Americans are in first place to showcase their strength at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games by winning four more medals on day three. The night started with Katie Grimes (Las Vegas, Nev./Sandpipers of Nevada) and Emma Weyant (Sarasota, Fla./Gator Swim Club) finishing with silver and bronze in the women’s 400-meter individual medley for the team. During the upcoming competition, Luke Hobson (from Reno, Nevada and representing Longhorn Aquatics) claimed a bronze medal in the men’s 200m freestyle event. Following the session, team Captain Ryan Murphy (Ponte Vedra Beach, Calif./California Aquatics) earned his seventh Olympic medal (bronze) in the men’s 100m backstroke. Murphy has won a medal in the event for the third consecutive Olympics in Paris , making him only the second person to achieve this.
After three days of competition in Paris Olympics , USA Swimming is at the top of the medal table with a total of 11 medals (2 gold, 4 silver, 5 bronze). Regan Smith of Longhorn Aquatics from Lakeville, Minn. and Katharine Berkoff of NC State from Missoula, Mont. will compete in the women’s 100m backstroke final tomorrow. Bobby Finke from Clearwater, Florida, representing Saint Petersburg Aquatics, qualifies for the final of the men’s 800m freestyle tomorrow after competing in this morning’s prelims.
Berkoff and Whitlock participated in the Paris Olympics for the first time.
Women’s 400m Individual Medley – FINAL
Silver was achieved by Katie Grimes from Las Vegas, Nevada representing Sandpipers of Nevada with a time of 4:33.40.
Bronze medal went to Emma Weyant (Sarasota, Fla./Gator Swim Club) with a time of 4.34.93.
Weyant stated that she is quite sure of her training, especially since she is part of the Florida distance group. We are familiar with how to prepare for the final 50. I feel very lucky to have (coach Anthony) Nesty and the rest of the coaches there for boosting my confidence in the second half.
Men’s 200m Freestyle – FINAL
Bronze medal was won by Luke Hobson from Longhorn Aquatics in a time of 1:44.79 at the Reno, Nev. competition.
Hobson described being an Olympic medalist as incredible. It’s always been a dream of mine, and to have it come true at my first Olympics is an amazing feeling. I’m thrilled and extremely pleased with it.
Women’s 100m Backstroke – Semifinal
1 – Regan Smith (Lakeville, Minn./Longhorn Aquatics), 57.97
3 – Katharine Berkoff (Missoula, Mont./NC State), 58.27
Men’s 100m Backstroke – FINAL
Bronze – Ryan Murphy (Ponte Vedra Beach, Calif./California Aquatics), 52.39
Murphy on his swim: “That’s a really talented field…getting third behind Thomas (Ceccon) & Jiayu (Xu), they are both really talented guys. They’ve been really good in this sport for a long time, they deal well with pressure. So, me being third in the world behind them, I’m really not disappointed in that.”
Women’s 100m Breaststroke – FINAL
T-4 – Lilly King (Evansville, Ind./Indiana Swim Club), 1:05.60
King on her swim: “It was as close as it could possibly have been. It was really about the touch, and I could have easily been second, and I ended up tying for fourth. It’s just kind of the luck of the draw with this race. Obviously, I’m disappointed, but there are still a lot of meetings left and I’m shifting my focus to the 200 (breaststroke) now.
Women’s 200m Freestyle – FINAL
8 – Claire Weinstein (Las Vegas, Nev./Sandpipers of Nevada), 1:56.60
Men’s 800m Freestyle – Prelim
5 – Bobby Finke (Clearwater, Fla./Saint Petersburg Aquatics), 7:43.00
15 – Luke Whitlock (Noblesville, Ind./Fishers Area Swimming Tigers), 7:49.26
The competition will go on until Sunday, August 4 at Paris La Defense Arena. The finals on the schedule for tomorrow include the semi-finals for the men’s 100m freestyle and 200m butterfly, the final for the women’s 100m backstroke, men’s 800m freestyle, women’s 100m freestyle semi-final, men’s 200m breaststroke semi-final, and men’s 4x200m freestyle relay final. The preliminaries are scheduled to start at 11 a.m. Central European Time at 1:30 in the morning. ET, finals begin at 8:30 p.m. Central European Time/2:30 in the afternoon. AND SO ON.