The American swimmer booked his place at Paris 2024 in one of the five events in which he is an Olympic champion after winning the US Olympic trials on Friday. After missing out on the 100m freestyle, he didn't falter in the 50m. He stopped the clock in 21.41, the fourth-best time of the year.
Three years on from the devastating loss of form and confidence that turned Simone Manuel's Tokyo Olympic dream into a nightmare, the US swim star has found "healing" at the US Olympic swimming trials. It's not a venue known for promoting peace of mind —a meeting where only the top two finishers in each final can secure the longed-for Olympic berth and some of the best swimmers in the world are destined to be disappointed.
Ryan Murphy claimed the fastest time globally this year by winning the 200m backstroke at the US Olympic swimming trials on Thursday, positioning himself for a potential 100m-200m backstroke double at the Paris Olympics.
The 27-year-old finished third in the final of the Olympic trials in Indianapolis. Six swimmers finished under 48 seconds. Dressel missed out on second place, which would have qualified him for the Paris Games. However, he will swim in the 4x100m freestyle relay. He also has two more individual events this week.
American swimming sensation Lydia Jacoby is still grappling with her emotions. The Alaskan star of the Tokyo Games will be watching the Paris Olympics from home after failing to qualify for the upcoming Games this summer.
With a world record in the 100m backstroke, Regan Smith clocked 57.13 at the US Olympic Swimming Trials on Tuesday, challenging Australia's Kaylee McKeown just six weeks before the Paris Games.
The doping scandal that hit the World Anti-Doping agency last April involving 23 Chinese athletes who failed repeated drug tests, as reported by The New York Times, keeps snowballing with the latest announcement by the Asian superpower.
Kassidy Cook and Sarah Bacon became the first divers on the American team to secure their spots for Paris with a victory in the women’s synchronised 3-meter springboard on Monday’s trials at the University of Tennessee Aquatic Center. Totalling 629.82 points with two rounds of dives, the winning duo from Minneapolis, Minnesota closed out the finals with a front 2 1/2 somersaults with one twist.
At the weekend's Australian Olympic Trials, Shayna Jack and Meg Harris qualified for Paris 2024, while veterans such as Cate Campbell and Cody Simpson missed out on the Olympic stage.
The Chinese anti-doping agency followed the global watchdog’s lead on Friday and called out the American newspaper on Monday, deeming its follow-up reporting of the 23 swimmers’ positive test results from 2020 a “violation of media ethics”.
Swimmer Carson Foster booked his place at Paris 2024 at the Indianapolis Trials after winning the 400m individual medley ahead of Tokyo 2020 gold and Rio 2016 silver medallist Chase Kalisz.
Recently crowned world record holder Gretchen Walsh booked her ticket to the Paris Olympics on Sunday by winning the women's 100m butterfly in an impressive time of 55.31 seconds.
From Australia to America, the newest revelation by The New York Times on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s alleged mishandling of doping cases from China’s swimming team has sparked varied levels of outrage, be it from officials, coaches or the athletes themselves.
Seven-time gold medalist, Katie Ledecky won the women’s 400m freestyle Saturday at the 2024 US Olympic swimming trials finals, clinching a spot on Team USA for the fourth time. The only swimmer to have a sub-4-minute time coming into the prelims, she clocked in at 3:58, finishing nearly five seconds ahead of Pan American Games record-holder Paige Madden —who did not qualify for the Olympic team.
Olympic 100m freestyle champion Emma McKeon will not defend her title in Paris after missing out on qualifying Friday at the Australian Olympic Trials with Mollie O'Callaghan and Shayna Jack securing the two Australian slots at stake. O'Callaghan surged home on day five of the Australian trials in Brisbane in 52.33secs with Jack (52.72) second ahead of a top-class field.
When British skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won the Olympic gold medal in ice dance at Sarajevo 1984 with 12 perfect 6.0s from every judge, for their interpretation of Maurice Ravel's Boléro, an important member of their team was singer-actor Michael Crawford. Crawford, who had played Frank Spencer in British sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and the title role in the musical The Phantom of the Opera, had become a mentor to the pair in 1981 and went on to help them create their Olympic routine. Crawford said he “taught them how to act". He was present with their trainer Betty Callaway at the ringside at Sarajevo as they created one of the most iconic moments in Olympic history.
Reporting to and working closely with the Events Director – Technical Operations, the Head of Technical Officials is responsible for day-to-day management of the Technical Officials programmes within the Events Department, including:
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Pierre de Coubertin once said cricket has "practically no appeal for those who are not British". While he expressed doubts about the Olympic viability of cricket, lacrosse and baseball, Philip Barker wonders how the man who helped revive the modern Games would have reacted to new sports at Los Angeles 2028.
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