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Dressel and Manuel Secure Relay Spots for Paris Olympics

Both swimmers come back from long layoffs to join Team USA's 4x100 freestyle relays, missing individual event qualifications.

  • Caeleb Dressel finished third in the men's 100-meter freestyle, missing an individual spot by six-hundredths of a second.
  • Simone Manuel placed fourth in the women's 100-meter freestyle, securing a relay position.
  • Katie Ledecky won the women's 1,500-meter freestyle, her third victory of the trials.
  • Kate Douglass claimed victory in the women's 100-meter freestyle and led the 200 breaststroke semifinals.
  • Seventeen-year-old Thomas Heilman became the youngest male swimmer to make Team USA's Olympic roster in 24 years.
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