily Overholt Overcomes Injury On Road To Rio

Canadian swimmer Emily Overholt was forced to overcome a hamstring injury that occurred right after she qualified for the Olympic team in the 400m IM as she trained for the upcoming Games.

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2016 Rio Olympics Preview: Hosszu Lunging for Ye Shiwen WR in 400 IM

Katinka Hosszu is well within range to achieve two milestones in her storied career: Olympic gold, and Ye Shiwen’s 400 IM world record.

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Emily Overholt Speaks on Pan Am Performance and Upcoming Olympics

In a Q-and-A with the National Post, one of Canada’s young rising talents Emily Overholt spoke about her swims at the…

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