Olympic Trials Day 3 Finals: Katie Ledecky Wins Women’s 200 Free; Weinstein, Madden, Gemmell on relay
The first relay women’s relay spots for Paris have been punched.
Two of the four sports in the 200 freestyle looked to be pretty easily filled based on how Katie Ledecky and Paige Madden started the meet both in this event and the 400 freestyle.
They punched their tickets to Paris in their second individual event.
How about the relay spots?
What about Katie Grimes winning the 400 IM earlier in the session? How would she hold up with the taxing double?
Ledecky predictable won the event in 1:55.22. Madden also made the team but was third in 1:56.36. The other individual spot went to Sandpipers’ Claire Weinstein in 1:56.18.
Weinstein has been on Team USA for other events, but this is her first Olympic team after watching three of her Sandpiper teammates make the Olympics in Tokyo.
Fourth went to Erin Gemmell in 1:56.75, who has watched her brother swim in the Olympics and grew up watching Ledecky closely with her father coaching the Olympic legend.
“Katie was such a big influence. I don’t think I would be here without her,” Gemmell said. “It is really special to be that close to someone so inspirational and seeing the day-to-day work they put in. It made things more achievable. (Katie hugging me after the race … moments like that) mean everything to me. It is something I have been working on since I can remember. To get to share it with somebody who has seen me working for it, supported me all the way – and have her out there with me – was so special.”
The possible relay spots went to Indiana’s Anna Peplowski in 1:57.04 and Carmel’s Alex Shackell in at 1:57.05, continuing the stellar meet for hometown swimmers.
Simone Manuel finished seventh in 1:57.13 and Grimes, just an hour after the 400 IM win, finished eighth in 1:57.33.
Ledecky was out in 26.88 on the first 50. She was at 55.51 at the 100 mark.
At the 150, Ledecky was at 1:25.32 and hung on for the win, her second at the Olympic Trials. Madden was second for much of the race, but Weinstein overtook her on the final 50.
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I wonder if Ledecky (Leh-
Dets-Skee) will bother with the individual swim in the 200m Freestyle at Paris? She’s 3 seconds or 6 metres behind the Aussie pair and is the time even good enough to qualify for the Final itself? Better to save her energy for the 400m where she’s currently 2nd.
As to the 4×100m Freestyle Relay, obviously she swims!
So American Women are a combined 7:44:51 minus splits which is 7:43:01.
Compared to Australia’s 7:35:42.
Wow!
That’s a nearly 20m or a length of the pool difference!!
Short Course pool.