{"id":591193,"date":"2024-07-26T03:34:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T10:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=591193"},"modified":"2024-07-26T03:00:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T10:00:15","slug":"olympic-swimming-predictions-day-9-united-states-hoping-to-finish-with-medley-relay-victories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-swimming-predictions-day-9-united-states-hoping-to-finish-with-medley-relay-victories\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Swimming Predictions, Day 9: United States Hoping to Finish With Medley Relay Victories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Olympic Swimming Predictions, Day 9: United States Hoping to Finish With Medley Relay Victories<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><i>After one hundred years, the world\u2019s premier sporting event returns to Paris. The 2024 Summer Olympics will begin July 26, and there will be 329 events in 32 sports, with roughly 10,500 athletes from 184 countries. This year\u2019s Games mark the third time that Paris will have hosted the event, becoming only the second city to do so. Swimming\u2019s 35 pool events will begin on Saturday, July 27, and will continue for nine days through Aug. 4 at the Paris La D\u00e9fense Arena. Following is how Swimming World sees the action unfolding.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2024-olympic-games-coverage-paris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.com\/en\/paris-2024\/sports\/swimming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More Information<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-swimming-predictions-day-one-ariarne-titmus-favored-in-loaded-400-freestyle\/\">Day 1 Predictions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-swimming-predictions-day-2-leon-marchand-heavily-favored-for-first-gold-medal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 2 Predictions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-swimming-predictions-day-3-summer-mcintosh-david-popovici-to-claim-gold-medals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 3 Predictions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-swimming-predictions-day-4-regan-smith-kaylee-mckeown-face-off-in-100-backstroke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 4 Predictions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-swimming-predictions-day-5-100-freestyle-finals-bookend-busy-middle-night\/\">Day 5 Predictions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-swimming-predictions-day-6-kos-murphy-mcintosh-smith-among-gold-medal-matchups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 6 Predictions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-swimming-predictions-day-7-cameron-mcevoy-aiming-to-fight-off-dressel-proud-in-50-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 7 Predictions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-swimming-predictions-day-8-can-katie-ledecky-accomplish-four-peat-in-800-freestyle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 8 Predictions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><b>WOMEN\u2019S 50 FREESTYLE<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_534282\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-534282\" data-attachment-id=\"534282\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-low-can-they-go-chasing-the-sub-52-barrier-in-pursuit-of-100-freestyle-olympic-gold\/20th-world-aquatics-championships-fukuoka-2023-410\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2023-world-championships-Day-7-10.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Andrea Masini \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden reacts after competing in the 50m Freestyle Women Semifinal with a New World Record during the 20th World Aquatics Championships at the Marine Messe Hall A in Fukuoka (Japan), July 29th, 2023.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1690629850&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Andrea Masini \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;20th World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka 2023&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20th World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka 2023\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;7\/28\/23&lt;br \/&gt;\nSarah Sjostrom of Sweden reacts after competing in the 50m Freestyle Women Semifinal with a New World Record during the 20th World Aquatics Championships at the Marine Messe Hall A in Fukuoka (Japan), July 29th, 2023. Sport, Swimming, FINA, Aquatics, World Championships, World Aquatics, Fukuoka, 2023, Fukuoka 2023, Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden, 50m Freestyle Women Semifinal&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Andrea Masini \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2023-world-championships-Day-7-10-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2023-world-championships-Day-7-10-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-534282 size-medium-small\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2023-world-championships-Day-7-10-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden reacts after competing in the 50m Freestyle Women Semifinal with a New World Record during the 20th World Aquatics Championships at the Marine Messe Hall A in Fukuoka (Japan), July 29th, 2023.\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2023-world-championships-Day-7-10-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2023-world-championships-Day-7-10-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2023-world-championships-Day-7-10-280x187.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2023-world-championships-Day-7-10-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2023-world-championships-Day-7-10-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2023-world-championships-Day-7-10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2023-world-championships-Day-7-10-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2023-world-championships-Day-7-10-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2023-world-championships-Day-7-10-1350x900.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2023-world-championships-Day-7-10-533x355.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-534282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Sjostrom &#8212; Photo Courtesy: Andrea Masini \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sweden\u2019s <strong><b>Sarah Sjostrom<\/b><\/strong> is the big favorite to win gold here after lowering her world record to 23.61 at last year\u2019s World Championships and coming close to that mark with a 23.69 at February\u2019s global meet in Doha. Sjostrom\u2019s best time is more than 3-tenths better than anyone else in the field, with Aussies <strong><b>Emma McKeon<\/b><\/strong> and <strong><b>Cate Campbell<\/b><\/strong> having not qualified for the event. American <strong><b>Kate Douglass<\/b><\/strong>, who went 23.91 at Worlds in February, skipped the race at the U.S. Olympic Trials to focus on the 200 IM.<\/p>\n<p>The only others in the field who have ever gone sub-24 are Poland\u2019s <strong><b>Kasia Wasick<\/b><\/strong>, Australia\u2019s <strong><b>Shayna Jack<\/b><\/strong> and the United States\u2019 <strong><b>Simone Manuel<\/b><\/strong>, although Manuel\u2019s top swim came seven years ago. Manuel\u2019s American teammate <strong><b>Gretchen Walsh<\/b><\/strong> has the speed to pull off a medal here, and so does Australia\u2019s <strong><b>Meg Harris<\/b><\/strong> and the Chinese duo of <strong><b>Zhang Yufei<\/b><\/strong> and <strong><b>Wu Qingfeng<\/b><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>World Record: <\/b><\/strong>23.61sf Sarah Sjostrom, SWE (Fukuoka 7-30-23)<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>2024 World Rankings:<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>23.69\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1. Sarah Sjostrom, SWE (2-18)<br \/>\n23.95\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 3. Katarzyna Wasick, POL (2-18)<br \/>\n23.99\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 4. Shayna Jack, AUS (6-15)<br \/>\n24.22\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 8. Wu Qingfeng, CHN (4-27)<br \/>\n24.26\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 9. Meg Harris, AUS (6-15)<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Team USA:<br \/>\n<\/b><\/strong>24.06\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 5. Gretchen Walsh, USA (6-22)<br \/>\n24.13\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a07. Simone Manuel (6-23)<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Gold:<\/b><\/strong> <em><i>Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden<br \/>\n<\/i><\/em><strong><b>Silver:<\/b><\/strong> <em><i>Shayna Jack, Australia<br \/>\n<\/i><\/em><strong><b>Bronze:<\/b><\/strong> <em><i>Kasia Wasick, Poland<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><b>MEN\u2019S 1500 FREESTYLE<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tunisia\u2019s <strong><b>Ahmed Hafnaoui<\/b><\/strong> and the United States\u2019 <strong><b>Bobby Finke<\/b><\/strong> engaged in an epic duel for gold at last year\u2019s World Championships, with the two men finishing only 5-hundredths apart and swimming the second- and third-fastest times ever, respectively. But Hafnaoui will not compete in Paris, so Finke is the slight favorite to defend the gold medal he won in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ireland\u2019s <strong><b>Dan Wiffen<\/b><\/strong>, fresh off a world title earlier this year and a time of 14:34.07 that moved him to No. 5 all-time, will be very tough here. Australia\u2019s <strong><b>Sam Short<\/b><\/strong> won bronze at last year\u2019s Worlds, while the veteran trio of <strong><b>Florian Wellbrock<\/b><\/strong>, <strong><b>Mykhailo Romanchuk<\/b><\/strong> and <strong><b>Gregorio Paltrinieri<\/b><\/strong> will surely have a say in the final result. France could also have a medal hope in this event from <strong><b>David Aubry<\/b><\/strong>.<strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><b>World Record: <\/b><\/strong>14:31.02 Sun Yang, CHN (London 8-4-12)<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>2024 World Rankings:<br \/>\n<\/b><\/strong>14:34.07\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01. Dan Wiffen, IRL (2-18)<br \/>\n14:42.28\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a03. Florian Wellbrock, GER (4-28)<br \/>\n14:44.85\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a04. David Aubry, FRA (2-18)<br \/>\n14:46.44\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a05. David Bethlehem, HUN (2-18)<br \/>\n14:47.54\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a06. Mykhailo Romanchuk, UKR (2-18)<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Team USA:<br \/>\n<\/b><\/strong>14:40.28\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2. Bobby Finke, USA (6-23)<br \/>\n14:52.74\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a013. David Johnston (6-23)<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Gold:<\/b><\/strong> <em><i>Bobby Finke, USA<br \/>\n<\/i><\/em><strong><b>Silver:<\/b><\/strong> <em><i>Dan Wiffen, Ireland<br \/>\n<\/i><\/em><strong><b>Bronze:<\/b><\/strong> <em><i>Sam Short, Australia<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><b>MEN\u2019S 400 MEDLEY RELAY<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. men cruised to gold at last year\u2019s World Championships, but months later, China nearly broke the world record with a dominant performance at the Asian Games. The two countries will face off in the final men\u2019s event of the Olympics with gold on the line. The Americans will have either <strong><b>Ryan Murphy<\/b><\/strong> or <strong><b>Hunter Armstrong<\/b><\/strong> on backstroke and then <strong><b>Nic Fink<\/b><\/strong> on breaststroke, <strong><b>Caeleb Dressel<\/b><\/strong> on butterfly and either <strong><b>Jack Alexy<\/b><\/strong> or <strong><b>Chris Guiliano<\/b><\/strong> on freestyle.<\/p>\n<p>China counters with a pair of stars in <strong><b>Qin Haiyang<\/b><\/strong> (breaststroke) and <strong><b>Pan Zhanle<\/b><\/strong> (freestyle) plus a veteran backstroker in <strong><b>Xu Jiayu<\/b><\/strong>. The key to keeping up will be managing a solid butterfly leg. Meanwhile, Australia has a great back three-fourths with <strong><b>Sam Williamson<\/b><\/strong>, <strong><b>Matt Temple<\/b><\/strong> and <strong><b>Kyle Chalmers<\/b><\/strong>, but struggles on backstroke. Great Britain has a butterfly hole, but <strong><b>Adam Peaty<\/b><\/strong> on breaststroke and <strong><b>Matt Richards<\/b><\/strong> will be anchoring after rising backstroker <strong><b>Oliver Morgan<\/b><\/strong> leads off.<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>World Record: <\/b><\/strong>3:26.78 United States (Tokyo 8-1-21)<br \/>\nRyan Murphy 52.31, Michael Andrew 58.49, Caeleb Dressel 49.03, Zach Apple 46.95<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Gold:<\/b><\/strong> <em><i>United States<br \/>\n<\/i><\/em><strong><b>Silver:<\/b><\/strong> <em><i>China<br \/>\n<\/i><\/em><strong><b>Bronze:<\/b><\/strong> <em><i>Great Britain<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><b>WOMEN\u2019S 400 MEDLEY RELAY<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The American women are big favorites to retake the medley relay gold they lost to Australia by 12-hundredths in Tokyo. That\u2019s because three women likely to be on this relay are current world record holders in their respective 100-meter events: backstroker <strong><b>Regan Smith<\/b><\/strong>, breaststroker <strong><b>Lilly King<\/b><\/strong> and butterflyer <strong><b>Gretchen Walsh<\/b><\/strong>. <strong><b>Kate Douglass<\/b><\/strong> is poised to anchor for a team that could win by two seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Australia is always tough, particularly with <strong><b>Kaylee McKeown<\/b><\/strong> leading off, veteran <strong><b>Emma McKeon<\/b><\/strong> on fly and <strong><b>Mollie O\u2019Callaghan<\/b><\/strong> anchoring, but breaststroke is a weak spot for the Aussies. China, on the other hand, will shine with <strong><b>Tang Qianting<\/b><\/strong> (breast), <strong><b>Zhang Yufei<\/b><\/strong> (fly) and Yang Junxuan (free), but struggle on backstroke. Canada will have a chance to medal with <strong><b>Kylie Masse<\/b><\/strong> (back) and <strong><b>Maggie Mac Neil<\/b><\/strong> (fly), and either <strong><b>Penny Oleksiak<\/b><\/strong> or <strong><b>Summer McIntosh<\/b><\/strong> will anchor.<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>World Record: <\/b><\/strong>3:50.40 United States (Gwangju 7-28-19)<br \/>\nRegan Smith 57.57, Lilly King 1:04.81, Kelsi Dahlia 56.16, Simone Manuel 51.86<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Gold:<\/b><\/strong> <em><i>United States<br \/>\n<\/i><\/em><strong><b>Silver:<\/b><\/strong> <em><i>Australia<br \/>\n<\/i><\/em><strong><b>Bronze:<\/b><\/strong> <em><i>China<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic Swimming Predictions, Day 9: United States Hoping to Finish With Medley Relay Victories After one hundred years, the world\u2019s premier sporting event returns to Paris. 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