SwimSwam’s Top 5 Swims of the #Tokyo2020 Olympic Games: Day 6
We saw #3, #2, and #1 all-time performance =s in 3 different individual events on Day 6, plus we ask the question: What is USA doing in the mixed medley?
Tatjana Schoenmaker Breaks the Ice With 2:18.95 200 Breast World Record
Schoenmaker threw down the first sub-2:19 women’s 200 breaststroke just 5 years after her country sent 0 women to the Olympic Games.
Tokyo 2020, Africa Day 5: Schoenmaker/Corbett Qualify Into 200 BR OLY Final
RSA’s Tatjana Schoenmaker and Kaylene Corbett qualified top 4 into the women’s 200 breast final. The last RSA OLY champ in the pool was in Atlanta 1996.
Tokyo 2020 Day 6 Prelims All-Star: Egypt’s Youssef Ramadan Continues To Improve
Ramadan has qualified for an Olympic semi-final mere weeks after hitting the 100 butterfly FINA A cut for the first time.
Court of Arbitration for Sport Rejects Siphiwe Baleka’s Appeal to Race in Tokyo
Siphiwe Baleka’s quest to become the oldest swimmer to compete in the Olympics has come to an end after the CAS rejected his appeal.
Dressel Ties Olympic Record, Majerski Joins Sub-51 Club In Men’s 100 Fly
Dressel matched Joseph Schooling’s Olympic Record of 50.39, while the defending champion from Singapore finished well outside the semis in 44th.
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Day 5 Prelims Live Recap
After anchoring Australia to a world record in the 400 free relay, Cate Campbell will contest her first individual race on Day 5 in the women’s 100 free.
Tokyo 2020, Africa Day 4: Chad le Clos Misses Olympic 200 Fly Podium Again
South African Chad le Clos, the London 2012 Olympic 200 fly champion, placed outside of the event podium for the second Olympics in a row.
Schoenmaker Hits 2:19.16 200 Breast Olympic Record, 2nd Fastest Swim In History
South African all-star Tatjana Schoenmaker now holds the Olympic record in both the women’s 100 and 200 meter breaststrokes.
Tokyo 2020, Africa Day 3: Schoenmaker Wins First Women’s RSA Medal Since 2000
Tatjana Schoenmaker’s 100 breaststroke silver is the first Olympic swimming medal for a South African women in 21 years.
Overreacting: Former Olympic Champion Le Clos Barely Sneaks Into 200 Fly Semis
South African Chad Le Clos finished 16th in the men’s 200 butterfly prelims, escaping an unceremonious elimination by less than a tenth of a second.
Tokyo 2020, Africa Day 2: No Cap, No Problem For Tatjana Schoenmaker
Tatjana Schoenmaker has excelled through the first two rounds of the women’s 100 breaststroke despite her cap coming almost entirely off both times.
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Day 2 Finals Preview
Zhang Yufei has remained cool, calm, and collected throughout the prelims and semis of the 100 butterfly. Will she be able to hold off the field in the final?
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap
Confident American Lilly King will open her 2020 Olympic campaign on Sunday in women’s 100 breaststroke, beginning her quest to defend 2016 gold.
SwimSwam’s Top 5 Swims of the 2020 Olympic Games: Day 1
SwimSwam brings you the Top 5 races from Day 1 of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, plus the Belly Flop of the Day and the Hot Topic of the Finals