2024 CANADIAN OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC TRIALS
The primary night time of competitors on the 2024 Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Trials has wrapped up. Already, we’ve seen a number of swimmers signal their title to the outsized boarding move on deck that denotes they’ve certified to be nominated to Canada’s Olympic group. The complete roster can be formally introduced on the finish of the meet.
Canadian Olympic Choice Priorities:
Notice: For a full description of every precedence class, click on on the choice standards hyperlink above. (Up to date April 15, 2024)
- Precedence One: The primary and second positioned swimmers within the ‘A’ last who earn the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT)
- Precedence Two – Relay Nominations: The relay time add-up of the highest four-placed swimmers within the 100 and 200 freestyles. For the medley relays, the relay add-up can be reached with the instances of the highest qualifiers from the 100 again, 100 breast, 100 fly, and 100 free. If a swimmer wins a number of 100s, then the instances of second-place swimmer in these occasions can be thought-about.
- Precedence Three: If no swimmer or just one swimmer on the 2024 Canadian Trials earns an OQT in an occasion, then a swimmer who’s achieved an OQT throughout the qualifying interval and completed high two at Trials can be nominated.
- Precedence 4: In an occasion that doesn’t have any nominations by Priorities 1-3, then an occasion winner who has achieved on Olympic Consideration Time and swims inside 1% of their quickest time within the qualification window at Trials can be provisionally nominated.
- Precedence 5: The choice committee has the discretion to appoint eligible swimmers to enhance relays on the recommendation of the Excessive Efficiency Director
17-year-old Summer season McIntosh grew to become the primary swimmer to earn a nomination standing for Paris. McIntosh–the previous 400 freestyle world report holder–received the occasion in a world-leading 3:59.06. Regardless of telling CBC she was ‘not comfortable’ with the time, it was greater than sufficient to earn a nomination to her second Olympic group.
Later within the session, Maggie MacNeil and Mary-Sophie Harvey certified for Paris within the 100 butterfly. MacNeil improved on her prelims time by three-hundredths, incomes the win in 56.61 which ties her for eighth on the planet this season. Not solely did MacNeil qualify for her second Olympics, she additionally secured the possibility to defend her Olympic gold medal.
Harvey completed second behind MacNeil, coming from behind to get the higher of Rebecca Smith, who led on the midway level. She swam a lifetime greatest 57.32, extending her season pattern of posting private bests. The swim was her first sub-58 outing and a .73 second drop from the 58.05 lifetime greatest she swam at April’s Canadian Open.
In her post-race interview, Harvey mentioned in French that it was a “shock” to qualify for the Video games on this occasion. Like McIntosh and MacNeil, this can be her second Olympic look. In Tokyo, she swam within the heats of the 4×200 freestyle relay. Her nomination within the 100 fly marks her first time qualifying individually for the Video games.
Smith was additionally below the Olympic Qualifying Time, ending third in 57.89. Regardless of lacking the Olympic group within the occasion, it’s the quickest she’s swum since 2019 Worlds.
On the boys’s aspect, Finlay Knox put himself in place to be nominated to the boys’s 4×100 medley relay. Although he missed the Olympic Qualifying and Consideration instances within the 100 breast–which suggests he received’t swim the occasion individually–Knox did win the 100 breast. Consistent with the Precedence 2 standards, that signifies that he’ll seemingly be nominated to the medley relay on the finish of the meet. Knox put collectively a lifetime greatest to gather the win. He swam 1:00.66, bettering the 1:00.91 PB he swam on the Canadian Open.
Precedence 1 Swims Via Day 1:
Precedence 2 Swims Via Day 2:
