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Regan Smith puts her young swim club on the map The Lakeville swimmer is the first Olympian to come out of Riptide Swim Club since it opened in 2012. Shes created quite a fan club.  July 24, 2021 — 5:29pm Text size Copy shortlink: At the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha last month, it wasnt difficult to pick out the group from Riptide Swim Club in Apple Valley. They were the gaggle of giggling kids clad in pink T-shirts with b...

Road To The Olympic Games Swimming·CBC SPORTS IN TOKYO Penny Oleksiak powers Canadian women to 1st medal of Tokyo Olympics Penny Oleksiak has done it again at the Olympics. In a memorable anchor leg, the 21-year-old swimmer powered Canadas 4x100-metre freestyle relay team to a silver medal, the countrys first of Tokyo 2020.  Social Sharing

1 of 25 April Ross, left, of the United States, greets teammate, Alex Klineman, during a womans beach volleyball match against China at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. Petros Giannakouris - staff, AP Chase Kalisz, of the United States, celebrates winning the final of the mens 400-meter individual medley at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. Martin Meissner - staff, AP Ahmed Hafnaoui, of Tunisia, celebrates ...

— Simone Biles makes her first appearance for Team USA — Surfing and skateboarding, two of four new Olympic sports, get underway ——— China has captured the first diving gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics. Shi Tingmao and Wang Han romped to victory in the women’s 3-meter synchronized springboard event with 326.40 points, starting what is expected to be another dominating performance by Chinese divers at these games. They have won 37 of 48 gold medals at the last seven Olympics. Jennife...

De Nederlandse estafettevrouwen zijn er zondag weer net niet in geslaagd een medaille te veroveren op de 4x100 meter vrije slag. Kim Busch, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Kira Toussaint en Femke Heemskerk eindigden in de finale als vierde in 3.33,70. Het olympisch goud was voor Australië, dat de favorietenstatus waarmaakte met een wereldrecord van 3.29,69. Het zilver ging naar Canada (3.32,78) en het brons was voor de Verenigde Staten (3.32,81). Nederland had zich zaterdag als tweede geplaatst voor de f...

The Americans swept gold and sliver, with Chase Kalisz, the Rio 2016 silver medalist, executing arguably the best race of his career to clinch gold and Jay Litherland closing hard in the final 50 meters to complete the 1-2 finish. Kalisz turned at the 300-mark nearly 2.5 seconds ahead of top-seeded Kiwi Lewis Clareburt, who usually closes well. On commentary at that moment, Michael Phelps, a longtime friend and former training partner of Kaliszs, called it "The closest 400 IM I think Ive eve...

Olympics Latest: IOC relaxes mask rules for medalists July 25, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 18 1of18Gold medalist Li Fabin of China, center, stands with silver medalist Eco Yuli Irawan of Indonesia, left, and bronze medalist Igor Son of Kazakhstan, right, after the mens womens kg weightlifting competition in the mens 61kg weightlifting event, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.Luca Bruno/APShow MoreShow Less 2of18Hifumi Abe of Japan reacts after competi...

Attila Kisbenedek / AFP via Getty Images Originally published on July 25, 2021 3:13 am TOKYO — The first U.S. medals of the Olympics went to U.S. swimmers, with Team USA athletes winning medals in every final swimming event of the day. The very first U.S. medal — and the only gold — went to 27-year-old Chase Kalisz in the mens 400 meter individual medley race. Kalisz was nearly a full body length ahead of his closest competitor at the end of the race, with a time of 4:09.42. Kalis...

Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images Chase Kalisz of the U.S. celebrates after winning the final of the mens 400m individual medley swimming event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Sunday. Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images TOKYO — The first U.S. medals of the Olympics went to U.S. swimmers, with Team USA athletes winning medals in every final swimming event of the day. The v...

WHIZ News Olympics Latest: Australia women take 4×100 freestyle gold ___ MEDAL ALERT Australia has set the first swimming world record of the Tokyo Games in the women’s 4x-100-meter freestyle relay. The Aussies touched in 3 minutes, 29.69 seconds, breaking the mark 3:30.05 that they set in 2018. The winning team included sisters Bronte and Cate Campbell, who took the lead and anchor legs. They were joined by Meg Harris and Emma McKeon. Canada was second in 3:32.78, while the American took...