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After a year of uncertainty brought on by postponement of the Tokyo Olympics, top U.S. swimmers are ready for some familiarity at the U.S. swim trials.

The eight-day Olympic Swimming Trials start Sunday, and Katie Ledecky, Simone Manuel, Lilly King, Caeleb Dressel and Ryan Murphy headline a loaded field. Heres how to watch this week.

Michael Phelps retired for good after the 2016 Rio Games. The U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials start Sunday to see who will continue carrying the load.

Ledecky, Dressel poised to dominate at US Olympic swimming trials

Katie Ledecky and Caeleb Dressel aim to cement their Tokyo Olympic Games berths as the pressure-packed US Olympic swimming trials get underway on Sunday.

Katie Ledecky and Caeleb Dressel are set to dominate at the 2021 Olympic swimming trials, alongside Rio stars such as Simone Manuel, Nathan Adrian and Ryan Lochte.

When the pandemic closed indoor pools, 16-year-old Erin Gemmell swam in lakes and trained outdoors in winter in order to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials.

Jun 9, 2021 One of the most pressure-packed sporting events in the world begins Sunday. The U.S. Olympic Trials for swimming is a crucible like few others in athletics, with lifetime hopes and dreams fulfilled or dashed by hundredths of seconds. In no other country is the competition as fierce for two spots in each event, and nobody else stages its swim trials in a 17,000-seat basketball arena. It is a test that can fry even the strongest of minds. “One of the worst days of my life is the da...

What to expect from NBCs unprecedented summer Olympics coverage FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 NBCUnivesal, which includes Stamford-based NBC Sports, is planning approximately 7,000 hours of coverage of the summer Olympics from Tokyo, which be held from July 23 to Aug. 8, 2021.Contributed photo /NBCUniversalShow MoreShow Less 2of6 A man walks past the Olympic rings in Tokyo, on Monday, June 7, 2021.Koji Sasahara / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less 3of6 4of6 A boat sails past the Tokyo 2020 Olympic ...

Sarah Sjostrom raced this week for the first time since fracturing her elbow, but she faces a huge challenge leading up to the Tokyo Olympics.