U.S. Olympic Swimming Team Trials: Results
All the swimming results from the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, held in CHI Health Center, Omaha, Nebraska.
All the finals results from the swimming at the CHI Health Center, Omaha, Nebraska.
Full results including split times and semi-final results available here.
Finke storms to secure Olympic bow; 800m free runner-up Brinegar also clinches Tokyo 2020 spot
Men's 1500m Freestyle Final
1. Bobby Finke, SPA-FL, 14:46.06
2. Michael Brinegar, MVN, 15:00.87
3. Jordan Wilimovsky, KSWM, 15:05.29
4. Arik Katz, VS, 15:11.34
5. Charlie Clark, OSU, 15:14.11
6. Will Gallant, MVN, 15:17.34
7. David Johnston, TXLA, 15:18.61
8. Brennan Gravley, FLOR, 15:25.26
Manuel secures Olympic place in her last event; Weitzeil also makes the team, touching .01 seconds behind
Marathon Swimming: A Ferry for Tokyo !
Ferry Weertman, whose self-styled nickname is VeryFerryFast, qualified for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 by taking 7th place in the 10km race at the World Championships in Gwangju on 16 July 2019. The Rio 2016 Dutch Olympic champion is determined to be the first to retain the title in this discipline.
At the Gwangju World Championships in Korea, he failed to reach the podium in the 10km, the only Olympic distance, but his 7th place finish earned him one of 10 qualifying spots for the Tokyo 2020 Games. “I have mixed feelings,” he explained after the race. “I was aiming for a medal, of course. But I’m glad I qualified for the Games. I was feeling good, but it was hard getting my head up during the final two laps.”
Picture by Getty ImagesWater Levels Are Rising!
It was Germany who demonstrated its power at the Korean World Championships, multiplying its wins on top of that by Florian Wellbrock in the 10km, who already distinguished himself as a pool swimmer by winning the 1,500 metre European Championship title in 2018. “There are a lot of guys coming from the pool, and I think they’re increasing the speed of the races,” Weertman said, “but that doesn’t bother me.” Indeed, in Gwangju, it was Rio’s 1,500m Olympic champion, the Italian Gregorio Paltrinieri, who set the pace for a long time before finishing in sixth place. Weertman specialised much younger.
“In 2010, I wanted to compete in the European pool championships but didn’t qualify,” he recalls. “I found my place in open water and really liked it. You have to make your own way. There’s a lot of strategy. No two races are the same. It could be hot or cold. There could be waves. There could be 50 or 80 swimmers at the start or 25, like at the Games.”
