Leah Smith

Rio 2016 Olympics Preview: Ledecky Not Alone Under 4 in the 4

Leah Smith is the favorite for silver– is she also the favorite to join Ledecky under 4:00 in Rio?

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Happy 4th: Meet Your 2016 U.S. Olympic Swim Team (PHOTO VAULT)

Katie Ledecky will swim at least four events in Rio, and things are looking pretty golden for the 19-year-old come August.

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2016 U.S. Olympic Trials: Day Eight Roster Update

Jordan Wilimovsky added the 1500 free to his open water marathon swim in Rio.

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The Top 10 Quotes you HAVEN’T seen from Day 7 Finals (Video)

It was a loaded night of competition filled with many emotions, but trumped with relief that it is almost time to go home and recover from the Meet of Tears

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2016 U.S Olympic Trials: Day Seven Finals Live Recap

Tonight could be a historic night for swimming at the 2016 U.S Olympic Trials. Both Katie Ledecky and Michael Phelps could be making history tonight as they each have one final to contest.

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Ledecky Swims 3rd-Fastest 800 Free All-Time (Her 3rd-Fastest Time)

Katie Ledecky posted her third-fastest time in her career, which also happens to be the third-fastest time in history, to win tonight’s 800 free

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2016 U.S. Olympic Trials: Day Seven Finals Preview

Katie Ledecky will go for a world record tonight, and with the way she swims her longer races, it’s hard to bet against her. If anything, she’ll add another time to the all-time top 10, where she owns all 10 times.

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2016 U.S Olympic Trials: Day Six Prelims Live Recap

2016 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS Sunday June 26th-Sunday July 3rd, 2016 Century Link Center – Omaha, Nebraska Friday-Sunday – Prelims – 11:00…

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The Top 10 (+2) Quotes from Day 6 Prelims (Video)

Many of USA’s biggest stars competed in this mornings prelims on one of the biggest day of Olympic Trials

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2016 U.S. Olympic Trials: Day Six Prelims Preview

Caeleb Dressel (left) and Anthony Ervin (right) will swim 50 free prelims today and should find themselves battling again in the final.

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2016 U.S Olympic Trials: Day Four Finals Live Recap

Phelps is the top seed and heavy favorite in the 200m butterfly and will be looking to qualify for his fifth Olympic team, something only one other American swimmer (Dara Torres) has done during their career.

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2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials: Day Four Finals Photo Vault

All photos courtesy Tim Binning, theswimpictures.com.  

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2016 U.S. Olympic Trials: Day Four Finals Preview

Katie Ledecky will certainly attack the 200 free tonight– you know you’re in trouble if you’re already behind her at the 100 mark.

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2016 U.S Olympic Trials: Day Three Finals Live Recap

On night three action returns to Omaha where six more roster spots are on the line for swimmers hoping to punch in their tickets to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

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Olympic Roster: No Defending Champions after Night Three

Olivia Smoliga is the new 100 back Olympian!

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