Category: Competition
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Bobby Finke Speaks After World-Record Shattering Gold Medal Swim | 9NEWS
Bobby Finke was the last hope for the U.S. men’s swim team to earn an individual Olympic gold medal. On swimming’s final night, he delivered in a big way. Finke earned the Olympic gold in the men’s 1500-meter freestyle and set a new world record on Sunday. He was under world-record pace the entire race…
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Hong Kong’s Haughey Returns With Pair Of Olympic Swimming Medals | South China Morning Post
Hong Kong swimmer Siobhan Haughey made her triumphant return home from the Paris Games on August 6, 2024. The city’s most decorated Olympian recently won bronze in the 100m and 200m women’s freestyle, three years after she nabbed two silver medals in the same events at the Tokyo Games. Haughey also earned Hong Kong’s first…
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What Comes Next For Olympic Swimming Medallists? | ABS-CBN News
With the swimming competition at the Paris 2024 Games all wrapped up, some of the top swimmers have big plans still ahead of them, including preparing for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, getting married and mapping out what retirement will look like.
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“There Is Absolutely Nothing.” – Gasol On Chinese Swimmers Taking More Doping Tests Than Others | CGTN Sports Scene
“To me obviously, it’s unfortunate that one of the ways to kind of validate, the decisions, was to test the Chinese swimmers double, or triple than the rest of the athletes.” “We’ve seen the number of tests that the Chinese swimmers have been exposed to just to make sure and provide, I guess, peace of…
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Sun Yang Wiped From Olympics History As Bobby Finke Breaks Swimming World Record | news.com.au
At the Paris 2024 Olympics, American swimmer Bobby Finke knocked Sun Yang out of the history books in an epic finish, after smashing his 1500m freestyle event record by 35 hundredths of a second. In the space of a decade, Sun won three Olympic gold medals and became an eleven-time world champion, not to mention…
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Olympics 2024: Canada’s Summer McIntosh, Triple Gold Medal Swimmer Says It Hasn’t “Sunk In At All” | Global News
17-year-old Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh, who made history by winning three gold medals at the Paris Olympics, has spoken for the first time since her victories on Monday. McIntosh expressed her excitement about her results and said, “I don’t think it’s sunk in at all. To be honest, I’m pretty, sleep deprived and tired. But…
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Summer McIntosh Wins 4 Of Canada’s 8 Swimming Medals | CBC News
CBC’s Heather Hiscox talks to Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh about her becoming the first Canadian to win 3 gold medals at a single Olympic Games.
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Swimmer Luana Alonso Kicked Out Of Olympic Village For Being “Inappropriate” | 2024 Olympics| E News
Paraguayan swimmer Luana Alonso was removed from the Olympic Village for creating an “inappropriate atmosphere,” according to officials.
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Swimmer Says Important To Represent Palestine At Paris 2024 | ABS-CBN News
As the conflict between Palestine and Israel is going on, Palestinian-American swimmer Valerie Tarazi finds it deeply significant to represent Palestine at the Paris Olympics.