Simone Manuel

Relay Roundup: Women’s 4×100 Freestyle Relay Split Breakdown

The Australian women downed the 400 freestyle relay world record last night, but remarkably, the individual best times from their personnel suggests they could have been even faster

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Led by Weitzeil, U.S. Women Throw Down American Record 4 x 100 Free

The U.S. women swim a new American record tonight in the 4×100 free relay for Olympic silver.

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Rio 2016 Medals Table: AUS Gets Most Golds, USA Gets Highest Total on Day 1

Following the first night of swimming competition at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Australia leads the gold medal race, becoming the only nation to win multiple golds with their 2 wins in tonight’s finals session.

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Day 1 Relay Lineups: Ledecky, Vollmer To Swim 400 Free Relay Final

Katie Ledecky and Dana Vollmer will both swim in the final of the 400 free relay.

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Night 1 Relay Speculation: U.S. With Multiple Options On Women’s 4×100

The Americans have a decision to make on who will contest the 400 free relay tonight.

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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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Day 1 Relay Lineups: Cate, Bronte To Race 400 Free Relay Prelims

The Australians will use their top two swimmers, Cate and Bronte Campbell, in the prelims of the women’s 400 free relay.

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2016 U.S. Olympic Swimming Team Complete Roster

See the offical roster for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Swimming Team.

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Meet the 2016 USA Olympic Swim Team: Simone Manuel

Meet first-time Olympian Simone Manuel.  A sprinter from Sugar Land, Texas, Manuel burst onto the scene as a high schooler, setting American…

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Meet the 2016 US Olympic Swim Team: Abbey Weitzeil

Weitzeil is a sprint freestyle specialist and was champion of both the 50 and 100 freestyles at the 2016 US Olympic Trials in Omaha earlier this summer.

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Meet the 2016 USA Olympic Swim Team: Lia Neal

Meet Olympic swimmer Lia Neal, who will be representing Team USA this summer in Rio as a member of the 400 freestyle relay. A second-time Olympian and a veteran USA National teamer at only 21-years-old, Neal specializes in sprint freestyle.

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Rio 2016 Olympic Previews: Australia Chasing WR in Women’s 400 Free Relay

As we head into the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Australia looks like the team to beat in the women’s 4×100 free relay. This year, the Aussies have 3 women under 53 seconds, with Cate Campbell (52.06), Bronte Campbell (52.58), and Emma McKeon (52.80) sitting 1st, 2nd, and 4th in the World Rankings.

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Rio 2016 Olympic Previews: Clash Of Sprinters In Women’s 50 Free

The World Record in the women’s 50 freestyle is on watch at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, and the showdown will see 3 of the top 10 fastest all time performers go head to head.

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Relive The Meet of Tears: Post-Race Emotions of Olympic Trials (Video)

There was so much emotion put into every single swim, and no one saw that more than the support systems of these athletes.

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2016 U.S. Olympic Trials: Women’s Race Videos

Re-watch Lilly King’s 100m breaststroke victory, among other available race videos from the magical 8 days in Omaha.

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