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PARIS — Everywhere you looked at the 2024 Paris Games, Americans dominated. On the final day of the Games, China is leading Team USA in the medal table, with 39 golds to America’s 38. Its two golds here included the 4x100-meter medley, the first time in Olympic history that anyone had beaten the U.S. Though Russia, a longtime dominant force in the sport, was excluded from these Games, China still achieved a score that far outstripped any competitors. China has also been quick to embrace some of the newer Olympic sports including sport climbing, skateboarding, surfing and breaking.

Persons: Snoop, Lady Gaga, ”, Fang Zheng, “, it’s, ” Chen Yiwen, Oli Scarff, Zhanle, Hunter Armstrong, Caeleb Dressel, Zheng Qinwen, Jacklyn Luu, Deng Yawen, Zheng Haohao, Paris —, Ma Long, Wang Chuqin, Lintao Zhang, Erriyon Knighton, Xu Shixiao, Lindsey Wasson, Mao Zedong, Richard Nixon, Deng Xiaoping, Li Fabin, Miguel Medina, Xi Jinping, Li Xiang, ” Li Organizations: Games, . Team USA, USA, China, U.S, Doping Agency, WADA, New York Times, NBC, USA’s, Soviet Union, China’s, Association, Asian Studies, Asia, Helsinki Games, China wouldn’t, International Olympic Committee, IOC, Getty, Global Times Locations: United States, China, Paris, France, AFP, U.S, Spain, Russia, Beijing, India, USA, Soviet, Michigan, Western, Taiwan, Los Angeles, Taipei, ” Beijing

While both numbers were more than any other nation, it was a slight step back by supremely high U.S. standards. No American man had won an individual gold this meet until Finke set his world mark. “The whole ‘the men’s team hasn’t won an individual gold medal’ [narrative] was in the back of my mind,” he told reporters. The U.S. team of Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink, Caeleb Dressel and Hunter Armstrong took silver and France the bronze. “The wealth is just getting spread around, we’re not getting any worse,” said Dressel, who took home two golds and a silver from these Games.

Persons: Bobby Finke, Finke, hasn’t, ”, “, Regan Smith, Lilly King, Gretchen Walsh, Torri Huske, Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink, Caeleb Dressel, Hunter Armstrong, Dressel, we’re Organizations: Paris La Défense, U.S Locations: NANTERRE, France, U.S, Tokyo, Rio, London, Beijing, Athens, Sydney, Florida, Moscow, United States, China, Australia, Italy

Molly Solomon, NBC's executive producer of the Olympics, referred to Snoop Dogg as an "ambassador of happiness" during a press call this week. Pumped-up audienceNBCUniversal had been banking on the success of the Paris Olympics, and Snoop Dogg, for the past few years. The following year, NBC's executives met with Snoop Dogg to discuss his future place in the Olympics broadcast, she said. Ahead of the Games, Snoop Dogg was also present at the Olympic trials earlier this summer, and since then has popped up in various places. Snoop Dogg cheers the USA team for women's gymnastics at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Persons: Snoop Dogg, Arturo Holmes, Molly Solomon, We've, Snoop, Solomon, Denis, Victoria Valdivia, Hans Lucas, Billie Jean King, Caeleb, Michael Phelps, Krissy Birdsall, NBCUniversal, Kevin Hart, Peacock, Dogg, Carl Recine, NBC's, Mike Tirico, …, Tirico, Kelly Clarkson, Peyton Manning, Ralph Lauren, Kendall Wright, Coco Gauff, Kelly Cheng, Wally Skalij, it's, John Fortunato, Alex Cooper, Jenna Mindes, we've, Rick Cordella, Bob Costas, Al Michaels Organizations: Bercy Arena, Getty, NBC, Comcast, Games, AFP, Team USA, University of Wisconsin, Paris Olympics, Tokyo Games, Eiffel, CNBC, Olympics, National Football League, Northwestern University, USA, Los Angeles Times, Fordham University Gabelli School of Business, NBC Sports, Paris Locations: Paris, U.S, Paris —, Seine, France, Victoria, Madison, Tokyo, USA, Woodcliff Lake , New Jersey, Minneapolis

NANTERRE, France — Léon Marchand won a fourth gold medal and set his fourth Olympic record of these games on Friday, taking the 200-meter individual medley to the delight of a delirious French crowd. Fans chanted, "Léon, Léon, Léon" as he stepped onto the medal podium before delivering a full-throated rendition of "La Marseillaise." French President Emmanuel Macron celebrates in the stands after Leon Marchand won gold Friday. Earlier in the evening, Australia’s Kaylee McKeown won gold in the 200 backstroke in Olympic-record time, edging American rival Regan Smith, who picked up her third silver medal. McKeown bested the previous Olympic record of American Missy Franklin, who had set the mark of 2:04.06 in London.

Persons: France — Léon Marchand, Michael Phelps, Marchand, Emmanuel Macron, Leon Marchand, Pascal Le Segretain, Duncan Scott of Great, Wang Shun, Carson Foster, Australia’s Kaylee McKeown, Regan Smith, McKeown, Smith, Missy Franklin, Leon Marchand of France, Adam Pretty, Australia’s Cameron McEvoy, Caeleb Dressel, Dressel, McEvoy, Florent Manaudou, Benjamin Proud of Organizations: Paris La, Arizona State, Duncan Scott of Great Britain Locations: NANTERRE, France, Beijing, Arizona, China, London, Benjamin Proud of Great Britain

☆ Freed prisoners return to U.S. from Russia and the race to define Kamala Harris: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +13 min

Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva make an emotional return to the U.S. Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky add to their Olympic medal collections. Jamie Squire / Getty ImagesBiles won gold in the women’s all-around gymnastics final, reclaiming her 2016 title and becoming the first American to win the Olympic all-around gold medal more than once. Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade won silver, and American Suni Lee, who won the all-around gold medal three years ago in Tokyo, took home the bronze. Katie Ledecky made Olympic history when she won a silver medal in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay final on Thursday. The battle intensifies to define HarrisIt goes without saying that Vice President Kamala Harris’ path to de-facto Democratic presidential nominee has been unprecedented.

Persons: Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, Alsu, Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky, Sonya Massey, Biden, Harris, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Alsu Kurmasheva, Whelan, Gershkovich, Kurmasheva, “, Vladimir Kara, Murza, Antony Blinken’s, Sergei Lavrov, Suni Lee, Jamie Squire, Biles, Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade, Maddie Meyer, Peacock, Read, rance, wimmer, ▶️, ure, Ana l, J uly, dow, ros, Pres, ena, Gray, ood, Joh, edd, maki, abou, , in Organizations: U.S, Russia, Marine, Joint Base Andrews, Wall Street, Radio Free, Radio Liberty, Paris, unt, pla, us. Locations: Maryland, Germany, U.S, Russia, Slovenia, Norway, Poland, Radio Free Europe, Berlin, Paris, American, Tokyo, Belgium

☆ What to watch this weekend at the Paris Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Paris CNN —The first week of the 2024 Summer Olympics is very nearly in the books and business is about to pick up. Richardson comes into Paris looking to prove she is the fastest woman in the world. Track and field heats upAn overview shows athletes competing in the women's 5000m heat of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 2, 2024. Antonin Thuillier/AFP/Getty ImagesThe star of the second week of the Summer Olympics, track and field competition takes the stage this weekend. Mixed 4x100m medley relay, featuring the American team of Regan Smith, Charlie Swanson, Dressel and Abbey Weitzeil.

Persons: Paris CNN —, Simone Biles, Biles, she’s, She’s, ‘ I’m Simone Biles, ”, Noah Lyles, Sha’carri Richardson, Richardson, Jamacia’s Kishane Thompson, Thompson’s countryman, Usain Bolt, Lyles, Sha'Carri Richardson, Australia's Bree Masters, Canada's Jacqueline Madogo, Denis, Jewel Samad, Xander Schauffele, Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama, Jon Rahm, Great, Tommy Fleetwood, Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, Schauffele, hasn’t, Sophia Smith, Pascal Guyot, Trinity Rodman, Rose Lavelle, Alyssa Naeher, LeBron James, –, it’s Jose Alvarado, James, Pierre, Sameer Al Doumy, Antonin Thuillier, Katie Ledecky, Bradley Kanaris, Caeleb Dressel, Kate Douglass, Alex Walsh, Summer McIntosh, Paige Madden, Ariarne Titmus, Regan Smith, Charlie Swanson, Dressel, Gretchen Walsh, Sarah Sjoestroem, Bobby Finke Organizations: Paris CNN, Olympic Games, Tokyo Olympics, Stade de France, Games, Paris, Getty, Le National, PGA, British, Women’s National, Japan, women’s, Marseille, US, Serbia, Puerto Ricans, USA, Belgian, FIBA’s, Summer, Paris La Defense Locations: Paris, France, American, Spring , Texas, Lyles, Saint, AFP, Tokyo, Australia, USA, Marseille, New Zealand, Japan, Sudan, Puerto Rico, Puerto, South Sudan, Mauroy, Villeneuve, d'Ascq, Belgium, Germany, Barcelona, Nanterre, Swedish

☆ How Flavor Flav became a sponsor and 'official hype man' of USA Water Polo at the Paris Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The American stealing the show at the Paris Olympics is Flavor Flav. The 65-year-old performer, whose real name is William Jonathan Drayton Jr., has been a fixture at the 2024 games thanks to his partnership with USA Water Polo. The Public Enemy rapper has embraced his new role as "official hype man" of the women's team, appearing poolside at the team's matches wearing a water polo cap and Team USA branded waterproof clock necklace. "By sponsoring a water polo team and helping these girls out, this is bigger than me winning a Grammy." In a comment on the post, Flavor Flav committed his support to the team that has won gold for the past three Olympics.

Persons: Forget Simone Biles, Caeleb Dressel, Flav, William Jonathan Drayton Jr, I've, Maggie Steffens, aren't, imma Organizations: Paris, USA Water Polo, USA, USA Water, NBC, Roll Hall of Famer, Associated Press, CNBC Locations: Paris

She’s won gold in the 800 three times and gold in the 1,500 twice – and hasn’t been defeated in those races in any of the Olympics that she’s entered. The Australians medaled in all four medal races on Saturday to the Americans’ three. But in the last race of the night, the American men’s 4X100 freestyle team took back the momentum by winning Team USA’s first gold of the Olympics. It had been 12 years since the French won a medal in swimming. Dressel has won gold in every Olympic event he’s entered so far in his career.

Persons: Katie Ledecky, She’ll, She’s, hasn’t, she’s, Ariarne Titmus, USA’s, Leon Marchand, Michael Phelps, Marchand, Caeleb Dressel, Dressel, he’s Organizations: New York Times, Tokyo Olympics, Australians, Games, French Locations: Paris, American

☆ Five things to watch from the swimming competition at this year’s Olympic Games
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Paris CNN —The first week of the Olympics and with it comes one of the Games’ signature events: Swimming. Here are five things to watch from this year’s swimming competition in Paris. The back-and-forth will take on new life as Aussie and American swimmers take to the pool and compete to take home the most medals. Bronte Campbell, swimming on the Australian’s 4x100-meter freestyle relay team, told reporters: “I really respect our American competitors. “So that was a really, really special event tonight.”

Persons: Paris CNN —, Katie Ledecky, Jean Catuffe, Ledecky, She’ll, She’s, hasn’t, she’s, Titmus, Ledecky’s, Summer McIntosh, Rob Koehler, ”, “, ” CHINADA, Witold Bańka, Caeleb Dressel, ” Dressel, Cate Campbell –, Michael Phelps, Phelps, Campbell, “ It’s, ” Campbell, I’ve, Ian Thorpe of, Chad le Clos, …, ” Phelps, USA’s, Phelps ’, Bronte Campbell, ” Leon Marchand, Leon Marchand, Sarah Stier, Marchand, It’s, Dressel, he’s Organizations: Paris CNN, Team USA, Olympic Games, Paris La Defense, La Défense, New York Times, Tokyo Olympics, Global, CNN, Tokyo, Doping Agency, CHINADA, NBC, USA, Team France, Olympic Locations: Paris, Nanterre, France, Tokyo, La, American, USA, Australian, Ian Thorpe of Australia, South Africa

☆ What to watch at Olympics today: Simone Biles is back, LeBron James and Team USA face Serbia
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Alex Andrejev | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

Later, the U.S. men’s basketball team, led by LeBron James, plays Serbia and Nikola Jokić in a matchup of top NBA talent. (Russia — the defending champion in both the men’s and women’s team all-around — is banned from participating in team sports at the Paris Olympics.) The women’s team final is set for 12:15 p.m. One more thing: Durant — a three-time Olympic gold medalist — might finally play after a calf injury sidelined him through the team’s summer exhibitions. The U.S. women’s team wraps up group play with Australia on Wednesday.

Persons: Simone Biles, LeBron James, Nikola Jokić, Biles, Peacock, Sunisa Lee, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, Hezly Rivera, you’ve, James, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Jokić, Bogdan Bogdanović, Durant —, —, Trinity Rodman, Valery Hache, Hayes, Michael Phelps ’, Léon Marchand, Michael Phelps, ” Marchand, Phelps ’, Frenchman, — Gretchen Walsh, Qin Haiyang, Adam Peaty, United States ’ Nic Fink, Gretchen Walsh, Caroline Marks, Carissa Moore, John John Florence, hird, aris G ames, adal, aris O lympics Organizations: NBA, NBC, Tokyo, Paris Games, Paris, Olympics, Olympic, U.S ., Bercy Arena, Atlanta Hawks, Serbia, South Sudan, Trinity, Getty, Telemundo, Peacock, U.S, United, Tokyo Games, Australia, Paris La Défense, aris, aris O, aker Locations: France, U.S, Serbia, Germany, Tahiti, Paris, United States, Russia, —, China, Italy, AFP, Zambia, Australia, Spain, Brazil, Japan, Nigeria, Hawaii, Caroline Marks

☆ What to watch at Olympics today: Swimming’s best rivalry, beach volleyball with a view
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Alex Andrejev | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

He and the relay team will look to defend their gold medal from Tokyo, but could be unseated by challengers Australia or China. GO DEEPER A massive race to start the Olympics: Get ready for the women's 400-meter freestyleWembanyama’s Olympic debutTime: 11:15 a.m. GO DEEPER Men's basketball at the 2024 Paris Olympics: NBA player list, how to watch and moreBeach volleyball at the Eiffel TowerBeach volleyball gets prime placement in Paris, right next to an icon. GO DEEPER Beach volleyball at the 2024 Paris Olympics: U.S. teams, schedule and how to watchMen’s rugby sevens finalTime: 1:45 p.m. ET (7 p.m. local) with the gold medal match starting at 1:45 p.m.

Persons: Victor Wembanyama, it’ll, Peacock, Katie Ledecky, —, Australia’s Ariarne, Summer McIntosh, Titmus, Ledecky, Caeleb Dressel, Simone Manuel —, LeBron James, Rudy Gobert, Shai Gilgeous, Alexander, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Michael Reaves, Andy Benesh, Miles Partain, Cuba’s Jorge Luis Alayo Moliner, Noslen Díaz Amaro, Sweden’s David Åhman, Jonatan Hellvig, Carracher, Mark Nicolaidis, Taryn Kloth, Kristen Nuss, Canada’s Heather Bansley, Sophie Bukovec, mpics & Organizations: NBC, Tokyo Games, Australia, Olympic, American, CNBC, Telemundo, Peacock, Basketball, Paris Games, Brazil, NBA, Eiffel, U.S, men’s rugby, Fiji, Ireland, USA Locations: Paris, U.S, Tokyo, China, Great Britain, Italy, Australia, France, It's, Canada, Brazil, Spain, Germany, Japan, Greece, Fiji, United States, South Africa

☆ The great America-Australia relay rivalry gets another worthy chapter in Paris
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Matthew Futterman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

That was in 2000 in Sydney in the men’s 4×100, at a time when the American men were untouchable at the distance. Australia’s Michael Klim plays lead guitar while Ian Thorpe, right, looks on after the Australians beat the U.S. in the 4×100 freestyle relay in Sydney in 2000. The Chinese men led early but faded. Far and away the dominant swimming nation, American men won the 4×100 freestyle from 1964 until the air guitar incident in 2000. American women won it 14 times from 1924 to 2000.

Persons: That’s, There’s, Gary Hall Jr, Ian Thorpe, Australia’s Michael Klim, Al Bello, Meg Harris of, ’, Simone Manuel of, who’d, glumly, Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh, Torri, Hunter Armstrong, Qin Haiyang, Manuel, “, ”, Meg Harris, Mollie O’Callaghan, Quinn Rooney, it’s, Cate Campbell, Emma McKeon, Caeleb Dressel, ” Dressel, Armstrong, Dressel, Ian MacNicol Organizations: Paris Games, Australia, U.S, Getty, New York Times, ARD, FBI, Doping Agency, International Olympic, Aussie, Tokyo, “ Locations: France, Sydney, Meg Harris of Australia, U.S, Tokyo, Salt Lake City, Utah, Australian, Australia, United States, Paris

☆ A massive race to start the Olympics: Get ready for the women’s 400-meter freestyle
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Nicole Auerbach | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementAustralian Ariarne Titmus, 23, is the defending Olympic gold medalist in the event and the favorite entering Saturday’s competition. American Katie Ledecky, 27, took gold in the 400 free in the previous Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Plus, the field includes 17-year-old Canadian phenom Summer McIntosh, who set the world record in the event in 2023 before Titmus re-set it. With none of the runners-up in view, Ariarne Titmus reaches for gold in the women’s 400-meter freestyle at the 2023 world championships. (Jacob Kupferman / Getty Images)(Top illustration: Dan Goldfarb / The Athletic; photos of Ariarne Titmus, Katie Ledecky and Summer McIntosh: Quinn Rooney, Maddie Meyer and Jacob Kupferman / Getty Images)

Persons: PARIS — It’s, Katie Ledecky, Summer McIntosh, Titmus, “, I’ve, ” Ledecky, Erika Fairweather, McIntosh, She’ll, Adam Pretty, Canada’s, she’s, Ledecky, Regan Smith, Kate Douglass, Alex Walsh, ” Brent Arckey, don’t, Caeleb Dressel, ” Titmus, I’m, ”, Larisa Latynina, Jacob Kupferman, Dan Goldfarb, Ariarne Titmus, Quinn Rooney, Maddie Meyer Organizations: Paris Games, PARIS, Tokyo Games, Summer’s Games, CBC Sports, U.S, Titmus, McIntosh, Olympic Locations: Rio de Janeiro, U.S, Fukuoka, Japan, Sarasota , Fla, Tokyo, Titmus, Australia, Titmus Australia, Chartres, France, London, Soviet Union, Ledecky, McIntosh, Paris

☆ Anger Lingers Over Positive Doping Tests for Chinese Swimmers
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Jenny Vrentas | Tariq Panja | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The days before the Olympic swimming competition are often a chance for the world’s best swimmers to share their hopes and expectations. This year, it was the latest chance to air their grievances. There was talk of Chinese doping, demands for transparency and simmering anger. Much of the latter was focused on disappointment and disillusionment with the global antidoping system, and the irritation was international. Chinese journalists complained of unfair scrutiny.

Persons: Caeleb Dressel Organizations: Paris, New York Times Locations: Australian, American

☆ Mental health and the Olympics: How the USOPC is preparing for the toll on athletes
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Nicole Auerbach | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

AdvertisementThere are no surgeries or physical rehabilitation plans to address mental health challenges. Phelps has made mental health a huge focus in retirement, trying to help others avoid the feelings he endured. Bartley, who has worked with the USOPC since it created a mental health task force in 2020, said that her main goal over the past four years has been building out the organization’s infrastructure for therapy for mental health needs. Now, there are 15 psychological service providers — meaning those qualified to work on mental health, mental performance or even sleep. What does it mean to make the Olympic Games or not make the Olympic Games?

Persons: Simone Biles, ” Biles, “, ”, Jess Bartley, Michael Phelps, Cameron Spencer, Phelps, Caeleb Dressel, couldn’t, Bartley, ” Bartley, Dressel, Gretchen Walsh, raved, Lydia Jacoby, Tom Pennington, ” Jacoby, He’d, ” Dressel, I’m, it’s, Biles, “ She’s, Cecile Landi, ” “ She’s, ” Simone Biles ’, Jamie Squire, Dana O’Neil, Dan Goldfarb, Tim Clayton, Corbis, Francois Nel Organizations: Paris Games, Tokyo Games, U.S, Olympic, Paralympic Committee’s, Games, Olympic Games, Paris, Tokyo, Athletic, Tokyo Summer, Beijing Winter Games Locations: Tokyo, Alaska, it’s, France

☆ 10 athletes to watch from Team USA at the Summer Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Paris CNN —Competition is already underway in Paris for the 2024 edition of the Summer Olympics and Team USA is set to take to the River Seine Friday for the Opening Ceremonies. It was the biggest shock of the Tokyo Games and left many observers wondering if the career of one of the most incredible athletes of all time had just ended in a flash. Noah Lyles competes in the men's 200 meter semi-final on Day Eight of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Track & Field Trials at Hayward Field on June 28, 2024 in Eugene, Oregon. Sha’carri RichardsonSha'Carri Richardson wins women's 200m heat in 21.99 for the top time during the US Olympic Team Trials at Hayward Field. Sophia SmithHeading to her first Olympics, Smith is the leading light of a new generation of stars for the US Women’s National Team.

Persons: Simone Biles Simone Biles, Laurent Landi, Matthias Hangst, Biles, isn’t, –, LeBron James It’s, James –, James, LeBron James, Altaf Qadri, James ’, Coco Gauff, Katie Ledecky, Ledecky, Sarah Stier, Noah Lyles He’s, Noah Lyles, Patrick Smith, Jamacia’s Kishane Thompson, Thompson’s countryman, Usain Bolt, Sha’carri Richardson Sha'Carri Richardson, Kirby Lee, Richardson, Caeleb Dressel, Dressel, USA's Caeleb Dressel, Jonathan Nackstrand, he’s, It’s, Sophia Smith, Smith, it’ll, Tierna Davidson, Jason Mowry, Sunisa Lee, Sunisa, Lee, Jamie Squire, A’ja Wilson Wilson, Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, A'ja Wilson, Derek White, Wilson –, Clark, Wilson, Paris, Sydney McLaughlin, McLaughlin, Levrone, Charlie Neibergall, Femke Bol, Bol Organizations: Paris CNN —, Summer Olympics, Team, Team United States, FIG, Antwerp, Olympics, Tokyo Games, US, Athens Games, Los Angeles Laker, Australia, United, United Arab Emirates, Northside Swim Center, Team USA, Games, Olympic, Hayward Field, US Olympic, Hayward, USA, Reuters, Tokyo, Tokyo Aquatics, Getty, National Team, Portland Thorns, Canada, Russian, Las Vegas Aces, Atlanta, Gateway Center, College Park ,, U.S Locations: Paris, France, Antwerp, Belgium, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, Athens, Abu Dhabi, United Arab, USA’s, San Antonio , Texas, Eugene , Oregon, AFP, United, United States, American, College Park, College Park , Georgia, Eugene ,

☆ Swimming at the 2024 Paris Olympics: U.S. hopes, schedule and how to watch
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Zack Pierce | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

ET) W 100m fly W 100m fly semis (2:30 p.m.) W 400m free M 400m free (2:42 p.m.) M 100m breast W 400m free (2:52 p.m.) M 400m free M 100m breast semis (3:12 p.m.) W 4x100m free W 4x100m free (3:34 p.m.) M 4x100m free M 4x100m free (3:44 p.m.) July 28 Heats Semis/finals (approx. ET) M 200m free M 400 IM (2:30 p.m.) M 400m IM W 100m fly (2:40 p.m.) W 100m breast M 200m free semis (2:46 p.m.) M 100m back W 100m breast semis (3:10 p.m.) W 200m free M 100m back semis (3:32 p.m.) M 100m breast (3:44 p.m.) W 200m free semis (3:50 p.m.) July 29 Heats Semis/finals (approx. ET) M 200m fly M 100m free semis (2:30 p.m.) M 100m free M 200m fly semis (2:42 p.m.) W 1,500m free W 100m back (2:56 p.m.) W 100m free M 800m free (3:02 p.m.) M 200m breast W 100m free semis (3:25 p.m.) M 4x200m free M 200m breast semis (3:47 p.m.) M 4x200m free (4:01 p.m.) July 31 Heats Semis/finals (approx. ET) W 200m breast W 100m free (2:30 p.m.) M 200m back M 200m fly (2:36 p.m.) W 200m fly W 200m fly semis (2:43 p.m.) W 1,500m free (3:07 p.m.) M 200m back semis (3:37 p.m.) W 200m breast semis (3:51 p.m.) M 200m breast (4:15 p.m.) M 100m free (4:22 p.m.) Aug. 1 Heats Semis/finals (approx. ET) M 100m fly M 50m free (2:30 p.m.) W 200m IM W 200m back (2:30 p.m.) W 800m free M 200m IM (2:43 p.m.) Mixed 4x100m medley M 100m fly semis (3 p.m.) W 200m IM semis (3:22 p.m.) Aug. 3 Heats Semis/finals (approx.

Persons: Katie Ledecky, Caeleb Dressel, Dressel, Regan Smith, Gretchen Walsh, Kate Douglass, Lilly King, Simone Manuel, Torri Huske, Alex Walsh, Katie Grimes, Grimes, Bobby Finke, Chase, Ryan Murphy, Kieran Smith, Thomas Heilman, Chris Guiliano, There’s, Ariarne, Summer McIntosh, Ledecky, McIntosh, Titmus, Erika Fairweather, Fairweather, swimming’s, Maddie Meyer Organizations: U.S ., Olympic, Paris La Défense, NBC, Telemundo, Universo, USA, U.S, Ledecky, Notre Dame, didn’t, June’s U.S Locations: Paris, Tokyo, USA, Chase Kalisz, East Germany, Ledecky

☆ The evolution of Katie Ledecky: As Olympics near, U.S. star comes full circle
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Nicole Auerbach | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Katie Ledecky’s first question was quintessential Katie: Hey, I’m coming home to Maryland for a few days in May. And he watched 27-year-old Katie Ledecky work the room, taking photos with those who asked and speaking with people from all walks of life. The little girl who once dressed up as Katie Ledecky for Halloween qualified to be part of the women’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay with her. Katie Ledecky, right, embraces Erin Gemmell after the 200-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic trials. Katie Ledecky shows off her gold medal from the 800-meter freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

Persons: Bruce Gemmell, Katie Ledecky’s, Katie, I’m, you’d, ” Gemmell, “, ‘, Joe Biden, Gemmell, Biden, Katie Ledecky, Nancy Pelosi, it’s, ”, Erin, Ledecky, she’d, Erin Gemmell, Gemmell’s, Sarah Stier, She’s, ” Erin, It’s, Andrew, Erin can’t, can’t, Erin isn’t, she’s, ” Bruce Gemmell, ” Ledecky, Alex Shackell, Claire Weinstein, Katie Grimes, Larisa Latynina, Summer McIntosh, She’ll, Oli Scarff, doesn’t, you’re, I’ve, Yuri Suguiyama, That’s, London …, Eamonn Dalton, Al Bello Organizations: Paris, London Olympics, Rio Games, U.S . Olympic, Olympic, U.S, Team USA, Los Angeles Olympics, Paris Games, Tokyo, Getty, London Locations: Maryland, Delaware, London, Indianapolis, Paris, North Carolina, Croatia, Soviet Union, Australia, AFP, Rio de Janeiro

☆ Team USA has owned the Olympic swimming pool — is that about to change in Paris?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Nicole Auerbach | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Its anthem played, over and over again, as the Americans received their gold medals atop the podium. AdvertisementU.S. swimmers have won the overall medal count and the gold medal count so often over the years that it almost has been taken for granted. Heading into the Paris Games, the Australians will be favored to win the most gold medals in the pool. Of the nine swimmers who won multiple individual gold medals, Katie Ledecky was the only American swimmer to do so. Still, USA Swimming president and CEO Tim Hinchey III has said the organization’s goal is to win the total medal count and the gold medal count.

Persons: Michael Phelps, wasn’t, Todd DeSorbo, we’ve, —, ”, Cate Campbell, ” Campbell, Katie Ledecky, Bob Bowman, Caeleb Dressel, Simone Manuel, Sarah Stier, Campbell, Phelps, he’d, we’ll, ” Phelps, Mollie O’Callaghan, Dressel, he’s, Bobby Finke, Ryan Murphy, Gretchen Walsh, Regan Smith, Kate Douglass, Walsh, Smith, Kaylee McKeown, Maggie Mac Neil, Summer McIntosh, Zhang Yufei, Douglass, McIntosh, McKeown, Alex Walsh, breaststroker Lilly King, Katie Grimes, breaststrokers Nic Fink, Matt Fallon, Carson Foster, Frenchman, Léon Marchand, Ryan Lochte, Ledecky, Lochte, Tim Hinchey, ” DeSorbo, “ We’re, Dan Goldfarb, Tom Pennington, Al Bello Organizations: Paris Games, Team USA, ” Count, “, Australia’s, NBC, Ledecky, Games Locations: Barcelona, Tokyo, United States, East Germany, Fukuoka, Japan, Paris, U.S, “ Australia, China, Britain, Rio de Janeiro, Ledecky, USA, Croatia

☆ Katie Ledecky makes history with 800m freestyle victory at US Olympic trials
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Aimee Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Katie Ledecky did on Saturday what she always does – win an 800m freestyle race. But this victory at the US Olympic Swimming Team Trials had added significance. “I’m happy to have gotten the job done here in Indy tonight and this week,” Ledecky said, per USA Swimming. As the owner of 29 of the top 30 fastest women’s 800m freestyle times in history, Ledecky will be favorite to win gold in Paris, but the potential head-to-head against the American and McIntosh is set to be one of the standout races in Paris. Paige Madden finished in a personal best time to qualify for her third Olympic event, but was more than six seconds behind Ledecky.

Persons: Katie Ledecky, “, ” Ledecky, McIntosh, Paige Madden, Ledecky, Caeleb Dressel, Kate Douglass Organizations: CNN, Canada’s, American, Paris Locations: Indianapolis , Indiana, Indy, Omaha, Paris

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — China's Pan Zhanle backed up his world record in the swimming relays by winning the men's 100-meter freestyle at the World Aquatics Championships on Thursday. The 19-year-old Pan swam the fastest 100 in history with a time of 46.80 seconds in the lead-off leg of China’s gold medal-winning 4x100 relay team. HIGH DIVINGWith a huge final dive, Britain's Aidan Heslop claimed the men's title off the 27-meter tower at Doha Old Port. WATER POLOCroatia advanced to the Saturday championship in men's water polo with a 17-16 semifinal victory over France on penalties. Italy claimed the other spot in the final with an 8-6 victory over Spain.

Persons: Zhanle, Pan, didn't, ” Pan, let's, ”, Caeleb Dressel, Kyle Chalmers, Alessandro Miressi, Hungary's Nandor Nemeth, Britain's Laura Stephens, Helena Rosendahl Bach, Lana Pudar, Rachel Klinker, ” Stephens, “, Sarah Sjöström, Swede, Aidan Heslop, France's Gary Hunt, Catalin, Petru Preda, James Lichtenstein, Heslop, you’ve, ” Heslop, ___ Organizations: Paris, Olympic, Doha, Doha Old Port, Croatia Locations: DOHA, Qatar, Paris, Australia, Italy, Denmark, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Doha, United States, France, Croatia, Spain

☆ U.S. casts big net into Pan Am pool in quest for Olympic gold
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The Americans finished with a bang, picking up five medals including gold in the women's 1,500m freestyle and the men's 4x100m medley relay. "We cast a huge net the year before the Olympic trials and Olympic Games trying to make sure we give a lot of people opportunity to get international experience which only sets us up to be better in 2024. The Pan Am pool was not without a few big fish. Olympic butterfly champion Maggie MacNeil was the swimmer in the spotlight, claiming five gold medals (100 butterfly, 100 freestyle, 50 freestyle, 4x100 freestyle relay, 4x100 medley relay), the most by a Canadian athlete at a single Pan Am Games. Her total medal haul of seven (five gold, a silver and bronze) is also a single Games high for a Canadian swimmer.

Persons: Rachel Stege, Dylan Martinez, Brent Arckey, Caeleb Dressel, Katie Ledecky, Arckey, LEN European, Brooks Curry, Paige Madden, Jay Litherland, Maggie MacNeil, MacNeil, Steve Keating, Ed Osmond Organizations: Acuatico, U.S, Rights, Pan American, Aquatic Center, Reuters, Olympic Games, Olympic, Pan Ams, Am Games, Thomson Locations: Santiago, Chile, Morros, U.S, Indianapolis, LEN European Ireland, Canadian, Canada, United States

☆ Sjoestroem wins fifth straight butterfly title at world championships
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The 29-year-old Sjoestroem touched the wall in 24.77 seconds to deny Zhang, who was 0.28 seconds behind, while Gretchen Walsh of the United States took bronze. Australia's Cameron McEvoy then won the men's 50m freestyle gold in a superb time of 21.06 seconds, beating silver medallist Jack Alexy of the U.S. by 0.51 seconds. The absence of 2022 men's 100m butterfly champion Kristof Milak and Olympic gold medallist Caeleb Dressel, who also has the world record, will add a dash of uncertainty to the final later in the evening. But she can expect a tough test from American Regan Smith, who was second in the semis, and Australia's Olympic and world champion Kaylee McKeown who also holds the world record of 2:03.14 in the event having set that time in March. The Australian mixed 4x100m freestyle relay team have a shot at lowering their world record of 3:19.38 in the last race after cruising through the heats and going nearly two seconds faster than the United States.

Persons: Sarah Sjoestroem, Stefan Wermuth FUKUOKA, Swede, China's Zhang Yufei, Zhang, Gretchen Walsh, Australia's Cameron McEvoy, Jack Alexy, Briton Benjamin Proud, Kristof Milak, Caeleb Dressel, Dara Rose, Frenchman Maxime Grousset, Josh Liendo, Peng Xuwei, Regan Smith, Kaylee McKeown, Victory, McKeown, Katie Ledecky, China's Li Bingjie, Erika Hairweather, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Marine Messe Fukuoka, REUTERS, United, Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall, Thomson Locations: Fukuoka, Japan, United States, U.S, China, China's, Australian, Bengaluru

☆ A Champion Swimmer Returns, Slowly but Determinedly, to Competition
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( Jenny Vrentas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

During the eight months Caeleb Dressel spent not swimming, he was surprised by the things he came to miss. Some were simple, like blowing bubbles in the water or the feel of his toes on the grip tape of the starting blocks. But he also missed the chlorine — a swimmer’s nemesis — and the dry skin that comes with hours spent in the pool. But last June, he abruptly withdrew from the world championships because of an undisclosed health issue and disappeared from the sport and the spotlight. His best finish in four events was third place in the 50-meter butterfly, not good enough to qualify for the upcoming world championships.

Persons: Caeleb Dressel, —, ” Dressel, Dressel, hadn’t Organizations: U.S, Tokyo Olympics

☆ Olympic champion Dressel fails to qualify for world championships
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

July 1 (Reuters) - Seven-time Olympic gold medalist Caeleb Dressel failed to qualify for this month's World Aquatics Championships in Japan after more disappointing results at the U.S. National Championships in Indianapolis on Saturday. In his final chance to make the U.S. team, Dressel finished tied for 22nd in the preliminaries of the 50-metre freestyle, 1.07 seconds behind the leader. Dressel's struggles were not wholly unexpected as the 26-year-old has not competed in a major meet since abruptly pulling out of the world championships in Budapest last summer citing an unspecified health issue. "He's very happy where he's at now," University of Florida head coach Anthony Nesty was quoted as saying by SwimSwam on Saturday. Nesty said Dressel is capable of getting off to excellent starts but struggles to close races.

Persons: Caeleb Dressel, Dressel, Dressel's, Anthony Nesty, SwimSwam, it's, I've, Nesty, He's, Rory Carroll, Toby Davis Organizations: U.S, National, U.S ., University of Florida, Tokyo, Paris Games, Thomson Locations: Japan, Indianapolis, U.S, Fukuoka, Budapest, Los Angeles

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