{"id":213129,"date":"2016-07-19T12:31:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T19:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=213129"},"modified":"2016-07-19T12:31:54","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T19:31:54","slug":"swimming-team-captains-selected-for-usas-2016-olympic-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-team-captains-selected-for-usas-2016-olympic-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming Team Captains Selected For USA’s 2016 Olympic Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

USA Swimming has announced the team captains for the 2016 Rio Olympic Swimming Team via their Twitter account. The six captains, three female and three male, are all well-known veterans to the international scene.<\/p>\n

Nathan Adrian, Anthony Ervin,<\/strong> and\u00a0Michael Phelps<\/strong> will lead the men’s team, while\u00a0Cammile Adams, Elizabeth Beisel,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Allison Schmitt<\/strong> will be captains of the women’s team.<\/p>\n

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Congrats to 2016 #Olympic<\/a> Team Captains: Adams, Beisel, Schmitt; and Adrian, Ervin, Phelps! #RoadToRio<\/a> #SwimUnited<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/IFt2jr5CM5<\/a><\/p>\n

— USA Swimming (@USASwimming) July 19, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n