Kieran Smith

How would you poorly explain what you do for a living? We asked Olympic athletes to give their best too-boiled-down description of their sport. “Try not to drown as fast as you can” is how bronze medalist Kieran Smith described swimming.

Ridgefield’s Kieran Smith will be swimming for another medal after qualifying second for the 200 meter freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics. Smith finished with a time of 1:45.07 and is now in contention for a second medal. The top eight times from Sunday night are moving onto the finals. The news comes just a day after winning bronze in the…

Kieran Smith won bronze in the men’s 400m freestyle on Saturday, bringing Team USA’s medal count to three.

Connecticut’s own Kieran Smith finished on the podium in the 400 meter freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics. He finished in third place with a time of 3:43.94. The other Team USA swimmer, Jake Mitchell, finished in eighth place with a time of 3:45.39. According to Connecticut Swimming, Smith is the first Connecticut native to medal in swimming at the Olympics…

Kieran Smith won bronze for Team USA in the men’s 400m freestyle.

Kieran Smith, of Ridgefield, is on his way to his first Olympics. Competing in the 400 freestyle event in the U.S. swimming trials in Omaha, Nebraska Sunday, Smith swam a personal best 3:44:86. That time was nearly three seconds better than his previous best and was enough to qualify him for a spot on the Olympic team headed to Tokyo…