Germany’s Lukas Maertens wins Olympic gold in men’s 400-meter freestyle
Germany’s Lukas Martens won the men’s 400m freestyle on Saturday, winning his first swimming medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Maertens was on world record pace at one point in the race, then slowed on the final turn, but finished strong to take the gold medal. Australia’s Elijah Winnington threatened Martens in the final stages […]
Germany’s Lukas Maertens wins Olympic gold in men’s 400-meter freestyle
Germany’s Lukas Martens won the men’s 400m freestyle on Saturday, winning his first swimming medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Maertens was on world record pace at one point in the race, then slowed on the final turn, but finished strong to take the gold medal. Australia’s Elijah Winnington threatened Martens in the final stages […]
Team USA Wins First Gold Medal Of Paris Summer Olympics At Men’s 4×100 Meter Freestyle Relay
Swimming – Olympics – Paris – 2024 – Medals Gold medalists Jack Alexie of the United States, Chris Juliano of the United States, Hunter Armstrong of the United States and Caleb Dressel of the United States pose with their medals after the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay swimming event at the Paris La Defense Arena in […]
US secures first Olympic gold medal in men’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay
The United States’ first gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics went to the men’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay team after a thrilling race. When anchor four-man Caleb Dressel touched the wall, the U.S. had a final time of 3 minutes 9.28 seconds, beating rival Australia by more than a second. Australia took the silver medal […]
US wins first gold at Olympics in 4×100-meter men’s freestyle relay
The American team is a gold medal contender. It took until late Saturday night, but in the final swimming event on Saturday night, the United States won the 4×100-meter freestyle relay behind the quartet of Chris Juliano, Jack Alexie, Hunter Armstrong and Caleb Dressel to win their first gold medal of the 2024 Olympics. The […]
US can’t catch Australia, but edges China to win silver in women’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay
The U.S. women’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay team won the silver medal in the final Saturday night at La Defense Arena in Paris. The U.S. was unable to beat rival Australia, who won the gold medal in 3:28.92, while the U.S. team finished in 3:30.20. But the U.S. beat another rival, China, by 0.1 seconds (3:30.30). […]
Katie Ledecky falls short against Ariarne Titmus in 400m freestyle
Fans will have to wait a little longer to see Kate Ledecky win her first gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The multi-titled swimmer was unable to reclaim gold in the women’s 400m freestyle at La Défense Arena in Paris on Saturday afternoon, with Australia’s Ariarne Titmuss, who won gold in Tokyo 2021, repeating […]
Freestyle motocross figure Jayden Archer dies at 27
Freestyle motocross athlete Jayden “Jayo” Archer, the first person to complete a triple backflip in competition, died while practicing the feat in his hometown of Melbourne, Australia. ESPNit is also noted that the man is only 27 years old. travis pastrana explained Archer as a “great human being”. “This really hit home,” Pastrana said, according […]
Katie Ledecky loses 800m freestyle for first time in 13 years
American swimming legend Katie Ledecky may be able to blame Canada for this. It was Canadian Summer McIntosh who defeated Ledecky in the 800 meter freestyle on Thursday, the opening night of the Southern Zone South Regional Championships in Orlando, Fla., for the first time in 13 years that the three-time Olympic champion Because we […]