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Gretchen Walsh

Lacking A True “Superhero” At Root of U.S. Struggles At Paris Olympic Games

With the rest of the world catching up, the Americans no longer have that true game-changing superstar that sets them apart in the medal table.

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Five Thoughts (Hot Takes?) On The Olympics & The Sport

Livestream Andy provides some insights to the Olympic swimming competition after a memorable nine days of racing in Paris.

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Fluidra Race Video Of The Week: Team USA Closes Paris Olympics With 4×100 Medley World Record

Smith, King, Walsh, and Huske lead Team USA ahead in the overall gold medal count at the Paris Games with their world record in the 4×100 medley. 

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Olympic Swimmers Inspired This Writer to Practice More

With the Olympic swimming competition having come to a close, it’s a good time to take inspiration what the athletes put on display for nine days in Paris.

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Tallying Up Records At The Olympics

Summer McIntosh racked up three gold medals and set a pair of Olympic Records at the 2024 Games in Paris.

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SwimSwam Awards: 2024 Paris Olympic Games (Women’s Swimming Edition)

Summer McIntosh’s Olympic performance in Paris was the best by a junior swimmer since at least Missy Franklin at the 2012 Olympics in London.

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125 Swimmers Take Home Medals From the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

China’s Zhang Yufei, above, leaves Paris with the most Olympic swimming medals. She won 5 bronze and 1 silver for 6 total medals.

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2024 Paris Olympics: Day 9 Finals Live Recap

Folks, this is it. The end is near. We kick-off the very last session of swimming at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Its been a fun and exciting…

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4 WR-Holders Dive into a Pool – Walk Away with Another (Women’s Medley Relay Analysis)

Led off by three individual World Record Holders, the USA’s Medley Relay was always going to be fast, but won by a huge margin thanks to the opening three legs.

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2024 Paris Olympics Day 9 Finals: Fun Facts

The United States closed out the meet with a new world record in the women’s 4×100 medley relay tonight. What else stood out from the last day of finals?

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SwimSwam Olympic Fantasy Draft: Day 9 Scoring Updates – Barry Runs Away with Olympic Draft

Barry dominated the last 2 days of competition behind USA’s double relay world records and ran away with the 2024 Olympic fantasy draft

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2024 Paris Olympics: Night 9 Photo Vault

Jack Spitser was on deck at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, capturing the biggest and brightest moments from of the competition.

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Gretchen Walsh On Women’s 4×100 Medley Relay, “We Did Exactly What We Came Here To Do”

“We did exactly what we came here to do, and we had so much fun the whole way,” Walsh said after helping the US women’s 4×100 medley relay to a World Record.

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Paris 2024, North America Day 9: With 49.41 Fly Split, Dressel Ends Olympics On A High Note

Dressel’s 49.41 100 fly split indicated that he was still capable of stepping up for Team USA, and allowed him to end his meet on a high note.

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Men’s 1500 Free Bronze Today Would Have Won Gold in Tokyo (Day 9 Analysis)

Daniel Wiffen was 3rd today in a 14:39.63, a time that was 0.02 faster than Bobby Finke’s gold of a 14:39.65 in Tokyo.

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