125 Swimmers Take Home Medals From the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
China’s Zhang Yufei, above, leaves Paris with the most Olympic swimming medals. She won 5 bronze and 1 silver for 6 total medals.
Gretchen Walsh On Women’s 4×100 Medley Relay, “We Did Exactly What We Came Here To Do”
“We did exactly what we came here to do, and we had so much fun the whole way,” Walsh said after helping the US women’s 4×100 medley relay to a World Record.
US Closes Meet Strong With 2 Golds On Final Night To Top Medal Table For 9th Straight Olympics
The US has topped the medal table in swimming since the 1992 Olympics. They won a total of 8 in Paris, 1 more than Australia.
Paris 2024, North America Day 9: With 49.41 Fly Split, Dressel Ends Olympics On A High Note
Dressel’s 49.41 100 fly split indicated that he was still capable of stepping up for Team USA, and allowed him to end his meet on a high note.
Regan Smith Breaks McKeown’s Olympic Record With 57.28 100 Backstroke Lead-Off
Smith’s time of a 57.28 would have won gold the other night but she won her 2nd gold medal of her career helping the US relay to gold.
US Women Break Own World Record In 4×100 Medley Relay With 3:49.63 To Close Paris Games
Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske anchored the US to Olympic gold in a new World Record, breaking the old record of a 3:50.40 that the US swam at 2019 Worlds.
Bobby Finke Breaks Sun Yang’s World Record In 1500 Free With 14:30.67
Finke broke the previous record of a 14:31.02 that Sun Yang (China) swam at the 2012 London Olympics. Finke earned the US men their first individual gold.
US Mixed 4×100 Medley Relay Gets Redemption, Breaks World Record With 3:37.43
The US finished 5th in the mixed medley relay in Tokyo but swam to a World Record today, breaking Great Britain’s record of a 3:37.58 from Tokyo.
Caeleb Dressel Moves Up Gold Medal Ranks With A Finals Race He Didn’t Swim, T-2nd Most Golds
Caeleb Dressel now sits tied at 2nd (along with 5 other athletes) for the most gold medals all-time in the modern era of the Olympics, earning his 9th gold.
2024 YMCA Summer Champs: Greater Spartanburg, Somerset County Claim Team Titles (Day 5 Recap)
The Greater Spartanburg YMCA wrapped up YMCA Summer Nationals by taking the combined and boy’s titles while the Greater Somerset YMCA claimed the girl’s.
Huske’s 51.88 and Yang’s 51.96 Anchors, lead USA and China Under OLD WR (Day 8 Relay Analysis)
Torri Huske’s 51.88 makes her just the third American Women under the 52.00 mark and as her anchor leg led Team USA to a new World Record.
Paris 2024, North America Day 8: Ledecky Four-Peats, But Is It The End Of An Era?
Katie Ledecky made history with her fourth-consecutive Olympic title in the 800 free. But could it be her last one as well?
Alex Walsh Gets Disqualified From 200 IM Final After Initially Winning Bronze
Walsh had been disqualified for an illegal back-to-breast turn, which is the same reason why Kaylee McKeown was DQed in 2023.
LEGENDecky Wins 9th Gold Ever, T-2nd Most Golds All-Time Sitting Only Behind Phelps
Ledecky also became the first woman to ever win gold in any event in 4 Olympics as she won the 800 free ever since 2012 in London.
David Johnston Withdraws From 10k Open Water, Ivan Puskovitch Will Be Only American Swimming
Johnston’s spot was originally offered to Luke Whitlock, but he turned it down because he is also recovering from COVID-19.