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Olympic Relay Analysis: U.S. Women Facing Huge Deficit in 800 Freestyle Relay<\/strong><\/p>\n

At last year’s World Championships, the United States women took the lead over Australia with one leg remaining in the 800 freestyle relay. But the standings at that point were a mirage: the Americans had put all of their top swimmers on the front end of the relay while leaving rookie\u00a0Alex Shackell<\/strong> to handle the anchor leg against 200 freestyle Olympic champion\u00a0Ariarne Titmus<\/strong>. The results of that showdown were as expected, with the Aussies pulling away to win by almost four seconds and shatter the world record.<\/p>\n

Entering the Paris Olympics, the deficit for the U.S. could be even greater after two Australian women both broke the world record at the country’s recent Olympic Trials<\/a>, with Titmus clocking 1:52.23 and\u00a0Mollie O’Callaghan<\/strong>, the previous owner of that record, going 1:52.48. Those two swimmers are clocked times more than one second faster than any other active swimmer.<\/p>\n

And Australia’s depth is not too shabby either:\u00a0Lani Pallister<\/strong> and\u00a0Brianna Throssell<\/strong> both swam 1:55s at the Trials while\u00a0Shayna Jack<\/strong> went that quick last year and was part of the record breaking relay in Fukuoka. Interestingly, Pallister is the only swimmer in contention for Australia who does not train at St. Peter’s Western under coach\u00a0Dean Boxall<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Americans, on the other hand, had two swimmers go 1:56 at the U.S. Olympic Trials<\/a>,\u00a0Katie Ledecky<\/strong> and\u00a0Claire Weinstein<\/strong>. Yes, two under 1:56. Ledecky’s winning time at Trials was 1:55.22<\/a>, a whopping\u00a0three seconds<\/em> shy of Titmus’ world record. Ledecky is surely capable of splitting 1:53 on a relay, as she has done in numerous high-pressure situations in years past, but that does not matter much when Australia’s top four times from just 2024 add up to one-and-a-half seconds under the existing world record.<\/p>\n

Paige Madden<\/strong> and\u00a0Erin Gemmell<\/strong> both clocked 1:56s in Indianapolis to officially secure their spots in Paris while\u00a0Anna Peplowski<\/strong> and\u00a0Shackell are likely to get onto the team as relay swimmers. In a significant surprise, the field did not include\u00a0Bella Sims<\/strong>, who split 1:54s on American relays at the World Championships each of the last two years. Sims struggled mightily at Trials, failing to advance to the semifinals in the 200 free. Her absence from Paris<\/a> creates a hole, with the U.S. coaches no longer having the dependable relay weapon at their disposal.<\/p>\n

At this point, the best-case scenario for the United States is winning silver, but even that will be challenging considering the presence of strong teams from China and Canada. The Chinese were not expected to contend for gold three years ago in Tokyo when the knocked off both the U.S. and Australia, and\u00a0Yang Junxuan<\/strong>, the world champion in the 200 free in 2022, while\u00a0Li Bingjie<\/strong> was in 1:55-territory last year.<\/p>\n

Canada will also return to the medal chase, but the team lacks the depth of years’ past with\u00a0Penny Oleksiak<\/strong> and Taylor Ruck<\/strong> struggling and Kayla Sanchez<\/strong> having left to swim for the Philippines. Summer McIntosh<\/strong> is the world-junior-record holder in the 200 free and a serious medal contender in the individual event, but after her and the 1:55-cabable Mary Sophie-Harvey<\/strong>, there is a significant drop-off.<\/p>\n

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Ariarne Titmus — Photo Courtesy: Wade Brennan (Wade’s Photos)<\/p><\/div>\n

Here is the composite relays, consisting of the four best times for each country using all results achieved in 2024:<\/p>\n

Australia:<\/strong> 1:52.23 + 1:52.48 + 1:55.57 + 1:55.74 = 7:36.02
\nUnited States:<\/strong> 1:55.22 + 1:55.86 + 1:56.36 + 1:56.53 = 7:43.97
\nChina:<\/strong> 1:54.38 + 1:56.29 + 1:56.56 + 1:56.85 = 7:44.08
\nCanada:<\/strong> 1:53.69 + 1:55.44 + 1:57.60 + 1:57.86 = 7;44.59<\/p>\n

Based on those times, U.S. hopes of challenging Australia look non-existent unless injury, illness or something other unforeseen, unexpected circumstance befalls Titmus or O’Callaghan. A reasonable American goal might be earning silver and breaking the American record, the 7:40.73 a team featuring Ledecky and Madden along with\u00a0Allison Schmitt<\/strong> and\u00a0Katie McLaughlin<\/strong> clocked in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

Reaching the record would require some serious improvements for the Americans over the next month, although such an outcome cannot be discounted. But without some drops, there is a serious risk of falling to third or potentially missing the medal podium entirely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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