2024 CANADIAN OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC TRIALS
- May 13-19, 2024
- Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre – Toronto, Ontario
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After setting a Canadian Record in the 50 free on Saturday evening, Josh Liendo was in full-blown ‘go mode’ on Sunday morning at the Canadian Olympic Trials. He swam 50.33 in prelims, shaving .01 seconds off his previous best time and national record and reaffirming himself as a serious contender for an Olympic medal in Paris this summer.
Liendo swam his previous best at last summer’s World Championships where he took a silver medalist behind Maxime Grousset of France.
Splits Comparison:
| Josh Liendo | Josh Liendo | |
| Old Canadian Record (2023) |
New Canadian Record (2024)
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| 50m | 23.55 | 23.68 |
| 100m | 26.79 | 26.65 |
| Total Time | 50.34 | 50.33 |
He swam this basically the same way that he swam his swim at last year’s World Championships. By comparison, en route to his first NCAA title in the event in March, he really pushed the front end of the race.
He has held this record since 2021, when he broke Santo Condorelli’s record of 51.83 from 2016.
Liendo now ranks #3 in the world this season, though the Olympic field continues to be muddled by the uncertain status of American Caeleb Dressel, the World Record holder and defending champion, and Hungarian Kristof Milak.
Of late, Dressel has looked on form, swimming 50.84 in San Antonio in April, though we don’t know how that will play out in a double-taper scenario of the Olympic Trials and Olympic Games. Milak’s situation, meanwhile, has become more chaotic with local media reporting that he has missed most practices since Hungary’s National Championships.
2023-2024 LCM Men 100 Fly
MILAK
49.90
| 2 | Josh Liendo | CAN | 49.99 | 08/03 |
| 3 | Noe PONTI | SUI | 50.16 | 04/06 |
| 4 | Caeleb DRESSEL | USA | 50.19 | 06/22 |
| 5 | Matthew William Temple | AUS | 50.25 | 12/03 |
Liendo has historically been flat from Trials to the big international meet – no huge time drops, but usually within a tenth of his Trials cut in one direction or the other.
| Trials | Big Meet | |
| 2023 | 50.36 | 50.34 |
| 2022 | 50.88 | 50.97 |
| 2021 | 51.4 | 51.5 |
Besides the Canadian Record in the 50 free, Liendo also won the 100 free this week in 47.80, with a prelims 47.55 matching his time from Worlds last year; and he also swam a best time of 1:47.83 in prelims of the 200 free before scratching the final.
Liendo, 21, trains in the United States at the University of Florida. He has two World Championship silver medals and two bronze medals.
Is Liendo turning pro, or racing college again next season, or can he do both? I can’t see why he wouldn’t turn pro when he has the fastest time in the world in the 100fly.
Dressel has helped Liendo with his start!
Liendo is deadly. Hope to see he and Caleb racing in the final in Paree.
I love how liendo is really just a very slightly slower version of Dressel at his peak (SCY and LCM)
Love how half the comments on this article are Americans being offended that someone might dare think a swimmer other than Dressel might be good at the 100 fly
and the other half are delusional Canadians who think Liendo has a shot against Daddy D. You can play both sides of this game. We won’t see who is right until Liendo goes 49.4, 42.8, or retires without touching either.
Right now, both sides are just talking, and there is nothing wrong with speculation.
I’m not Canadian. But this really isn’t a “both sides” thing. This is an article about a Canadian who just broke a record and some Canadians are excited. Then you’re on here personally offended that someone else is excited.
If you get upset by someone else being excited about the possibility of success, and you can’t help but chime in with rude statements, then that’s a you problem.
If Canadians hang out on US trials articles and every time an American swims a PB they say “BUT THEY’LL NEVER BEAT SUMMER” then I would also criticise that.
In the end, perhaps there will be no Americans or Canadians on the podium. It is possible that the medals will be shared between France, Switzerland and Hungary.
Half? You’re referring to like 1 comment lol
There’s been a lot of weirdly defensive Dressel fanatics on Liendo posts the last few days. Intensity > frequency with these posters.
For sure. But OP was counting in frequency not intensity lol.
It’s very weird how triggered some people are by the concept that someone might someday get close or beat Dressel’s times. The pedestal is intense with this one.
It’s more like you’re likely going to be disappointed if you’re comparing him to the best sprinter ever.
I mean they train together every single day and compete in the same events and swim relatively similar times but go on.
I feel like Americans are the only ones comparing them. Canadians are just excited to have such a great swimmer on the team.
Think he does a Noe Ponti and goes slightly slower in final. 50.41
He was pretty long going into his turn in prelims. That’s where the opportunity is for him to go faster.
Remembering Santo Condorelli used to have this record is hilarious. Mr. Worldwide indeed.