Paris 2024 Olympics: Walsh dedicates US relay world record to disqualified sister
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Walsh dedicates US relay world record to disqualified sister

The Hindu  

American swimmer Gretchen Walsh said she was devastated when she heard her sister Alex had been disqualified in the 200 metres individual medley on Saturday, dedicating her US gold in the mixed 4x100m medley relay to her elder sibling. Paris 2024 Olympics: USA’s Alex Walsh walks off the pool after the women’s 200-meter individual medley final in Nanterre on Saturday. And then go out and do this in her honour.” The US time of three minutes and 37.43 seconds shaved 0.15 seconds off the world record set by Britain at the Tokyo Olympics. It was only the second world record set in the pool at Paris’s La Defense Arena after China’s Pan Zhanle, who won gold in the men’s 100 metre freestyle.

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American swimmer Gretchen Walsh breaks 11 world records
1 week ago

American swimmer Gretchen Walsh breaks 11 world records

NPR  

American swimmer Gretchen Walsh breaks 11 world records The American swimmer Gretchen Walsh had a historic performance this weekend. AILSA CHANG, HOST: OK. American swimmer Gretchen Walsh just had a huge weekend in the pool. CHANG: Walsh won that event - the 50 meter freestyle, as called on NBC Sports - plus six more gold medals at the 2024 World …

American swimmer Gretchen Walsh adds to her record collection at world short course championships
1 week ago

American swimmer Gretchen Walsh adds to her record collection at world short course championships

The Hindu  

American swimmer Gretchen Walsh set her 10th world record at the world short course championships with gold in the 50-meter freestyle final before adding an 11th as part of the winning U.S. team in the women’s 4x100 medley relay on Sunday. Walsh later extended her world record total to 11 — nine individual and two in relays — when the …

U.S. women coast to victory in 4×400 relay, wrapping up dominant Olympic track and field performance
4 months, 2 weeks ago

U.S. women coast to victory in 4×400 relay, wrapping up dominant Olympic track and field performance

New York Times  

SAINT-DENIS, France — With about 200 meters left in the women’s 4×400 relay race, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Gabby Thomas started walking on the track. “Once I saw Gabby back on the track, I knew we were gonna be OK.” Thomas indeed stayed on her feet, padded the lead McLaughlin-Levrone built and the U.S. was off to its eighth consecutive gold …

Swimming medallists’ timings don’t show a drastic change in Paris
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Swimming medallists’ timings don’t show a drastic change in Paris

The Hindu  

The lack of “World Records” set in the Paris swimming pools in the 2024 Olympics has become a hotly debated issue. In 2024, Olympic Records were created in 100m and 200m backstroke, 200m freestyle, and 200m butterfly events among women. For instance, in the 100m freestyle and 200m breaststroke, the Gold medallists in 2024 would have struck gold in all …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Perez pulls away to give Spain gold in race walk relay
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Perez pulls away to give Spain gold in race walk relay

The Hindu  

Spain’s two-times world champions Alvaro Martin and Maria Perez took the gold medal in the mixed marathon race walk relay by nearly a minute at the Paris Games on Wednesday as the event made its Olympic debut. Follow the Olympics live here: Paris 2024 Olympic Games real-time updates Brian Pintado and Glenda Morejon of Ecuador took silver in 2:51.22, while …

Paris Olympics 2024: US's Bobby Finke shatters 1500m world record as Sjoestroem dominates
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024: US's Bobby Finke shatters 1500m world record as Sjoestroem dominates

New Indian Express  

PARIS: The United States' Bobby Finke smashed the 12-year-old 1500m world record Sunday on his way to Olympic gold as Swedish veteran Sarah Sjoestroem capped her fifth Games by sealing the 50-100m freestyle double. On a thrilling final day of action in La Defense Arena, the American women turned on the afterburners to lower their own 4x100m medley relay world …

Sarah Sjöström sprints to second gold medal in Paris Olympics with dominant win in 50-freestyle
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Sarah Sjöström sprints to second gold medal in Paris Olympics with dominant win in 50-freestyle

Associated Press  

NANTERRE, France — Sarah Sjöström of Sweden won the 50-meter freestyle Sunday night in her fifth Olympics, a perfect complement to the 100 free she won earlier in the Paris Olympics. I never thought I would win the two golds on my fifth Olympics.” In a race that’s usually decided by a hundredths of a second, the Swedish star turned …

Paris 2024 Olympics: World record holding swimmer Sjostrom adds 50m freestyle gold to 100m title
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: World record holding swimmer Sjostrom adds 50m freestyle gold to 100m title

The Hindu  

World record holder Sarah Sjostrom won the women’s 50 metres freestyle gold at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, adding to the 100 title the Swede won last week. The 30-year-old Sjostrom is swimming as well as ever in her fifth Olympics and smashed Hungarian Katinka Hosszu’s Olympic record in the preliminaries. The Swede could not match that time in Sunday’s …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Bobby Finke breaks World Record in men’s freestyle 1500m
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Bobby Finke breaks World Record in men’s freestyle 1500m

The Hindu  

American iron-man Bobby Finke smashed the men’s 1,500 metres freestyle world record as he retained the Olympic gold medal in a thrilling swim that put the United States on top of the medal table at the Paris pool with two events remaining. Gallant Italian Gregorio Paltrinieri took silver, 3.88 seconds behind Finke, with Daniel Wiffen, the 800m gold medallist, taking …

US swimmer Alex Walsh loses a bronze because of a DQ, less than an hour before her sister won a gold
4 months, 2 weeks ago

US swimmer Alex Walsh loses a bronze because of a DQ, less than an hour before her sister won a gold

Associated Press  

NANTERRE, France — Less than an hour after American swimmer Alex Walsh was disqualified and lost a bronze medal, her younger sister Gretchen won gold and helped the U.S. relay team set a world record. “I think that Alex deserves so much, she’s worked so hard and I don’t really know how to put that into words it’s really sad, …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Ledecky wins record-equalling ninth gold medal, eager for LA 2028
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Ledecky wins record-equalling ninth gold medal, eager for LA 2028

The Hindu  

Katie Ledecky won a record-equalling career ninth gold medal at the Paris Olympics by claiming an unprecedented fourth women’s 800 metres freestyle title on Saturday. Ledecky’s ninth gold from four Games gives her a share of the all-time record for female Olympians with former Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina. I’m so proud of my efforts this week, two gold, two silver.” …

U.S. sets world record, edges China for gold in 4×100-meter mixed medley swim
4 months, 3 weeks ago

U.S. sets world record, edges China for gold in 4×100-meter mixed medley swim

New York Times  

NANTERRE, France — Team USA needed a boost at these Paris Games, and it got just that with a gold medal in the mixed medley relay Saturday night. Team USA celebrates during the medal ceremony after the 4×100-meter mixed medley relay final. But with Team USA picking up gold in the mixed medley relay and Katie Ledecky’s gold in the …

Paris 2024 Olympics: The Kristof Milak-Caleb Dressel rivalry
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: The Kristof Milak-Caleb Dressel rivalry

The Hindu  

The emerging rivalry between Caeleb Dressel and Kristof Milak can inspire the pair to more world records at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Dressel won the final in 49.45 ahead of Hungarian Milak by 0.23 seconds, with the American breaking his previous world record of 49.5 set in Gwangju in July 2019. Milak, who won the 200m butterfly in an Olympic …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Sjostrom turns back the clock to win 100m freestyle gold
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Sjostrom turns back the clock to win 100m freestyle gold

The Hindu  

Evergreen Swede Sarah Sjostrom proved the adage that form is temporary and class is permanent as she upset a top-quality field to claim the women’s 100 metres freestyle gold at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday. READ | Leon Marchand makes history with golden double Though regarded as one of the greatest swimmers of the modern era, her one Olympic gold …

From Gabriel Medina to Daniel Wiffen: A list of all the record breakers at the 2024 Summer Paris Olympic Games
4 months, 3 weeks ago

From Gabriel Medina to Daniel Wiffen: A list of all the record breakers at the 2024 Summer Paris Olympic Games

Hindustan Times  

The Olympics are among the most widely watched sports events worldwide. Gabriel Medina and Daniel Wiffen Swimming 30th July: Women’s 100m backstroke Kaylee McKeown from Australia broke her own Olympic record of 57.47 seconds from the 2021 Tokyo Games. 29th July: Women’s 200-meter freestyle Mollie O’Callaghan from Australia broke the Olympic record of 1:53:50 set by another Australian, Ariarne Titmus …

2024 Olympics records list: US men’s 4x400M relay team sets a new mark at the Games
4 months, 3 weeks ago

2024 Olympics records list: US men’s 4x400M relay team sets a new mark at the Games

Associated Press  

PARIS — Records are being broken daily at the 2024 Olympics, which run from July 27-Aug. 11, as athletes and teams win medals across 32 sports. Tuesday, July 30 SWIMMING Kaylee McKeown of Australia swam the women’s 100-meter backstroke in 57.33 seconds, breaking her own Olympic record of 57.47 set at the Tokyo Games in 2021. Monday, July 29 SWIMMING …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Canada’s McIntosh storms to 400 metres individual medley gold
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Canada’s McIntosh storms to 400 metres individual medley gold

The Hindu  

Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh blew away the field to win the gold medal in the women’s 400-metre individual medley at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Monday, securing her second medal of the meet. World record holder McIntosh touched the wall in four minutes 27.71 seconds, far ahead of American silver medallist Katie Grimes and her bronze-winning U.S. teammate Emma Weyant. …

Paris Olympics Day 2: Simone Biles and LeBron James shine as Americans step up at the Games
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris Olympics Day 2: Simone Biles and LeBron James shine as Americans step up at the Games

Associated Press  

PARIS — On the first sunny day of the Paris Olympics, the stars from the United States shined bright. Simone Biles and LeBron James dazzled, so did the U.S. women’s soccer team. Simone Shines Biles made her Olympic return three years after pulling out of multiple finals at the Tokyo Games to protect her safety, which prompted an international discussion …

Full list of major swimming Records broken at the Olympics
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Full list of major swimming Records broken at the Olympics

The Hindu  

The Olympics have always been a stage where athletes strive for greatness, pushing the boundaries. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Perhaps the most successful active female swimmer for USA, Katie Ledecky broke her world record for women’s 800m freestyle swimming at the 2016 Rio Olympics. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Team USA broke its own men’s 4 × 100 m …

Paris 2024 Olympics: USA announces team for athletics, Athing Mu not included in relay pool
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: USA announces team for athletics, Athing Mu not included in relay pool

The Hindu  

About the only real surprise when the US track and field roster came out on Tuesday was who didn’t make the list: Athing Mu. Although the middle-distance runner didn’t qualify at US trials to defend her 800-meter Olympic title, she figured to be under consideration for a spot in the relay pool. Quincy Wilson, a 16-year-old high school student from …

Paris 2024: India fails to qualify for 4x400m mixed relay despite new National Record at Inter-State Championships
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris 2024: India fails to qualify for 4x400m mixed relay despite new National Record at Inter-State Championships

The Hindu  

Indian quartet of Muhammad Anas, Jyothika Sri Dandi, Muhammad Ajmal, and Kiran Pahal set a new National Record of 3:12.87s in 4x400m mixed relay at the National Inter-State Athletics Championships in Panchkula on Sunday. Final results of the 4x400m mixed relay at the National Inter-State Athletics Championships in Panchkula on Saturday. | Photo Credit: AFI/ YouTube Screenshot India fielded two …

Paris Olympics 2024: Murphy, Smith and Douglass register wins at U.S. swimming trials
6 months ago

Paris Olympics 2024: Murphy, Smith and Douglass register wins at U.S. swimming trials

The Hindu  

Ryan Murphy clocked the fastest time in the world this year to win the 200m backstroke at the US Olympic swimming trials on Thursday and set himself up for a 100m-200m backstroke double at the Paris Olympics. Ledecky continues domination of 1,500m freestyle at USA Olympic trials Murphy, who won double backstroke gold in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 but …

Paris Olympics 2024: Walsh, Foster secure spots in the U.S. team
6 months ago

Paris Olympics 2024: Walsh, Foster secure spots in the U.S. team

The Hindu  

Gretchen Walsh backed up her world record performance in the 100-metre butterfly on Saturday with a win in Sunday’s final, while Carson Foster also secured his spot on the U.S. team for the Paris Olympics. Gretchen Walsh sets 100m fly world record at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials “I’m still in shock, I don’t even know what to say,” Walsh …

Gretchen Walsh follows world record with 1st Olympic berth; Carson Foster wins 400 IM
6 months, 1 week ago

Gretchen Walsh follows world record with 1st Olympic berth; Carson Foster wins 400 IM

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Gretchen Walsh followed up a world record in the 100-meter butterfly with something that felt just as good. “It’s one of those things that doesn’t really make sense to me,” Fink said. But the next will feel like one for sure after diapers and late nights and stuff like that.” Facing three medalists from the Tokyo Games, Walsh …

Gretchen Walsh sets a world record in the 100-meter butterfly at the U.S. Olympic trials
6 months, 1 week ago

Gretchen Walsh sets a world record in the 100-meter butterfly at the U.S. Olympic trials

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Gretchen Walsh set a world record in the women’s 100-meter butterfly Saturday night, posting a time of 55.18 seconds in a semifinal heat at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials. Walsh was more than a half-second under world-record pace at the turn and held on to eclipse the mark of 55.48 set by Sweden’s Sarah Sjöström at the 2016 …

Gretchen Walsh destroys world record in women’s 100m fly at U.S. Olympic swim trials
6 months, 1 week ago

Gretchen Walsh destroys world record in women’s 100m fly at U.S. Olympic swim trials

New York Times  

Gretchen Walsh put forth the most dominant foot she could in this Olympic year, crushing the women’s world record in the 100-meter butterfly Saturday at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Gretchen Walsh destroys the world record in women’s 100m fly at U.S. Olympic Swim Trials with a time of 55.18 seconds 🏊‍♀️ 🎥 @NBCOlympicspic.twitter.com/wO1V6JJjO1 — The Athletic June 16, 2024 Competing …

Jamaican Sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Eyes 2024 Paris Olympics
3 years, 1 month ago

Jamaican Sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Eyes 2024 Paris Olympics

News 18  

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce says she is still “on top of the game” at the age of 34 and after running the third fastest 100 metres of all time in August the Jamaican sprinter is keeping her options open ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Fraser-Pryce, the Beijing and London 100m champion, won gold in the 4x100m relay and silver in the …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: From Emma McKeon making history to 4x100m mixed medley debut, five memorable swimming moments
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: From Emma McKeon making history to 4x100m mixed medley debut, five memorable swimming moments

Firstpost  

The Tokyo Olympics swimming ended Sunday with USA on top of the medals table. Here are five memorable moments: The Katie-Ariarne show The Katie Ledecky-Ariarne Titmus rivalry lived up to its billing, with the pair locking horns across three high-quality races. Nailbiter Tatjana Schoenmaker announced herself on the Olympic stage in style when she smashed the women’s 200m breaststroke world …

Britain smash world record to win inaugural Olympic mixed 4x100m relay gold
3 years, 4 months ago

Britain smash world record to win inaugural Olympic mixed 4x100m relay gold

Deccan Chronicle  

Tokyo: Adam Peaty's British team smashed the world record to win the inaugural Olympic 4x100m mixed medley relay gold on Saturday, outgunning China and Australia. Britain's four-strong team of Kathleen Dawson, Peaty, James Guy and Anna Hopkin touched in 3min 37.58sec to break the previous 3:38.41 mark set by China in Qingdao last year. Britain chose to lead off with …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Adam Peaty-led British team smash world record to win 4x100m mixed medley relay gold
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Adam Peaty-led British team smash world record to win 4x100m mixed medley relay gold

Firstpost  

Britain’s four-strong team of Kathleen Dawson, Peaty, James Guy and Anna Hopkin touched in 3min 37.58sec to break the previous 3:38.41 mark set by China in Qingdao last year. Adam Peaty’s British team smashed the world record to win the inaugural Olympic 4x100m mixed medley relay gold on Saturday, outgunning China and Australia. Britain chose to lead off with Dawson, …

Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Great Britain wins 200m men's freestyle relay
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Great Britain wins 200m men's freestyle relay

The Hindu  

Great Britain has won the men’s 4x200-metre freestyle relay at the Olympics for the first time since 1908, but missed a world record in the process by a whisker. With a powerhouse group that included the one-two finishers in the 200m freestyle at the ongoing Tokyo Olympic Games, Britain blew away the field in six minutes, 58.58 seconds. James Guy …

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