Olympic gold medalist Tyler Clary has surrendered his 200 IM slot at this summer’s World Championships in Kazan, Russia to USA teammate Conor Dwyer.
“I have a tough schedule in Kazan, and keeping that in mind, it is in the best interest of the team for Conor to replace me,” Clary said on Friday morning, just after confirming the hand-off with USA Swimming National Team Director Frank Busch.
Clary is slated to swim the 200 back, 200 fly and 400 IM at World Championships. The 200 IM will be Dwyer’s third event at Worlds, added to his lineup of the 200 free and 400 free relay.
This is the latest in a lot of Team USA shuffling prior to the World Championships in Kazan. Yesterday, Matt McLean had to withdraw from the meet due to a shoulder injury. That drew Michael Klueh onto the roster in the 800-meter free relay.
That led to even more changes as the dominos of that move trickled down to the rest of the squad and also impacted the World University Games team.
The world is still waiting to see if Michael Phelps will accept a special dispensation from FINA, as promised by Cornel Marculescu recently, following Phelps’ return from his ban for a DUI.
Tyler is a true athlete and a class act! Go Team USA