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Swimmer Caeleb Dressel celebrates after winning his first solo Olympic medal and setting the Olympic record in the men’s 100m freestyle.

After winning five medals earlier in the day, the United States swimming team was back at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre for more qualifying heats. First up was the women’s 800m freestyle. Coming in first was, guess who, Katie Ledecky. While she didn’t sniff her Olympic record she set in 2016, Ledecky finished with a time of 8:15.67. Ledecky was coming…

Yes, it’s not the Team USA pair we expected to see in the women’s gymnastics individual all-around final but the Americans will look to make the most of their chance at Olympic glory. Plus a New England sailor who honed his skills at Yale will be back on the water in Tokyo. Simone Biles only completed one vault before...

Caeleb Dressel and Bobby Finke each secured golds as the U.S. swim team earned five more medals on Wednesday night. In search of his first individual medal from the Games, Dressel set an Olympic record while capturing gold in the men’s 100m freestyle. Finke made history by becoming the first men’s Olympic 800m freestyle champion. Meanwhile, Regan Smith and...

China had a surprise victory in the women’s 4 X 200m freestyle relay, a race that Australia was favored to win and that saw Katie Ledecky bring silver for the United States. Australia fell behind for the bronze.

The American gymnast will continue to be evaluated daily to determine whether or not she will compete in next week’s individual event finals.

The 21-year-old pulled ahead of three swimmers in the final lap to win the race.

American swimmer Bobby Finke took home a gold medal with an amazing late surge in the first-ever Olympic men’s 800m freestyle final. Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri came in second place to win the silver medal, and Ukraine’s Mykhailo Romanchuk finished in third for a bronze medal. In 4th place with 50 meters to go, the American stormed into the lead,...

Katie Ledecky, Allison Schmitt, Katie McLaughlin and Paige Madden won a silver medal for Team USA in the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay.

Caeleb Dressel won his first solo Olympic medal after finishing first in the men’s 100m freestyle final on Wednesday, setting an Olympic record to do so. Dressel now has four Olympic gold medals. Australia’s Kyle Chalmers and the ROC’s Kliment Kolesnikov earned the silver and bronze medals. Dressel’s time of 47.02 was enough to both break the Olympic record...

Caeleb Dressel earned his first individual Olympic gold medal and set a new Olympic record in the 100m freestyle on Wednesday.

Australia’s Zac Stubblety-Cook broke the Olympic record to win the 200m breaststroke at the Tokyo Olympics.

The United States got back in the pool Wednesday morning with qualifiers for five different events.  Up first was the women’s 100m freestyle. Abbey Weitzeil and Erica Brown were the competitors for the United States, fresh off their bronze medal in the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay.  Weitzeil advanced to the semifinals, finishing in 11th with a time of 53:21....

Team USA picked up two medals in the women’s 200m individual medley. Alex Walsh came in second for the silver medal and Kate Douglass came in third to earn a bronze.

Ariarne Titmus of Australia won the gold medal in the women’s 200m freestyle. Katie Ledecky finished in fifth.

Tuesday morning’s swimming heats at the Tokyo Aquatics Center featured several Team USA athletes coming off winning performances. Caeleb Dressel began his quest for his first individual Olympic gold medal with a heat in the men’s 100m freestyle. He won the event at the last two world championships and is the fastest freestyler of all time outside of the...

Team USA swimmers Caeleb Dressel, Nic Fink, Hali Flickinger and Regan Smith finished strong during their swim heats early Tuesday. All four will advance to the semifinals, which air on the USA Network Tuesday night.

Lydia Jacoby’s hometown of Seward, Alaska had the perfect reaction to her incredible gold medal victory in the 100m breaststroke.

Lydia Jacoby won gold in the 100m breaststroke while teammate Lilly King took home the bronze medal.

Ryan Murphy finished third in the men’s 100m backstroke, taking home the bronze medal.