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Paris Olympics Day 2, Semi-Finals, Women’s 200m Freestyle: Insights from Ariarne Titmus and Mollie O The Olympic 200m freestyle final is shaping up to be a classic Aussie Duel In The Pool - with defending champion Ariarne Titmus in the gold corner and her Queensland club mate Mollie O’Callaghan in ....

A Parisian Party: Gold from Leon Marchand Enables Host Nation a Special Celebration The atmosphere inside the Water Cube at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing took appreciation of the sport to another level. The spectators offered rhythmic clapping, booming applause, piercing shrieks and plenty of wh...

Paris Olympics, Day 2 Finals: Torri Huske Earns Redemption, Runs Down Gretchen Walsh For 100 Fly Gold By 0.04 One year ago, Torri Huske lost her title as world's best 100 butterflyer as she faded to bronze in the event at the World Championships. One month ago, Huske lost her position as top America...

Paris Olympics, Day 2 Finals: Nicolo Martinenghi Comes Through To Win 100m Breaststroke By 0.02; Peaty & Fink Share Silver Nicolo Martinenghi came through at the touch to win the 100m breaststroke title and in the process extinguish Adam Peaty’s hopes of the three-peat at La Défense Arena. Peaty app...

Paris Olympics, Day 2 Finals: Leon Marchand Delights Crowd with 4:02.95, Gold The line outside the Paris La Defense Arena snaked more than a half kilometer Sunday night. Tickets for finals sessions this week are fetching upwards of €400 online. The chants of “LE-ON” began a half hour before the fina...

Paris Olympics, Day 2 Semifinals: Xu Jiayu Blasts 52.02 in 100 Back Semis; Hunter Armstrong Out A 28-year-old Chinese veteran who has not reached the podium at a major international competition in five years will now swim for Olympic gold from lane four while an American favorite was left out of a d...

Paris Olympics, Day 2 Semifinals: Tatjana Smith Targeting Gold in 100 Breaststroke Tatjana Smith knows the feeling of winning an Olympic gold medal, having accomplished the feat at the 2020 Games in Tokyo. During the COVID-19 Games, when known by her maiden name of Tatjana Schoenmaker, the South Afr...

Paris Olympics, Day 2 Semifinals: David Popovici Storms to Top Seed for Final of 200 Freestyle The first time David Popovici contested the 200-meter freestyle at the Olympic Games, he walked away from the championship final a mere .02 shy of the podium. That scenario unfolded three years ago in Toky...

Paris Olympics, Day 3 Prelims Heat Sheet: Summer McIntosh Favored in 400 IM The second day of swimming heats at the Paris Olympics begins Monday at 11 a.m. CEST (5 a.m. ET in the United States) with the women's 400 IM, women's 100 backstroke and men's 800 freestyle. Day Three Prelims Heat Sheet Two ...

Paris Olympics, Day 2 Finals Heat Sheet: Adam Peaty Goes For Three-Peat Among Three Finals The second evening of finals at the Paris Olympics will include finals in the men's 400 IM, women's 100 butterfly and men's 100 breaststroke as well as semifinals in the men's and women's 200 freestyle, women'...

Paris Olympics, Day 2 Prelims: Mollie O'Callaghan, Ariarne Titmus Strong in 200 Free It will take some convincing to make the women’s 200 freestyle anything other than a battle of Aussies. Owners of the eight fastest textile-suit times between them, Ariarne Titmus and Mollie O’Callaghan are the favo...

Paris Olympics, Day 2 Prelims: Ryan Murphy Chasing History in 100 Backstroke; Hubert Kos Earns Top Seed The path toward history started smoothly for Ryan Murphy on Sunday morning, as the six-time Olympic medalist easily advanced to the semifinals of the 100-meter backstroke at the Paris Games. Murph...

A new champion will be crowned in the women's 100m breaststroke with Tatjana Smith leading the way after the Sunday morning prelims at La Defense Arena. Lydia Jacoby won the title three years ago in Tokyo as the 17-year-old from Anchorage pulled off a shocker to become the first swimmer from Alaska ...

Paris Olympics, Day 2 Prelims: Leon Marchand Makes Paris Debut With Dominant 400 IM Prelims Swim Officials implored the crowd inside La Défense Arena to quiet down for the start of the second heat of the men's 400 IM. After that, partisan French fans roared and chanted his name as Leon Marchand race...

Paris Olympics, Day 2 Prelims: David Popovici Leads 200 Free Prelims There will be a new Olympic champion in the men’s 200 freestyle. That much was known in April. Who it will be remains an open question. David Popovici is certain that he wants to be in the conversation for it. Popovici led a jumble...

PARIS OLYMPICS, Day 1: Aussie Girls Light Up Paris Pool With A Golden Glow On A Memorable Opening Night For The Dolphins It was a night like no other that saw Ariarne Titmus and an untouchable Australian women’s 4x100m freestyle squad give the wonders from down under a golden glow with a silver lin....

Paris Olympics, Day 1 Finals: Caeleb Dressel Anchors American Men to Third Consecutive 400 Freestyle Relay Gold The United States Saturday reached the gold-medal podium for the first time in any sport at the Paris Olympics, winning the men's 400 freestyle relay to conclude Night 1 action at La Défen...

Paris Olympics, Day 1 Finals: Australia with a Quad Stomp in Women's 400 Freestyle Relay; U.S and China Set National Marks Few events on the Olympic schedule are ever foregone conclusions. Such is the nature of a sport in which the difference between a gold medal and missed podium can be hundredths ...

Paris Olympics, Day 1 Semis: Adam Peaty One Step Away From The Three-Peat; Books Lane Four Ahead Of Qin Haiyang Adam Peaty took another step towards the 100m breaststroke three-peat when he booked lane four for the final at La Defense Arena. Peaty will join Michael Phelps in an exclusive two-man clu...

Paris Olympics, Day 1 Finals: Ariarne Titmus Pulls Away From McIntosh, Ledecky to Secure Repeat 400 Freestyle Gold With the first women's swimming gold medal of the Olympic Games set to be decided over the ensuing four minutes, standing behind starting blocks in adjacent lanes were three heavily-acc...