A world record fell and the legendary freestyler made her fourth Olympics in front of a record-setting crowd at Lucas Oil Stadium.
INDIANAPOLIS—The U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials opened with a historic bang Saturday night—record attendance, a world record in the pool, a legend making a fourth Olympics and an upset by a hometown kid.
Torri Huske, who held the American record until Saturday night, qualified second for Sunday’s final with a time of 55.79. Right behind her is Regan Smith at 55.92. All three are strong favorites to make the American team for Paris in other events, but only two of them can make it in this one. Her winning time of 3:58.35 was the sixth-fastest of her career, and more significantly it was faster than her time in winning the event at Trials in both 2016 and ’21. She was beaming in post-race interviews, succeeding in never letting these moments get old.
Ledecky posted the sixth-fastest time of her career in the 400 free, setting up a battle against stiff competition in Paris. / Grace Hollars/IndyStar / USA TODAY, hit shelves on Wednesday. Saturday night, Ledecky captured the 400-meter freestyle title for the third straight time at Trials to punch her ticket to Paris—with much more to come.
“I wasn’t swimming well and I didn’t want to risk missing an opportunity,” Shackell said of the decision to come home and train with his old club. Among the thousands of hometown fans cheering for him was his younger sister, Alex, who qualified fourth in the women’s 100 fly earlier in the night and will be a strong contender to make the team in the 200 fly. Alex put her post-race drug test on hold long enough to run out and see Aaron lock up his Olympic spot.
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