Simone Manuel, after missing out on 100m free, tabbed to anchor U.S. relay
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Four-time Olympic medalist Simone Manuel was listed as the anchor leg of the U.S. 4x100m freestyle relay team after speculation of whether she would be involved in the event at all.
By: Torrey Hart
and last updated 2021-07-24 21:10:39-04
Olympic champion
Simone Manuel will anchor the U.S. women s 4x100 freestyle relay during the first night of swimming finals in Tokyo, the start list for the event revealed.
Erika Brown will lead off the relay, followed by
Abbey Weitzeil and
Manuel, the 2016 Olympic champion in the 100 free alongside Canada s
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By Dan Palmer at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre Sunday, 25 July 2021
Tunisian teenager Ayoub Hafnaoui claimed a stunning gold on the opening morning of Olympic swimming finals at Tokyo 2020, as Yui Ohashi topped the podium for hosts Japan and Australia set a relay world record.
Few here would have tipped 18-year-old Hafanoui in the men s 400 metres freestyle final but the youngster, who came fourth in his heat, produced an exceptional swim from lane eight to touch home in 3min 43.36sec.
He follows in the footsteps of acclaimed African swimming champions such as Zimbabwe s Kirsty Coventry and South Africa s had le Clos, as well as his compatriot Oussama Mellouli.
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Tokyo 2020, North America Day 1: US Doubles Opening Night Medal Count From 2016 While there s plenty of swimming to come in the next week, the USA team looks strong after doubling their Day 1 medal count from 2016 Current photo via Jack Spitser/Spitser Photography
When: Pool swimming: Saturday, July 24 – Sunday, August 1, 2021
Open Water swimming: Wednesday, August 4 – Thursday, August 5, 2021
Where: Olympic Aquatics Centre / Tokyo, Japan
Heats: 7 PM / Semifinals & Finals: 10:30 AM (Local time)
Some of the pre-Olympic chatter had to do with the USA’s overall medal count, and whether or not the team would be able to match its lofty totals of the last three Summer Games, where US swimmers have won at least 31 medals each time around.