Tom Shields on 100 Fly: “Try not to look at Caeleb… I’m not good at it”
Shields’ swim is his fastest since the 2016 Olympic Trials (where he also went 51.20, qualifying for the Olympic team behind Phelps)
Caeleb Dressel Analyzes 100 Fly US Open Record
Dressel torched his hours-old U.S. Open Record in the men’s 100 butterfly, blasting a time of 49.76 in the semi-final to lower his prelim mark of 50.17
Michael Andrew Shares Advice Ray Looze Gave Him for 200 IM Final
Michael Andrew delivered almost the exact same swim we saw from him last night, except this time it was done with the pressure on.
Olivia and Natalie Give Tearful Interview After Making Olympics Side-by-Side
Olivia Smoliga and Natalie Hinds both qualified for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics tonight, finishing 3rd and 4th right next to each other
2021 US Olympic Trials Video Roundup Night 6
Annie Lazor made her first Olympic team in the 200 breast after taking a break from the sport in 2016-17, as did Natalie Hinds in the 100 free
Annie Lazor Speaks on Dynamic with Lilly King
Training partners Lilly King and Annie Lazor duked it out in the semi of the women’s 200 breast, both swimming drastically different versions of the even
Carson Foster: “My time’s gonna come and I’m ready for it when it does”
Carson Foster touched second in Andrew’s heat in a time of 1:57.77, just off his 2019 best of 1:57.59, to qualify fourth for the final.
Olivia Smoliga: “It’s like a dog fight at practice, it’s no surprise it’s like that here”
Smoliga is coming off a third-place finish in the 100 back, still looking to make her second Olympic team here in Omaha.
Nic Fink on Breaststroke Being an ‘Old Man’s Event’
This is the first Olympic berth for the 27-year-old Nic Fink, who was a close third (by .06) in the 100 breast on Monday night.
Michael Andrew Explains How He Went 1:55 in the 200 IM
Andrew qualified first for the final by almost two seconds in 1:55.26, becoming the #3 American performer all-time in the 200 IM
Abbey Weitzeil on Why Semi-Finals are the Most Difficult Round
Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil, the 2016 Trials winner, led the second semi in 53.66, qualifying third overall with a strong showing
Ella Nelson: “Kinda been waiting all week for this race”
Ella Nelson put up a best time in the semi-final of the women’s 200 breast, registering a 2:24.80 to finish 4th overall and qualify for the final tonight
Regan Smith: “Butterfly has always been the fun one”
Smith held on for second in the women’s 200 fly tonight in Omaha, touching at 2:06.99, six-tenths off her PB, to add a second event in Tokyo.
Race Videos: Watch Fink(e), Flickinger, And Dressel Add Their Names To The Team
Check out all the action from night 5 of the 2021 US Olympic Trials: the men’s 800 free, 200 breast, and 100 free, and the women’s 200 fly.
Natalie Hinds:” I’ve just really been trying to focus on myself”
good friends Olivia Smoliga and Natalie Hinds kept the good times rolling by tying for the victory in the first semi of the women’s 100 freestyle
