Penny Oleksiak Breaks World Junior Record In 100 Free Gold Medal Swim
Canadian Penny Oleksiak broke her own world junior record in the women’s 100 free, tying for the gold medal.
Katinka Hosszu Cracks 200 Back National Record Again In Semi-Finals
Katinka Hosszu broke her Hungarian record in the 200 back for the second time today and is now the favorite for gold.
Andriy Govorov Re-Breaks Ukrainian National Record In 50 Free Semis
Andriy Govorov re-broke his Ukrainian record in the men’s 50 free, qualifying in a tie for 2nd heading into tomorrow’s final.
Chad Le Clos Reportedly Dropping Medley Relay To Focus On 100 Fly
Chad Le Clos has reportedly dropped the medley relay in order to focus on the men’s 100 fly final.
Day 6 Finals Preview: Phelps vs Lochte One More Time
Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte will square off for one last dance tonight in the 200 IM final.
Hosszu Breaks Hungarian Record En Route To Top Spot In 200 Back Heats
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu continues her impressive Olympics, taking the top spot in the women’s 200 back prelims in a new national record.
Govorov Breaks Ukrainian Record In 50 Free, Sits 1st Heading To Semis
Andriy Govorov put up the top time of the prelims in the men’s 50 free, breaking his own Ukrainian record.
Weir Baffled By Coaches Relay Decision: ‘I can’t make any sense of it’
Amanda Weir was shocked with the decision made by the American coaches to leave her off the women’s 400 free relay.
Day 6 Prelims Preview: Manaudou’s Time To Shine In Men’s 50 Free
Florent Manaudou finally gets his opportunity to shine individually here in Rio with the men’s 50 free getting underway today.
Chalmers Becomes Australia’s First Men’s 100 Free Champion in 48 years
Kyle Chalmers ended a 48-year drought for the Australian men in the 100 freestyle tonight.
Penny Oleksiak Shatters 100 Free World Junior Record In 52.72
Penny Oleksiak continues to impress in the pool, posting a world junior record on her way to the 2nd seed in tonight’s 100 free finals.
Day 5 Relay Lineups: Americans Go With Dirado On 4×200 Free
The Americans have added double IM medalist Maya Dirado to their lineup for the women’s 4×200 free relay tonight.
Day 5 Finals Preview: Americans, Aussies Collide In Men’s 100 Free
Kyle Chalmers will look to pull off a big upset in the men’s 100 free tonight.
Day 5 Relay Speculation: 4th Member Up The In Air For American Women
The fourth member of the American women’s 800 free relay is the burning question in today’s relay speculation post.
Brittany Maclean Misses Prelim Relay Due To Illness
Brittany Maclean was absent for the 800 free relay preliminary heats, but Canada still managed to make the final qualifying 6th overall.