Category: Competition
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Dana Vollmer’s 🇺🇸 First Olympic Race | Olympics
Athens 2004, the first Olympic race of America’s Dana Vollmer who competed in the 200m freestyle and placed sixth but won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the 4×200m freestyle relay, together with Natalie Coughlin, Carly Piper, and Kaitlin Sandeno. In addition to claiming the gold medal, the relay…
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Olympic Pride – Erica Sullivan | The Social Kick
Bursting onto the scene, Erica Sullivan makes her appearance on The Social Kick. Erica is a 20-year-old long-distance pool and open water swimmer from Las Vegas. Newly selected to represent Team USA in the 1500m, Erica claimed her ticket in a brilliant trials swim, coming in second to Katie Ledecky and holding off Sandpipers teammate…
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Sajan Prakash Makes History in Rome, Becomes First Indian Swimmer to Qualify for Tokyo 2020 Olympics | The National Bulletin
Sajan Prakash on Saturday became the first-ever Indian swimmer to breach the ‘A’ Olympic qualification time by clocking 1:56:38 seconds in the men’s 200m butterfly event at the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome, Italy. The 27-year-old made the Tokyo Games ‘A’ standard, set at 1:56.48 seconds, by 0.10 seconds at the FINA-accredited Olympic qualifier. With…
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North Iowa Swimmers Get Some Help From an Olympian | KIMT News 3
It happened on Friday in Mason City
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Morristown Native to Represent US Swim Team in Tokyo for His First Olympics | News 12
A Morristown native will be heading to Tokyo as part of the United States swim team in the Summer Olympics. It will be his first Olympics Games.
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Chad le Clos’s 🇿🇦 First Olympic Race | Olympics
As we get ready for Tokyo 2020, we look back at Chad Le Clos’ first Olympic race at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. Just two years later, Chad Le Clos became an Olympic champion at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London by claiming the 200m butterfly. Enjoy watching!
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NCAA Social Series: Olympians Made Here
Andy Katz talks with Chaunté Lowe, former Georgia Tech high jumper and four-time Olympian and Brooke Forde, Stanford swimmer and first-time Olympian about the important role college sports plays in the development of Olympic athletes.
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Springfield College Swimmer to Represent Native St. Lucia at Tokyo Summer Olympics | WWLP-22News
At only 18 years old, Mikhaeli Charlemagne will represent St. Lucia, the Caribbean island at the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
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Winners’ Week Continues With 5A Swimming State Championships | 9News
9Preps reporter Scotty Gange provides highlights live from the Class 5A boys swimming state championships.