Tyler Clary Scratches 400 IM Final at Olympic Trials

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Tyler Clary has scratched the 400 IM final at the U.S. Olympic Trials after originally qualifying eighth. Clary has twice won World Championship medals in the event and finished third at Trials four years ago.

Swimming World was first to break the news of Clary’s scratch, and minutes later he sent out tweets confirming the news and that he would be back in the pool for Monday’s 200 free.

Very happy with my first 200 this morning, and extremely proud of my sister @linds_eeee for qualifying in top 8! Get after it tonight sis!

— Tyler Clary (@TylerClary) June 26, 2016

Lot of swimming left, and I will be scratching the 400im tonight in order to focus on the 200 free tomorrow morning, 200 fly and 200 back.

— Tyler Clary (@TylerClary) June 26, 2016

Clary had clocked 4:15.41 in prelims, more than six seconds slower than his seed time of 4:09.03. He finished more than three-and-a-half seconds behind top qualifier Chase Kalisz (4:11.86) and Ryan Lochte (4:11.98).

Stanford’s Abrahm Devine will be the big beneficiary of Clary’s scratch. After originally finishing ninth in 4:15.83—almost four seconds ahead of tenth place finisher Austin Snyder—Devine will now move into this evening’s final.

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Bill Bell

8 years ago

And his sister’s a Bhckeye!