{"id":210216,"date":"2016-06-29T20:06:06","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T03:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=210216"},"modified":"2016-06-29T20:06:06","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T03:06:06","slug":"usa-swimming-trials-day-four-expert-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-swimming-trials-day-four-expert-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Swimming Trials: Day Four Expert Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the fourth night of U.S. Olympic Trials\u00a0complete, 20 first-time Olympians have already qualified to represent Team USA, and we’re just at the meet’s halfway point. But on this night, it was a pair of the sport’s biggest stars who made the headlines and deservedly so.<\/p>\n

To break it all down,\u00a0Swimming World’s\u00a0<\/em>David Rieder again joined with\u00a0SwimVortex’s John Lohn to recap the three finals on the night. They discussed what it means for\u00a0Katie Ledecky\u00a0<\/strong>to win the 200 free and\u00a0Missy Franklin<\/strong> to get second, looked at\u00a0the ramifications of\u00a0Michael Phelps’\u00a0<\/strong>victory in the 200 fly and recapped the back-and-forth race in the women’s 200 IM.<\/p>\n

They also looked at the three semifinals contested and assessed the state to which American swim fans need to be panicking about the three events, and then they looked ahead to\u00a0Ryan Lochte’s\u00a0<\/strong>return to action on day five.<\/p>\n