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Luke Greenbank disqualified, Xu Jiayu missing at Olympic swimming

It was a drama-filled morning for one of the swimming events at the 2024 Paris Olympics. British star Luke Greenbank looked to have booked a place in the semi-finals of the 200m backstroke after outpacing Germany’s Lucas Martens in the fourth heat. But the moment I touched the last wall, my joy turned to sadness. […]

Why some Olympics fans thought swimming finish was a ‘creepy moment’

A White Plains swimmer’s semifinal win provided an “eerie moment” for viewers of the 2024 Olympics. Claire Weinstein took first place in the 200-meter freestyle heats on Sunday in a time of 1:55.24, beating Barbora Simanova of the Czech Republic and Mary-Sophie Harvey of Canada, but it wasn’t her fault. But as the top three […]

Nic Fink breaks 120-year-old US Olympic swimming record with silver medal

New Jersey native Nick Fink made history on Sunday by winning the silver medal in the 100-meter breaststroke, tying with two-time gold medalist Adam Peaty, to become the oldest first-time medalist for U.S. swimming in modern Olympic history. Nicolo Martinenghi of Italy won gold in a photo-finish race, after Fink and Peaty of Great Britain […]

Katie Ledecky warms up Olympic journey with first US swimming medal

U.S. women’s swimming star Katie Ledecky didn’t win the gold medal in her first Olympic final, but she still made it onto the podium. Ledecky placed third in the 400m freestyle in 4:00.86, winning her first Olympic medal of the year, bronze, well below her own Olympic record of 3:56.46, set in Rio de Janeiro […]

Australian swimming coach facing backlash after voicing support for South Korean athlete

An Australian swimming coach recently came under fire for supporting an athlete who will be competing for another country at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Head coach Rohan Taylor has described Michael Palfrey’s public support for South Korean swimmer Kim Woo-min as “un-Australian”. Taylor also suggested Palfrey could be forced to return to Australia before the […]

Katie Ledecky speaks out on China swimming doping scandal, hopes for ‘clean’ Olympics

Twenty-three Chinese swimmers have been allowed to compete in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics despite testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine, used as a heart medication. But the World Anti-Doping Agency said the athletes’ positive tests were the result of “accidental exposure to the substance through contamination”, a claim initially made by the China Doping […]