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Photo by Peter H. Bick<\/p>\n

COLORADO SPRINGS – If the International Olympic Committee allows swimming finals at the 2016 Olympics to start as late as 10 p.m. to accommodate the wishes of American broadcaster NBC to air the races live, the American swimmers will be ready to race at that time, according to the team’s leader.<\/p>\n

“Whenever the sessions begin, we will be ready to perform at our highest level and carry on our tradition of incredible Olympic success,” USA Swimming National Team Director Frank Busch told Swimming World today.<\/p>\n

An early draft of the timeline for swimming competition in 2016 includes a 10 p.m. start for finals and a 10:30 a.m. start for preliminaries each day<\/a>. Swimming Australia has already called out the IOC for pandering to broadcasters at the risk of hurting athletes. Busch’s statement does not outright condemn the proposal for a late start, which is similar to the view USA Swimming took in 2008 when finals for swimming events at the Beijing Olympic took place in the morning to allow NBC to show races live in two of the four U.S. time zones.<\/p>\n

At the 2008 Olympics, Team USA won 31 medals in swimming. Michael Phelps made history with eight gold medals, the most by any athlete in a single Olympics. Boosted in part by the introduction of the polyurethane full-body swimsuits, 14 world records were set at the meet.<\/p>\n

Australian Libby Trickett, who won gold in the 100 butterfly at the 2008 Olympics, has spoken out publicly against the proposed time schedule for 2016, saying the later start means less sleep for athletes between finals and the next day’s heats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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