A roadmap to follow for the swimming competition during the Paris Olympics: Athletes To Watch —Katie Ledecky, United States: Already one of the greatest swimmers ever, the 27-year-old American heads to Paris looking to add to her six individual Olympic gold medals. The Frenchman shattered Phelps’ 15-year-old world record in the 400 individual medley and also took gold in the …
FUKUOKA, Japan — China won just a single gold medal at last year’s swimming world championships in Hungary. “I really just wanted to get the gold for Team USA tonight, and I’m so happy I did that.” Walsh finished in 2:07.97 and Yu in 2:08.74. The Chinese sweep saw Zhang Yufei win the women’s 100 butterfly and Qin Haiyang go …
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 …
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