Chalmers (AUS), Dressel (USA) to Anchor 4×100 Free

2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES

Swimming on the 2024 Paris Olympic Video games begins immediately, which implies the frenzy of relay begin lists begins immediately. This morning’s prelims session options the 4×100 freestyle relay for each women and men, promising some thrilling fireworks to shut out the session.

This would be the first look we’ll get at most of those athletes’ kind for these Video games.

Within the first warmth of the ladies’s occasion, Group USA has the middle lane. Their prelims lineup contains 3/4 of their Tokyo finals lineup, as Abbey Weitzeil, Simone Manuel, and Erika Connolly (neé Brown) all return from their bronze medal efficiency. The newcomer is Kate Douglass, who gained the 100 free at U.S. Trials however withdrew from the person occasion right here in Paris. Usually, the quickest two performers in freestyle occasions are saved for the finals relay.

Canada, who earned the silver in Tokyo, swims in warmth 2 with Penny Oleksiak main off. Regardless of successful the 100 free at Canadian Trials, she didn’t get below the OQT and won’t swim the occasion individually. She is joined by teammates Mary-Sophie Harvey, Brooklyn Douthwright, and Taylor Ruck.

High-seed Australia is main off with 18-year-old Olivia Wunsch, making her Olympic debut. She is adopted by veteran Bronte Campbell, Meg Harris, and Emma McKeon. Harris and McKeon are in the identical positions as they had been in 2023 on Australia’s world record-setting relay. The front-half of that relay will possible swap in for finals; the query is who will be a part of them. McKeon can be pulling a double this morning; she’ll swim the 100 butterfly earlier within the session.

Transferring over to the lads’s occasion, the attention is straight away drawn to Australia and USA in adjoining lanes. Australia has solely gained this occasion as soon as within the historical past of the video games, however they’re the highest seed from their Fukuoka efficiency. Kyle Chalmers and Caeleb Dressel are anchoring their respective relays, so whereas we gained’t see them conflict individually this summer time, that is the closest we’ll get.

There possible gained’t be a flat-start 46 this morning, however 100 free world record-holder Pan Zhanle will nonetheless be in motion anchoring China’s relay. He’ll be handed the baton by teammates Wang Haoyu, Chen Juner, and Ji Xinjie, practically an an identical staff to what gained the world title earlier this yr.

2023 Worlds silver medalists Italy have the middle lane within the first warmth of the lads’s occasion. Lorenzo Zazzeri, Leonardo Deplano, Paolo Conte Bonin, and Manuel Frigo will swim right here, with Alessandro Miressi and Thomas Ceccon to possible swap in for tonight.

Some fast hits:

• 100 free world record-holder Sarah Sjostrom is swimming second on Sweden’s relay. She was a shock entry within the particular person 100.
• Hong Kong shouldn’t be utilizing Siobhan Haughey this morning, sinking their already outdoors shot of vying for a finals spot.
• Rafael Fente-Damers is swimming second on France’s relay. He dislocated his shoulder celebrating at French Trials final month.

See the entire checklist of relay line-ups under, ordered by warmth and lane.

Ladies’s 4×100 Free Relay Prelims Line-ups:

Warmth 1 (ordered by lane):

1. Denmark
   1. Signe Bro
   2. Julie Jensen
   3. Elisabeth Ebbesen
   4. Martine Damborg
2. Poland
   1. Kascia Wasick
   2. Kornelia Fiedkiewicz
   3. Julia Maik
   4. Zuzanna Famulok
3. Netherlands
   1. Tessa Giele
   2. Kim Busch
   3. Sam van Nunen
   4. Marrit Steenbergen
4. USA
   1. Abbey Weitzeil
   2. Simone Handbook
   3. Erika Connolly
   4. Kate Douglass
5. Nice Britain
   1. Anna Hopkin
   2. Eva Okaro
   3. Lucy Hope
   4. Freya Anderson
6. Italy
   1. Sofia Morini
   2. Chiara Tarantino
   3. Sara Curtis
   4. Emma Menicuci
7. Hong Kong
   1. Natalie Kan
   2. Hoi Lam Tam
   3. Camille Cheng
   4. Stephanie Au
8. Eire
   1. Danielle Hill
   2. Grace Davison
   3. Erin Riordan
   4. Victoria Catterson

Warmth 2:

1. Hungary
   1. Petra Senanszky
   2. Minna Abraham
   3. Panna Ugrai
   4. Nikolett Padar
2. France
   1. Beryl Gastaldello
   2. Mary-Ambre Moluh
   3. Lison Nowacyzk
   4. Charlotte Bonnet
3. Sweden
   1. Michelle Coleman
   2. Sarah Sjostrom
   3. Sara Junevik
   4. Sofia Aastedt
4. Australia
   1. Olivia Wunsch
   2. Bronte Campbell
   3. Meg Harris
   4. Emma McKeon
5. China
   1. Cheng Yujie
   2. Wu Qingfeng
   3. Yu Yiting
   4. Yang Junxuan
6. Canada
   1. Penny Oleksiak
   2. Mary-Sophie Harvey
   3. Brooklyn Douthwright
   4. Taylor Ruck
7. Brazil
   1. Ana Carolina Vieira
   2. Stephanie Balduccini
   3. Giovana Medeiros
   4. Maria Paula Heitmann
8. Slovenia
   1. Neza Klancar
   2. Janja Segel
   3. Katja Fain
   4. Tjasa Pintar

Males’s 4×100 Free Relay Prelims Line-ups:

Warmth 1:

1. France
   1. Hadrien Salvan
   2. Rafael Fente-Damers
   3. Guillaume Guth
   4. Amazigh Yebba
2. Spain
   1. Sergio de Celis Montalban
   2. Luis Dominguez
   3. Cesar Castro Valle
   4. Mario Molla Yanes
3. Nice Britain
   1. Duncan Scott
   2. Jacob Whittle
   3. Alexander Cohoon
   4. Tom Dean
4. Italy
   1. Lorenzo Zazzeri
   2. Leonardo Deplano
   3. Paolo Conte Bonin
   4. Manuel Frigo
5. China
   1. Wang Haoyu
   2. Chen Juner
   3. Ji Xinjie
   4. Pan Zhanle
6. Hungary
   1. Nandor Nemeth
   2. Szebasztian Szabo
   3. Adam Jaszo
   4. Hubert Kos
7. Germany
   1. Josha Salchow
   2. Rafael Miroslaw
   3. Luca Armbruster
   4. Peter Varjasi
8. Poland
   1. Matuesz Chowaniec
   2. Dominik Dudys
   3. Bastosz Piszczorowicz
   4. Kamil Sieradzki

Warmth 2:

1. Serbia
   1. Velimir Stjepanovic
   2. Nikola Acin
   3. Justin Cvetkov
   4. Andrej Barna
2. Greece
   1. Andreas Vazaois
   2. Panagiotis Bolanos
   3. Stergios Marios Bilas
   4. Odyssefs Meladinis
3. Canada
   1. Finlay Knox
   2. Yuri Kisil
   3. Javier Acevedo
   4. Josh Liendo
4. Australia
   1. Jack Cartwright
   2. William Yang
   3. Flynn Southam
   4. Kyle Chalmers
5. USA
   1. Ryan Held
   2. Matt King
   3. Hunter Armstrong
   4. Caeleb Dressel
6. Brazil
   1. Guilherme Santos
   2. Marcelo Chierighini
   3. Gabriel Santos
   4. Breno Correia
7. Israel
   1. Tomer Frankel
   2. Gal Cohen Groumi
   3. Denis Loktev
   4. Alexey Glivinskiy
8. Sweden
   1. Robin Hanson
   2. Bjorn Seeliger
   3. Elias Persson
   4. Isak Eliasson