2017 U.S. NATIONALS/WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TRIALS
- Tuesday, June 27th-Saturday, July 1st
- 50-Meter Course
- Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Broadcast schedule
- Event-by-event previews
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
- Live Stream (U.S. viewers)
- Live Stream (International viewers)
We’re bringing you a few of the more interesting quotes throughout the week of the 2017 World Champs Trials. Here’s Hali Flickinger after the 200 fly:
“I want to have that race, where I hit the wall and jaws drop … to have a very strong 200 fly, I want to do that for our country to make that a strong event for us.”
Flickinger secured her 2nd-ever national championship in this event with a 2:07.60, just a tenth of a second slower than she swam at Olympic Trials last summer. She dropped nearly a second in prelims at Rio and is currently the 6th-fastest US swimmer ever in the event.
Her time from tonight places her 9th in the world this year, so she’ll probably need to shave off some time in Budapest if she wants to medal. Flickinger says that she wants to make the 200 fly a “strong event” for Team USA, something it has not been the recent past. The US hasn’t medaled in this event at the Olympics since 2000, and only has a handful of world championship medals in that same timespan.
Still sad that Hersey didn’t medal in London. She was a big favorite throughout, but wasn’t in it in the final where it mattered.
i love that hali is confident and ready to take on the role of being our 200 fly hope for the future/present. i’m excited for that jaw-dropping swim! which reminds me… the us won gold in sydney behind misty hyman’s incredible swim – so we’ve won one medal in the event since 1996 😉
Somehow saw 2000, and typed 1996. Thanks for the catch!