Month: July 2021

The women’s 100m breaststroke gold medal remains in American hands, but not the expected ones. Defending Olympic champ Lilly King came up shy behind Alaskan teenager Lydia Jacoby in a surprise finish.

At the Olympic Games, being first is usually a pretty big deal—win or lose. So, with that said, here are the first 10 firsts from the Tokyo Games

It was not to be for Ryan Murphy chasing his second 100m backstroke Olympic gold, as Russian athletes Evgeniy Rylov and Kliment Kolesnikov finished ahead.

Kaylee McKeown emerged from a terrific 100m backstroke final with her first Olympic gold medal.

Allison Schmitt will no longer contend for an individual medal in Tokyo but is likely to win her 10th Olympic medal overall later in the Games.

World record holder Kaylee McKeown added Olympic gold to her resume, emerging victorious from a stacked 100m backstroke field.

It’s official. The two fastest women in the pool, Katie Ledecky and Ariarne Titmus, will square off again in the 200 meter freestyle final.

Great Britain locked out the top steps of the podium in the men’s 200m freestyle as Thomas Dean and Duncan Scott emerged in the gold and silver positions.

Team USA’s star swimmer Katie Ledecky qualifies for the Tokyo Olympics’ 200m final, winning her heat in 1:55.34. She will face rival Ariarne Titmus from Australia in the race for gold.

Women’s 200m freestyle favorite Ariarne Titmus paced the field in the semifinal round, finishing in 1:54.82 and setting up another final matchup against Katie Ledecky.

Brazil’s Gabriel Medina held the record for the highest-scoring wave in Olympic history for mere minutes until fellow countryman Italo Ferreira carved the wave of the day on Tuesday.

April Ross and Alix Klineman cruised to a second straight victory, beating Spain 21-13, 21-16, on Tuesday.

American duo April Ross and Alix Klineman continued their strong showing at the Tokyo Games. They easily cruised to their second-straight victory 21-13, 21-16 against Spain.