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With a consideration time, he would've needed an invitation from World Aquatics to compete individually. Based on the athletes that were invited, it looks like World Aquatics was prioritizing athletes from events with a low number of qualifiers. The 100m butterfly already had a lot of qualifiers so it's unlikely he would've gotten the chance to swim individually.

Well Luca Armbruster was the top finisher in the 100m butterfly at German Championships missing the OQT by 0.01 seconds. However, he still appears on the athletes page as a relay only athlete so everything should be okay.

Relay Power Rankings: Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Other Power Rankings: Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay In today's power rankings, we take a closer look at how the women's 4x100m freestyle relay is shaping up. Based on the times by most swimmers, you will notice that the depth of the women's 100m freestyle is significantly lower than that of the men's 100m freestyle. It's for that reason that I've decided to keep the comments to a minimum for most of the countries. Remember, for each country, I'm taking the top 4 eligible swimmers for each country and using their best times from 2024 to form a estimated relay time. 1.5 seconds will be subtracted from each cumulative time to account for reaction times. *Please note that the order of swimmers is arranged from fastest to slowest times, NOT by predicted relay order. **Unfortunately I think I'm going to have to keep the summaries for each country shorter from here on out. This took more time than I expected. 16. Slovenia - 3:43.33 Neza Klancar - 53.96 Janja Segel - 55.08 Tjasa Pintar - 56.88 Katja Fain - 58.91 Klancar should help give Slovenia a good start. Fain's best time is only 58.91 but she split 55.94 on the relay at 2024 World Championships so she could help knock down a couple seconds on the projected time. However, it wouldn't help move Slovenia up the power rankings. 15. Ireland - 3:40.35 Grace Davison - 55.09 Danielle Hill - 55.17 Victoria Catterson - 55.44 Erin Riordan - 56.15 14. Hong Kong - 3:38.71 Siobhan Haughey - 52.55 Hoi Lam Tam - 55.01 Camille Cheng - 55.48 Natalie Kan - 57.17 One of these things is not like the others . 13. Denmark - 3:38.26 Signe Bro - 54.48 Elisabeth Ebbesen - 54.73 Julie Jensen - 55.15 Martine Damborg - 55.40 Unfortunately, with the retirement of Pernille Blume and the decline of Signe Bro, Denmark likely won't be making the final like they did in Tokyo. 12. Poland - 3:37.64 Kornelia Fiedkiewicz - 54.01 Kasia Wasick - 54.12 Zuzanna Famulok - 54.83 Julia Maik - 56.18 If you remember from the 2024 World Championships, Poland was actually leading the relay after 3 legs. They have two good swimmers but the depth falls off after that. 11. Brazil - 3:37.25 Stephanie Balduccini - 54.05 Ana Vieira - 54.45 Maria Costa - 54.99 Giovana Medeiros - 55.26 10. Hungary - 3:36.68 Nikolett Padar - 54.17 Minna Abraham - 54.28 Petra Senanszky - 54.79 Panna Ugrai - 54.94 This is a young Hungarian relay that's made good strides this year. Their top 2 swimmers are still only 18 and have the ability to drop more time on their PBs that they've set this year. 9. Great Britain - 3:35.74 Anna Hopkin - 53.09 Eva Okaro - 54.46 Freya Anderson - 54.59 Freya Colbert - 55.10 Very shockingly, Great Britain finds itself in 9th place in these rankings. Anna Hopkin has looked great this year but the rest of the relay remains a question mark. If we look at their quartet that finished 4th at the 2023 World Championships, both Lucy Hope and Abbie Wood finished outside the top 4 at British Trials and Freya Anderson was well off her best finishing with a time of 54.59. If she's recovered from the glandular fever than was impacting her, that'll be a big boost for this relay. 8. Italy - 3:35.46 Sofia Morini - 53.92 Chiara Tarantino - 54.05 Sara Curtis - 54.22 Emma Menicucci - 54.77 This is another relay trending in the right direction with the top 3 swimmers all setting PBs this year and Meniccuci just 0.05 seconds off hers. Both Morini and Tarantino rank in the top 40 performers this year. 7. Sweden - 3:34.78 Sarah Sjoestroem - 52.57 Michelle Coleman - 53.63 Louise Hansson - 55.00 Sofia Aastedt - 55.08 The order of names you see above will likely be the order that Sweden uses in their relay. The story has always been the same for them: Let Sarah Sjoestroem get them out to a fast start and try to hang on. Unfortunately, that's never worked for them at a major long course meet. Will this finally be the year? 6. Netherlands - 3:34.68 Marrit Steenbergen - 52.26 Sam van Nunen - 54.49 Tessa Giele - 54.71 Kim Busch - 54.72 Thanks to the world leading time by Marrit Steenbergen, the Dutch relay finds itself 6th. Steenbergen will likely be able to close down a couple of swimmers on the anchor leg. Kira Toussaint is also another option for this relay considering she split 53.81 on their gold medal winning relay at 2024 World Championships. She could replace someone like Tessa Giele who will have to swim the 100m butterfly on the same day. 5. France - 3:34.07 Marie Wattel - 53.61 Beryl Gastaldello - 53.71 Mary-Ambre Moluh - 54.08 Charlotte Bonnet - 54.17 This is a solid relay that France possesses. Both Wattel and Gastaldello have gone under the Olympic qualification time in the qualification period and Moluh is only 18 years old coming off of a PB at French Trials. Now they just need Charlotte Bonnet to try to regain some of her old form when she set the french record in this event. 4. Canada - 3:33.78 Penny Oleksiak - 53.66 Mary-Sophie Harvey - 53.71 Summer McIntosh - 53.90 Maggie Mac Neil - 54.01 A perennial medalist in this relay just 2 years ago, Canada now finds itself on the outside looking in thanks to injuries to Penny Oleksiak and Taylor Ruck and Kayla Sanchez switching to the Philippines. Despite the improvements in times this year, many questions still remain. Penny Oleksiak is once again the #1 100 freestyler in the country. Can she keep improving her time to the 53 low or 52 range? Mary-Sophie Harvey is somehow entered in the 400m freestyle on the same day as this relay. Will she scratch the event or swim 400m of an event she has no chance of medaling in? Will the Canadian coaches risk using Summer McIntosh after swimming the 400m freestyle final? It didn't work well last year. What kind of form will Taylor Ruck be in? The one that split 53.26 on this relay at 2024 Worlds or the one that finished 4th at Canadian Trials in 54.47. Maggie Mac Neil will have the 100m butterfly on the same day but she's proven over her career that it hasn't been an issue for her at all. 3. China - 3:30.97 Yang Junxuan - 52.68 Wu Qingfeng - 53.25 Zhang Yufei - 53.27 Cheng Yujie - 53.27 There's a massive difference between Canada and China's projected times. China is now looking in good position to win a medal thanks in large part to Yang Junxuan setting a massive PB of 52.68 at Chinese Trials. Wu Qingfeng also set a PB this year after failing to break 54 seconds last year. Zhang Yufei has the 100m butterfly on the same day but she'll likely still swim this relay as their next two best swimmers this year, Li Bingjie and Yu Yiting, also have event conflicts on the same day. 2. United States - 3:30.18 Kate Douglass - 52.56 Torri Huske - 52.90 Simone Manuel - 53.09 Gretchen Walsh - 53.13 Does the US have any chance of beating Australia? Kate Douglass and Torri Huske setting PBs this year certainly helps and Simone Manuel returning to form will be a big boost as well. Gretchen Walsh's freestyle remains an unknown though. She only lead off the relay in 54.06 at the 2023 World Championships and despite breaking the 100m butterfly world record at US trials, she finished 3rd in the 100m freestyle in 53.13. If any of the top 4 are off form, Abbey Weitzeil and Erika Connolly would be the next women up but there's a large time gap between Walsh and their times so it feels like this top 4 is locked in for the final. 1. Australia - 3:28.89 Mollie O'Callaghan - 52.27 Meg Harris - 52.52 Shayna Jack - 52.65 Bronte Campbell - 52.95 Although the projected time is slower than their World Record time, Australia is still the favourite by a good margin. The 100m freestyle at Australian trials was slower than expected but the times were similar last year and they then proceeded to dominate so I'm not too worried. Other potential options for the relay final are Emma McKeon, Brianna Throssell and Olivia Wunsch.

I'm not sure I follow what you're saying. So the Asian games were the last event that China took seriously and not their own Olympic trials? If that's the case, did Pan Zhanle set a world record when he wasn't trying? And then that begs questions of how do you figure out which nations took which events seriously or whether or not different swimmers from the same nation had different focus meets. It's all very subjective. It makes more sense, imo, to look at results from this year (in particularly the world championships + Olympic trials for different countries)

Relay Power Rankings: Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Other Power Rankings: Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Welcome to another edition of the relay power rankings. Today, it's the men's 4x100m freestyle relay. Remember, for each country, I'm taking the top 4 eligible swimmers for each country and using their best times from 2024 to form a estimated relay time. 1.5 seconds will be subtracted from each cumulative time to account for reaction times. *Please note that the order of swimmers is arranged from fastest to slowest times, NOT by predicted relay order. **Unfortunately I think I'm going to have to keep the summaries for each country shorter from here on out. This took more time than I expected. 16. Israel - 3:17.14 Alexey Glivinskiy - 49.49 Denis Loktev - 49.5 Meiron Cheruti - 49.55 Eitan Ben Shitrit - 50.10 The Israeli 4x100m freestyle relay is a bit of a mess right now. In fact, the top Israeli this year in this discipline, Gregg Lichinsky, wasn't even selected for the team. That's because he went 49.33 at a meet after Olympic Trials were over. However, there is a good chance that Tomer Frankel will slide into this relay instead of Eitan Ben Shitrit. Frankel has a best time of 48.18 from last year but hasn't recorded a 100 free time so far this year which is why he isn't listed above. Denis Loktev, Gal Cohen Groumi and Meiron Cheruti all recorded faster times last year at the Israeli Championships. If you take their combined times, they would move up to 14th place in the rankings so their is room for improvement. 15. Sweden - 3:16.35 Bjoern Seeliger - 48.84 Robin Hanson - 49.27 Isak Eliasson - 49.82 Elias Persson - 49.92 Another relay that's a bit of a mess is Sweden. The 3rd fastest Swede this year, Felix Jedbratt, was also not selected for the team. 14. Greece - 3:14.96 Apostolos Christou - 48.82 Kristian Gkolomeev - 49.07 Andreas Vazaios - 49.26 Odyssefs Meladinis - 49.31 Greece may also decide to use Panagiotis Bolanos or Stergios-Marios Bilas on this relay if they want to rest guys like Christou or Gkolomeev for their main events. 13. Spain - 3:13.32 Sergio de Celis - 48.34 Luis Dominguez - 48.44 Cesar Castro - 48.86 Mario Molla - 49.18 And here, we see our first swimmer on these rankings who achieved an OQT in the qualifying period. Spain will likely be hard pressed to make the final but this is a relay on the rise with all 4 men above already improving on their times from last year. Not a single Spaniard broke 49 seconds last year and 3 have done that this year already. 12. Serbia - 3:12.68 Andrej Barna - 47.66 Velimir Stjepanovic - 47.99 Nikola Acin - 49.22 Justin Cvetkov - 49.31 Andrej Barna has emerged as one of the best 100 freestylers in the world and Velimir Stjepanovic showed at the European Championships that he can still get it done leading off the gold medal winning relay in 47.99. It's likely that Serbia will start with these two and if that's the case, they should be among the leaders at the halfway point and with the potential open water for the other two swimmers, that might just be enough to get them into the final. 11. Poland - 3:12.60 Mateusz Chowaniec - 48.45 Kamil Sieradzki - 48.48 Bartosz Piszczorowicz - 48.55 Dominik Dudys - 48.62 Poland's projected quartet are all decent swimmers with very similar times ranging from 48.45 to 48.62. This is impressive from Poland considering that the fastest Polish swimmer last year was just 48.62 with Piszczorowicz having a full second drop from his 2023 time. The fastest swimmer in 2023 was Ksawery Masiuk and he could also be inserted into this relay. His PB is that 48.62 time and he's still 19 so another time drop could be in store. 10. Brazil - 3:12.47 Guilherme Caribe - 47.95 Marcelo Chierighini - 48.41 Breno Correia - 48.78 Gabriel Santos - 48.83 It's a solid quartet for Brazil they've regressed overall compared to last year. While Caribe has taken a step forward, Marcelo Chierighini was not able to replicate his 47.86 swim at last years trials and didn't even reach the qualifying time. His best time this year is 48.41. Victor Alcara, who went 48.56 at last years trials, failed to make the team. They seemed like a good bet to make the final last year but I'm not so sure this year. 9. Germany - 3:12.29 Josha Salchow - 47.85 Peter Varjasi - 48.45 Rafael Miroslaw - 48.63 Lukas Martens - 48.86 Germany has a new top 100 freestyler and his name is Josha Salchow. The 25 year old has made significant improvements every since he started to train in Australia improving his PB to 47.85. Peter Varjasi also set a PB this year at the German Championships and Lukas Martens is having a career year so far. If Miroslaw can come close to his 47 second form, Germany could challenge for a place in the top 6. 8. Hungary - 3:12.22 Nandor Nemeth - 47.49 Kristof Milak - 48.26 Hubert Kos - 48.87 Szebasztian Szabo - 49.10 Hungary is looking much improved this year. Nandor Nemeth is having a career year, Milak is back and Hubert Kos will likely be on this relay as well having massive upside. Szebasztian Szabo was as fast as 48.36 last year and will look to swim close to that time. 7. Canada - 3:11.11 Josh Liendo - 47.55 Yuri Kisil - 48.19 Finlay Knox - 48.29 Javier Acevedo - 48.58 This is Canada's best chance at getting a men's relay medal. Although the team lost Ruslan Gaziev due to a whereabouts failure suspension, Yuri Kisil has returned this year after being injured last year finishing in 2nd at trials near his PB. Josh Liendo is one of the best in the world and Finlay Knox has made significant improvements this year. The medal potential is there but it involves all 4 swimmers being at their best. 6. Italy - 3:10.89 Alessandro Miressi - 47.72 Leonardo Deplano - 48.09 Manuel Frigo - 48.25 Lorenzo Zazzeri - 48.33 While Miressi hasn't been as fast as his 47.54 from last year so far, the other 3 guys have all dropped at least 0.2 seconds from their time last year which bodes will for this relay. Thomas Ceccon could also be in the final having been as fast as 47.71 in his career. 5. France - 3:10.49 Maxime Grousset - 47.33 Florent Manaudou - 47.90 Rafael Fente Damers - 48.14 Guillaume Guth - 48.62 France will look to start off their home Olympics with a bang and this relay definitely has the potential to medal. Maxime Grousset is one of the best sprinters in the world, 33 year old Florent Manaudou just set a new PB of 47.90 and Rafael Fente Damers is the fastest junior so far this year. It's the 4th leg that holds them back a bit. Might we see Leon Marchand on this relay? 4. Great Britain - 3:10.38 Matt Richards - 47.82 Duncan Scott - 47.92 Tom Dean - 47.94 Alex Cohoon - 48.20 Surprised to see Great Britain down in 4th place but I guess the 100m freestyle final at trials wasn't as fast as everybody thought. Matt Richards has been as fast as 47.45 and Duncan Scott and Tom Dean have been known to produce great relay splits over their careers. Cohoon is still only 21 and could drop some more time. 3. Australia - 3:10.33 Kyle Chalmers - 47.63 Kai Taylor - 48.01 William Yang - 48.08 Flynn Southam - 48.11 Despite many Australians on Swimswam complaining that 100 free at trials was slow, Australia still finds itself at #3 in the rankings. Kyle Chalmers was notably dealing with back spasms at Australian Trials so if he's healthy here, he should be capable of a much faster time and he just happens to be one of the greatest relay performers ever. We've seen time and time again races where he brings the Australians from something like 5th place to the podium on the final leg. 2. China - 3:09.82 Pan Zhanle - 46.80 Wang Haoyu - 48.06 Chen Juner - 48.13 Ji Xinjie - 48.33 Thanks in most part to the world record holder, Pan Zhanle, China finds itself second in the rankings. Behind him is a slew of swimmers in the upper 48 range. Of those swimmers, Wang Haoyu has the biggest potential for a big drop as he's still only 18 years old. It'll be interesting to see where China decides to put Pan in the relay. He anchored the relay at 2023 World Championships but then lead off the relay at the 2024 World Championships where he would go on to set the current World Record. 1. United States - 3:07.95 Jack Alexy - 47.08 Chris Guiliano - 47.25 Caeleb Dressel - 47.53 Hunter Armstrong - 47.59 And blowing away the field in aggregate time is the US. There a lot of uncertainty about the American relay last year with some people even thinking they would miss the podium, but thanks to the return to form of Caeleb Dressel combined with the emergence of Jack Alexy and Chris Guiliano as elite 100 freestylers, the US now boasts a team capable of breaking the supersuited World Record. To give an idea of how deep this relay is, Hunter Armstrong is the 4th fastest American this year and still ranks 9th in the world.

That was from last year's Asian Games. I only included times from 2024.

Relay Power Rankings: Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Other Power Rankings: Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Remember, for each country, I'm taking the top 4 eligible swimmers for each country and using their best times from 2024 to form a estimated relay time. 1.5 seconds will be subtracted from each cumulative time to account for reaction times. *Please note that the order of swimmers is arranged from fastest to slowest times, NOT by predicted relay order. 16. Austria - 3:33.17 Backstroke: Bernhard Reitshammer - 54.54 Valentin Bayer - 1:00.49 Butterfly: Simon Bucher - 51.28 Freestyle: Heiko Gigler - 48.36 Not surprising to see Austria at the bottom of the rankings with Simon Bucher the only swimmer than had an OQT in the qualification period. Heiko Gigler is a decent option at freestyle but the other two legs drag this relay down. 15. Ireland - 3:32.57 Backstroke: Conor Ferguson - 53.87 Breaststroke: Darragh Greene - 59.91 Butterfly: Max Mc Cusker - 51.90 Freestyle: Shane Ryan - 48.39 Ireland actually doesn't have a single member of this relay that had an OQT in the stroke 100s during the qualification period. However, they were all just outside of their respective OQTs and that's enough to put them ahead of Austria here. 14. Switzerland - 3:32.44 Backstroke: Roman Mityukov - 53.58 Breaststroke: Jeremy Desplanches - 1:00.90 Butterfly: Noe Ponti - 50.16 Freestyle: Antonio Djakovic - 49.30 Noe Ponti is one of the best butterfliers in the world (currently ranked 2nd this year) and Roman Mityukov is a decent backstroker. However, the breaststroke and freestyle legs are too much of a weakness to prevent this relay on moving further up in the rankings. 13. South Korea - 3:32.01 Backstroke: Lee Juho - 53.81 Breaststroke: Choi Dongyeol - 59.74 Butterfly: Kim Jihun - 52.05 Freestyle: Hwang Sunwoo - 47.91 This relay definitely had the potential to be higher up in the rankings. Hwang Sunwoo is an elite freestyler. Lee Juho has been as quick as 53.32 in his career and Choi Dongyeol has been as quick as 59.28 but neither one has found their best form this year. It's a shame that Kim Youngbeom wasn't selected for the Olympic team. He recently broke the Korean 100m butterfly record in a time of 51.65 (a few months after the team selection). 12. Spain - 3:31.41 Backstroke: Hugo Gonzalez - 52.70 Breaststroke: Carles Coll - 1:00.39 Butterfly: Mario Molla - 51.48 Freestyle: Sergio de Celis - 48.34 Hugo Gonzalez has established himself as an elite backstroker and Mario Moll and Sergio Celis should provide decent legs. The breaststroke leg needs to be the difference maker if Spain wants a chance to make the final. 11. Japan - 3:31.16 Backstroke: Riku Matsuyama - 53.72 Breaststroke: Taku Taniguchi - 59.43 Butterfly: Naoki Mizunuma - 51.23 Freestyle: Katsuhiro Matsumoto - 48.28 Here, we have our first relay where all 4 swimmers were under their respective OQTs. However, there aren't any standout legs which is why they rank 11th here. Naoki Mizunuma has the highest world rank of the 4 swimmers at 19th in the 100m butterfly. Katsuhiro Matsumoto actually ranks 12th but the relay add up time is faster with him at freestyle. 10. Canada - 3:30.89 Backstroke: Blake Tierney - 53.48 Breaststroke: Finlay Knox - 1:00.66 Butterfly: Josh Liendo - 50.06 Freestyle: Yuri Kisil - 48.19 Josh Liendo is the big star here and will be expected to be the difference maker in this relay. Blake Tierney is greatly improving in the backstroke and Yuri Kisil is a decent option at freestyle. Like with most Canadian medley relays, breaststroke is the biggest weakness here. Finlay Knox will be expected to take the role and given his rapid improvement this year in the 200 IM, it's not out of the question for him to drop more time. 9. Poland - 3:30.60 Backstroke: Ksawery Masiuk - 53.09 Breaststroke: Jan Kalusowski - 59.58 Butterfly: Jakub Majerski - 50.98 Freestyle: Mateusz Chowaniec - 48.45 Poland might have the most underrated medley relay of any team. Jakub Majerski has improved greatly this season and ranks 12th in the world in the 100m butterfly. Ksawery Masiuk also ranks in the top 20 in the 100m backstroke this year and is still a teenager. Kalusowski and Chowaniec have times just outside the OQT in their respective events. 8. Netherlands - 3:30.21 Backstroke: Kai van Westering - 53.80 Breaststroke: Arno Kamminga - 58.87 Butterfly: Nyls Korstanje - 50.90 Freestyle: Sean Niewold - 48.14 With the addition of Kai van Westering and the emergence of Sean Niewold, the Netherlands will be a contender to make the final. They'll likely join Arno Kamminga (or Caspar Corbeau) and Nyls Korstanje on the relay who are both top 10 in the world in their respective events. 7. Germany - 3:30.18 Backstroke: Ole Braunschweig - 53.48 Breaststroke: Melvin Imoudu - 58.84 Butterfly: Kaii Winkler - 51.51 Freestyle: Josha Salchow -47.85 Germany is a country that's made great improvements in the medley relay this year. Josha Salchow has dropped more than a second off his freestyle time in 2023 to improve his PB to 47.85. Melvin Imoudu has had a breakout year and his breaststroke PB stands at 58.84 now. Germany was also able to get one of the top American prospects Kaii Winkler to join their team which will be a big boost on the butterfly leg. Ole Braunschweig should also have a decent backstroke leg. 6. Italy - 3:29.55 Backstroke: Thomas Ceccon - 52.43 Breaststroke: Nicolo Martinenghi - 58.84 Butterfly: Alberto Razzetti - 52.06 Freestyle: Alessandro Miressi - 47.72 It was only two years ago that Italy won an unexpected gold at the 2022 World Championships in this relay. With Thomas Ceccon, Nicolo Martinenghi and Alessandro Miressi, they have 3 elite swimmers which all rank in the top 12 in the world this year in their respective events. Not a single Italian hit the 51.67 OQT during the qualification period. Alberto Razzetti will likely be asked to do the butterfly leg. He's an world class IMer and 200m butterflyer but his 100m butterfly best time this year is only 52.06 and that just won't cut it against the other top nations. If he can drop some time, Italy could factor into the medals. 5. Australia - 3:28.99 Backstroke: Isaac Cooper - 53.46 Breaststroke: Sam Williamson - 58.80 Butterfly: Matthew Temple - 50.60 Freestyle: Kyle Chalmers - 47.63 Despite Kyle Chalmers only having a season best of 47.63, we all know he's going to be much faster than that in Paris. Arguably no one has been more clutch on relays than him so if Australia is within striking distance of a medal heading into the freestyle leg, they'll get it. Sam Williamson has had a breakthrough year going under 59 seconds for the first time in his career at the Australian Trials. That's turned a longtime Australian weakness into a possible strength this year. Matthew Temple, at his best, is an elite butterflier but he failed to break the 51 second barrier at Australian Trials. He's been as quick as 50.25 in his career so the Australians will be hoping he can be at that form in Paris. The big question mark will be on the backstroke leg where Isaac Cooper has the fastest time this year at 53.46. He'll need to be faster if Australia wants to contend for the medals. 4. France - 3:28.93 Backstroke: Mewen Tomac - 52.88 Breaststroke: Leon Marchand - 59.06 Butterfly: Maxime Grousset - 50.59 Freestyle: Florent Manaudou - 47.90 Two impressive performances have helped vault France in the middle of medal contention. First, Leon Marchand set a monster PB in the 100m breaststroke going 59.06. Then at French Trials, Florent Manaudou set a PB in the 100m freestyle of 47.90. Add a top 12 backstroker + the reigning 100m butterfly world champion to the mix and you've got a really good relay. You can make an argument of putting Grousset on the freestyle leg and Clement Secchi on the butterfly leg but I did the math and based on their season bests, putting Grousset and Manadou in the relay makes the relay faster by 0.01 seconds. 3. Great Britain - 3:28.67 Backstroke: Ollie Morgan - 52.70 Breaststroke: Adam Peaty - 57.94 Butterfly: Joe Litchfield - 51.71 Freestyle: Matt Richards - 47.82 At British Trials, we got to see both the return to form of Adam Peaty and the emergence of Ollie Morgan as one of the best backstrokers in the world. It was after those swims that everyone thought the British medley relay could contend for gold. After all, Matt Richards had also just come off of a finals appearance in the 100m freestyle at the 2023 World Championships. But then the 100m butterfly leg happened. Surprisingly, Jacob Peters, the best British butterflyer over the past two years failed to make the Olympic Team and the race was won by Joe Litchfield in a pedestrian time of 51.71. Whether or not they will use Litchfield or clutch relay performer James Guy remains to be seen but either way, the butterfly leg will be the biggest difference maker for Great Britain. 2. China - 3:27.13 Backstroke: Xu Jiayu - 52.39 Breaststroke: Qin Haiyang - 58.24 Butterfly: Wang Changhao - 51.20 Freestyle: Pan Zhanle - 46.80 Speaking of a key butterfly leg, China will also need one. China currently boasts the 4th ranked 100m backstroker in the world, the 2nd ranked 100m breaststroker in the world, and the top ranked 100m freestyler in the world who just broke the world record at the 2024 World Championships. Wang Changhao will likely be relied on for the butterfly leg. He's just coming off setting a PB at Chinese Olympic Trials and ranks 18th in the world this year. If he can stay in touch with Caeleb Dressel, they'll have the World Record holder, Pan Zhanle, to bring them home. 1. United States - 3:26.56 Backstroke: Ryan Murphy - 52.22 Breaststroke: Nic Fink - 58.57 Butterfly: Caeleb Dressel - 50.19 Freestyle: Jack Alexy - 47.08 Not surprisingly, the team that everybody will be chasing is the US, who has won every edition of this relay in Olympic history that they've competed in. There are no clear weaknesses on this team. So far this year, Ryan Murphy ranks 1st in the world in the 100m backstroke, Nic Fink ranks 3rd in the 100m breaststroke, Caeleb Dressel ranks 3rd in the 100m butterfly, and Jack Alexy ranks 3rd in the 100m freestyle.

I think Steve Armitage called swimming prior to Rio but wasn't able to do play by play that year for some reason

He called swimming and diving in Rio as well. Famously called Oleksiak "Emily Overholt" in her gold medal race and mixed up Phelps and Lochte in the 200 IM. Felt a bit bad for the guy since he probably had no prior experience.

Full streaming schedule is now up on CBC

Having a super rookie in Paul Skenes also helps! Meanwhile, I would prefer not to talk about my beloved Blue Jays

Yes. That way players don't get drafted in the middle of high school or college baseball season.

With the 1st overall pick in the 2024 draft, the Cleveland Guardians selected second baseman Travis Bazzana. This is the first time in MLB history an Australian has gone 1st overall.

The qualifying time went from 54.38 in 2020 to 53.61 in 2024. A drop of 0.77 SECONDS!!! Also doesn't help that a lot of elite 100m freestylers in that time either retired or declined.

There used to be a lot more universality athletes who entered multiple events. Then World Aquatics decided to cut down the OCT from 3% of the qualifying time to 0.5% of the qualifying time. This year, we only had something like 5 universality athletes that reached the OCT.

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Some useful tables: # of Entries per Event: WOMEN'S QUOTAS EVENT MEN'S QUOTAS 79 50m Freestyle 75 29 100m Freestyle 79 31 200m Freestyle 28 23 400m Freestyle 38 17 800m Freestyle 32 17 1500m Freestyle 28 36 100m Backstroke 46 28 200m Backstroke 30 37 100m Breaststroke 38 23 200m Breaststroke 25 33 100m Butterfly 40 19 200m Butterfly 28 34 200m Individual Medley 25 16 400m Individual Medley 16 16 /16 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 16 /16 16 /16 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay 16 /16 16 /16 4 x 100m Medley Relay 16 /16 4 x 100m Mixed Medley Relay 16 /16 24 /22 10km Marathon Swimming 33 /22 # of athletes and event breakdown per NOC: NOC TOTAL W M FREESTYLE BACK BREAST BUTTERFLY MEDLEY RELAYS 10km 50 100 200 400 800 1500 100 200 100 200 100 200 200 400 4x100 freestyle 4x200 freestyle 4x100 medley AFG 1 1 50(M) ALB 2 1 1 100(M) 200(W) ALG 2 1 1 100(W) 200(M) ASA 1 1 100(M) ANG 2 1 1 100(M) 200(W) ANT 2 1 1 100(W) 100(M) ARG 1 2 1 400(W) 800(W) 100(M) 100(W) 200(W) ARM 2 1 1 100(M) 100(W) ARU 1 1 50(W) 50(M) 100(M) AUS 44 21 23 50(W) 50(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 400(W) 400(M) 800(W) 800(M) 1500(W) 1500(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 200(W) 200(M) 400(W) 400(M) 4x100(W) 4x100(M) 4x200(W) 4x200(M) 4x100(W) 4x100(M) 4x100(X) 10k(W) 10k(M) AUT 8 1 7 200(M) 400(M) 800(M) 100(M) 100(M) 100(M) 200(M) 200(W) 4x100(M) 10k(M) AZE 2 1 1 50(W) 200(M) BAH 2 1 1 50(W) 100(M) BRN 2 1 1 100(W) 200(M) BAN 2 1 1 50(W) 100(M) BAR 1 1 100(M) BEL 4 3 1 50(W) 200(W) 200(M) 400(W) 400(M) 800(M) 100(W) 100(W) BEN 2 1 1 50(W) 100(M) BER 2 1 1 100(W) 100(M) BHU 1 1 100(M) BOL 2 1 1 50(W) 200(M) BIH 1 1 400(M) 100(W) 200(W) BOT 2 1 1 100(W) 100(M) BRA 20 9 11 50(M) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 400(W) 400(M) 800(W) 800(M) 1500(W) 100(M) 200(M) 4x100(W) 4x100(M) 4x200(W) 4x200(M) 4x100(X) 10k(W) 10k(M) BRU 2 1 1 50(W) 100(M) BUL 4 1 3 400(M) 100(W) 200(W) 100(M) 200(M) 100(M) 200(M) BUR 2 1 1 50(W) 50(M) BDI 2 1 1 50(W) 50(M) CAM 2 1 1 50(W) 100(M) CMR 2 1 1 50(W) 100(M) CAN 29 17 12 50(W) 50(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 400(W) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 100(W) 200(W) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 200(W) 200(M) 400(W) 400(M) 4x100(W) 4x100(M) 4x200(W) 4x200(M) 4x100(W) 4x100(M) 4x100(X) 10k(W) CPV 2 1 1 50(M) 200(W) CAY 2 1 1 50(M) 100(W) 100(M) CAF 2 1 1 50(W) 50(M) CHI 2 1 1 400(M) 800(W) 1500(W) TPE 2 1 1 200(M) 200(W) COL 2 1 1 100(M) 100(W) COM 2 1 1 50(W) 100(M) CGO 2 1 1 50(W) 50(M) COK 1 1 100(W) CRC 2 1 1 400(M) 200(W) CRO 3 1 2 50(W) 50(M) 100(W) 100(M) 100(M) CUB 2 1 1 200(W) 1500(M) CYP 2 1 1 100(W) 100(M) CZE 5 2 3 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 100(M) 100(W) 200(W) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 10k(M) COD 2 1 1 50(W) 50(M) TLS 2 1 1 50(W) 50(M) DEN 7 7 50(W) 200(W) 100(W) 200(W) 4x100(W) 4x100(W) DJI 2 1 1 50(W) 50(M) DMA 2 1 1 50(W) 50(M) DOM 2 1 1 100(M) 100(W) ECU 3 1 2 50(W) 200(M) 10k(M) EGY 2 1 1 200(W) 800(M) 1500(M) ESA 2 1 1 100(M) 100(W) GEQ 1 1 50(M) ERI 2 1 1 50(W) 50(M) EST 2 1 1 400(M) 100(W) 200(W) 200(M) SWZ 2 1 1 100(M) 100(W) ETH 1 1 50(W) FSM 2 1 1 50(W) 100(M) FIJ 2 1 1 50(W) 50(M) FIN 2 1 1 100(W) 200(M) FRA 33 15 18 50(W) 50(M) 100(W) 100(M) 400(W) 400(M) 800(W) 800(M) 1500(W) 1500(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 200(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(M) 200(W) 200(M) 400(M) 4x100(W) 4x100(M) 4x200(W) 4x200(M) 4x100(W) 4x100(M) 4x100(X) 10k(W) 10k(M) GAB 2 1 1 50(W) 50(M) GAM 2 1 1 50(M) 100(W) GEO 2 1 1 100(M) 100(W) GER 26 10 16 50(M) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 400(W) 400(M) 800(W) 800(M) 1500(W) 1500(M) 100(M) 200(M) 100(W) 100(M) 100(W) 100(M) 400(M) 4x100(M) 4x200(W) 4x200(M) 4x100(W) 4x100(M) 4x100(X) 10k(W) 10k(M) GHA 2 1 1 50(W) 100(M) GBR 33 14 19 50(W) 50(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(M) 400(M) 1500(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 100(W) 100(M) 100(W) 200(W) 200(W) 200(M) 400(W) 400(M) 4x100(W) 4x100(M) 4x200(W) 4x200(M) 4x100(W) 4x100(M) 4x100(X) 10k(W) 10k(M) GRE 17 3 14 50(W) 50(M) 800(M) 1500(M) 100(M) 200(M) 100(W) 200(W) 200(M) 400(M) 4x100(M) 4x200(M) 4x100(X) 10k(M) GRN 2 1 1 100(W) 100(M) GUA 2 1 1 100(W) 200(M) GUI 2 1 1 50(W) 50(M) GBS 1 1 50(M) GUY 2 1 1 100(W) 400(M) HAI 2 1 1 50(W) 100(M) HON 2 1 1 200(W) 200(M) HKG 7 6 1 50(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 100(W) 200(W) 4x100(W) 4x100(W) HUN 23 11 12 50(W) 50(M) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 400(W) 400(M) 800(W) 800(M) 1500(W) 1500(M) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 200(W) 200(M) 400(W) 400(M) 4x100(W) 4x100(M) 4x200(W) 10k(W) 10k(M) ISL 2 1 1 100(W) 200(W) 100(M) 200(M) IND 2 1 1 200(W) 100(M) AIN 4 3 1 50(M) 100(W) 200(W) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) INA 2 1 1 100(M) 200(W) IRQ 1 1 100(M) IRL 12 6 6 50(W) 50(M) 800(M) 1500(M) 100(W) 100(W) 200(W) 100(W) 200(W) 400(W) 4x100(W) 4x100(W) 4x100(M) 10k(M) IRI 1 1 100(M) ISR 18 6 12 50(M) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 100(W) 100(M) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 400(W) 4x100(M) 4x200(W) 4x200(M) 4x100(X) 10k(M) ITA 38 17 21 50(W) 50(M) 100(M) 200(M) 400(W) 400(M) 800(W) 800(M) 1500(W) 1500(M) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 100(W) 200(M) 200(W) 200(M) 400(W) 400(M) 4x100(W) 4x100(M) 4x200(W) 4x200(M) 4x100(W) 4x100(M) 4x100(X) 10k(W) 10k(M) JAM 2 1 1 50(W) 100(W) JPN 29 14 15 200(M) 400(W) 100(M) 200(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 200(W) 200(M) 400(W) 400(M) 4x200(W) 4x200(M) 4x100(W) 4x100(M) 4x100(X) 10k(W) 10k(M) JOR 2 1 1 400(W) 200(M) KAZ 2 1 1 100(M) 100(W) 100(M) KEN 2 1 1 50(W) 400(M) KOS 2 1 1 50(W) 100(M) KUW 2 1 1 100(M) 100(W) KGZ 2 1 1 50(W) 100(M) 200(M) LAO 2 1 1 200(W) 100(M) LAT 2 1 1 200(M) 200(W) LBN 2 1 1 100(M) 100(W) LBA 2 1 1 100(M) 100(W) LTU 7 2 5 100(M) 200(M) 400(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 4x200(M) LUX 1 1 100(M) MAD 2 1 1 50(W) 100(M) MAW 2 1 1 50(W) 50(M) MAS 2 1 1 400(M) 100(W) MDV 2 1 1 50(W) 50(M) MLI 2 1 1 50(W) 100(M) MLT 2 1 1 50(M) 1500(W) MHL 2 1 1 50(W) 50(M) MTN 1 1 50(M) MRI 2 1 1 100(M) 200(W) MEX 6 2 4 50(M) 100(M) 200(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(M) 10k(W) 10k(M) MON 2 1 1 800(M) 10k(W) MGL 2 1 1 100(M) 200(W) MNE 2 1 1 50(W) 100(M) MAR 2 1 1 400(M) 100(W) MOZ 2 1 1 100(W) 100(M) MYA 1 1 100(M) NAM 1 1 10k(M) NEP 2 1 1 100(M) 200(W) NED 20 12 8 50(W) 50(M) 100(W) 100(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 4x100(W) 4x200(W) 4x100(W) 4x100(M) 4x100(X) 10k(W) NZL 9 5 4 50(M) 100(M) 200(W) 400(W) 800(W) 1500(W) 100(M) 200(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(M) 200(M) 400(M) 4x200(W) NCA 2 1 1 100(W) 200(M) NIG 2 1 1 50(W) 50(M) NGR 2 1 1 50(W) 50(M) MKD 2 1 1 400(M) 800(W) NOR 3 3 50(M) 800(M) 1500(M) 10k(M) OMA 1 1 100(M) PAK 2 1 1 200(W) 200(M) PLW 2 1 1 50(W) 50(M) PLE 2 1 1 100(M) 200(W) PAN 2 1 1 100(W) 200(M) PNG 2 1 1 50(W) 100(M) PAR 2 1 1 100(W) 200(M) CHN 32 19 13 50(W) 50(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 400(W) 400(M) 800(W) 800(M) 1500(W) 1500(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 200(W) 200(M) 400(M) 4x100(W) 4x100(M) 4x200(W) 4x200(M) 4x100(W) 4x100(M) 4x100(X) 10k(W) PER 3 2 1 400(M) 200(W) 10k(W) PHI 2 1 1 100(W) 100(M) POL 20 8 12 50(W) 50(M) 100(W) 100(M) 1500(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(M) 100(M) 200(M) 4x100(W) 4x100(M) 4x100(W) 4x100(M) 4x100(X) 10k(M) POR 5 2 3 50(M) 100(M) 100(M) 200(W) 100(M) 10k(W) PUR 2 1 1 100(M) 200(M) 200(W) QAT 1 1 100(M) EOR 2 2 50(M) 200(M) KOR 15 3 12 50(M) 100(M) 200(M) 400(M) 800(M) 1500(M) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 100(M) 200(M) 200(M) 200(W) 4x200(M) 4x100(M) 4x100(X) 10k(M) MDA 2 1 1 400(M) 200(W) ROU 3 1 2 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 800(M) 1500(M) RWA 2 1 1 50(W) 100(M) SKN 1 1 50(M) LCA 1 1 100(M) SAM 2 1 1 50(W) 100(M) SMR 1 1 400(M) KSA 2 1 1 100(M) 200(W) SEN 2 1 1 100(M) 100(W) SRB 5 1 4 50(M) 100(M) 200(M) 200(W) 400(W) 4x100(M) SEY 2 1 1 50(W) 200(M) SLE 2 1 1 50(W) 50(M) SGP 5 4 1 50(M) 100(M) 800(W) 1500(W) 100(W) 200(W) 4x100(W) SVK 2 1 1 50(M) 200(W) SLO 5 4 1 50(W) 100(W) 200(M) 4x100(W) SOL 1 1 50(W) RSA 8 5 3 200(W) 100(M) 200(M) 100(W) 200(W) 100(W) 100(M) 200(M) 200(W) 200(M) ESP 20 11 9 100(M) 400(M) 800(M) 1500(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 100(W) 200(W) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 200(W) 200(M) 400(W) 4x100(M) 4x200(W) 4x200(M) 4x100(M) 10k(W) 10k(M) SRI 2 1 1 100(M) 100(W) VIN 2 1 1 50(W) 50(M) SUD 2 1 1 100(W) 200(M) SUR 2 1 1 50(W) 100(M) SWE 13 7 6 50(W) 50(M) 100(W) 100(M) 400(M) 800(M) 1500(M) 100(W) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 100(W) 4x100(W) 4x100(M) 4x100(W) 4x100(X) 10k(M) SUI 8 1 7 50(M) 200(M) 400(M) 100(M) 200(M) 100(W) 200(W) 100(M) 200(M) 200(M) 4x200(M) 4x100(M) SYR 1 1 200(M) TJK 2 1 1 50(W) 50(M) THA 2 1 1 50(W) 100(M) TOG 2 1 1 50(W) 50(M) TGA 2 1 1 50(W) 100(M) TTO 2 1 1 50(M) 100(M) 100(W) TUN 2 1 1 400(M) 800(W) 800(M) 1500(M) 10k(M) TUR 8 4 4 800(M) 1500(M) 100(M) 100(M) 200(M) 4x200(W) 10k(M) TKM 2 1 1 100(M) 100(W) UGA 2 1 1 100(W) 100(M) UKR 5 1 4 50(M) 800(M) 1500(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(M) 200(M) UAE 2 1 1 100(M) 200(W) TAN 2 1 1 50(W) 100(M) USA 48 21 27 50(W) 50(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 400(W) 400(M) 800(W) 800(M) 1500(W) 1500(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 100(W) 100(M) 200(W) 200(M) 200(W) 200(M) 400(W) 400(M) 4x100(W) 4x100(M) 4x200(W) 4x200(M) 4x100(W) 4x100(M) 4x100(X) 10k(W) 10k(M) URU 2 1 1 100(M) 200(W) ISV 2 1 1 400(W) 100(M) UZB 2 1 1 400(W) 400(M) 800(M) VAN 2 1 1 50(W) 100(M) VEN 3 1 2 50(M) 100(M) 200(W) 400(M) 800(M) VIE 2 1 1 800(M) 1500(M) 200(W) YEM 1 1 100(M) ZAM 2 1 1 50(W) 50(M) ZIM 2 1 1 100(W) 200(M)

Universality athletes have higher priority than OCT athletes. If a universality athletes also has an OCT, then they can enter two events.

Harvey entered in the 400 free makes no sense to me at all. Why would she scratch the 100fly to enter an event 4x the distance when the 4x100m freestyle relay is the same day?

Relay Power Rankings: Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Thought it would be cool to start a series on this thread to preview all the relay events and seeing how each country compares to the rest. We begin with the women's 4x200m freestyle relay because I know all the entries already. For each country, I'm taking the top 4 eligible swimmers for each country and using their best times from 2024 to form a estimated relay time. 1.5 seconds will be subtracted from each cumulative time to account for reaction times. *Please note that the order of swimmers is arranged from fastest to slowest times, NOT by predicted relay order. 16. Türkiye - 8:02.37 Givem Guvenç - 1:59.23 Ela Naz Özdemir - 2:00.52 Zehra Bilgin - 2:01.74 Ecem Dönmez - 2:02.38 15. France - 7:58.41 Lucile Tessariol - 1:59.22 Marina Jehl - 2:00.04 Assia Touati - 2:00.05 Oceane Carnez - 2:00.60 14. Netherlands - 7:55.94 Marrit Steenbergen - 1:56.09 Imani de Jong - 1:59.25 Janna van Kooten - 1:59.35 Silke Holkenborg - 2:02.75 Was a little bit surprised to see the Netherlands this low. They should be higher but all 4 of their relays swimmers haven't been able to match their times from last year so far this year. 13. Spain - 7:54.66 María Daza - 1:58.81 Alba Herrero - 1:59.04 Paula Juste - 1:59.09 Ainhoa Campabadal - 1:59.22 12. Italy - 7:53.67 Sofia Morini - 1:57.81 Simona Quadarella - 1:58.82 Giulia D'Innocenzo - 1:59.23 Giulia Ramatelli - 1:59.31 11. New Zealand - 7:52.16 Erika Fairweather - 1:55.45 Laticia-Leigh Transom - 1:58.42 Eve Thomas - 1:59.07 Caitlin Deans - 2:00.72 10. Japan - 7:51.92 Waka Kobori - 1:58.22 Rio Shirai - 1:58.27 Hiroko Makino - 1:58.42 Nagisa Ikemoto - 1:58.51 9. Israel - 7:50.99 Anastasia Gorbenko - 1:56.74 Daria Golovaty - 1:57.87 Lea Polonsky - 1:58.89 Ayla Spitz - 1:58.99 8. Brazil - 7:50.20 Maria Costa - 1:56.37 Gabrielle Roncatto - 1:58.01 Stephanie Balduccini - 1:58.51 Maria Heitmann - 1:58.81 7. Hungary - 7:49.57 Nikolett Pádár - 1:56.83 Minna Ábráham - 1:57.22 Panna Ugrai - 1:58.07 Dóra Molnár - 1:58.95 6. Germany - 7:48.32 Isabel Gose - 1:56.66 Julia Mrozinski - 1:57.22 Nicole Maier - 1:57.36 Nele Schulze - 1:58.58 5. Great Britain - 7:47.72 Freya Colbert - 1:56.22 Abbie Wood - 1:56.62 Medi Harris - 1:58.10 Freya Anderson - 1:58.28 Great Britain is the first country on these rankings that I'd say actually has a chance at a medal. Freya Anderson didn't race the individual 200m at British Trials this year due to illness. They'll need her back at her best if they want to contend for a medal along with drops from all the other swimmers. 4. Canada - 7:43.09 Summer McIntosh - 1:53.69 Mary-Sophie Harvey - 1:55.44 Julie Brousseau - 1:57.60 Emma O'Croinin - 1:57.86 This could very well be Canada's best shot at a relay medal. They have two dynamite legs with McIntosh and Harvey. Julie Brousseau is only 18 and has the potential to drop more time which will be a must for Canada if they want to challenge for the podium. If any of the swimmers look off in prelims, Ella Jansen (1:58.25) and Brooklyn Douthwright (1:58.49) will be looking for an opportunity to swim and who knows, maybe Penny Oleksiak will suddenly show signs of her old 200m freestyle form. 3. China - 7:42.57 Yang Junxuan - 1:54.37 Li Bingjie - 1:56.29 Liu Yaxin - 1:56.56 Tang Muhan - 1:56.85 Overall, this is a very well-rounded Chinese team. While the top two swimmers, on paper, are slower than Canada, everybody has shown that they are capable of going sub 1:57 on a flat start. Ge Chutong (1:57.04) and Kong Yaqi (1:57.04) are also relay options. They should still be the favourites to take the bronze medal and as shown at the 2020 Olympics, this Chinese relay is capable of surprising everybody. 2. United States - 7:42.22 Katie Ledecky - 1:54.97 Claire Weinstein - 1:55.86 Paige Madden - 1:56.36 Erin Gemmell - 1:56.53 Slightly leading the charge for 2nd spot is the US. Their trials were much slower than people expected, but there's reason to believe they'll be much faster in Paris. While Ledecky has not been as fast as McIntosh or Yang this year, she's proven to be a game changer in this relay over her career. Claire Weinstein and Erin Gemmell are young and still improving and Paige Madden is having a career year at 25 years old. The US will also have Anna Peplowski (1:56.99) and Alex Shackell (1:57.05) waiting in reserve. The battle for silver should be an interesting one with likely 3 teams fighting for two medals. But... 1. Australia - 7:34.52 Ariarne Titmus - 1:52.23 Mollie O'Callaghan - 1:52.48 Lani Pallister - 1:55.57 Brianna Throssell - 1:55.74 then there's Australia. Good luck beating a relay team with the two fastest performers of all time. The Australian B-team could also have a chance of winning a medal. The next 4 fastest Aussies on the Olympic team this year are Kaylee McKeown (1:56.06), Jamie Perkins (1:56.22), Shayna Jack (1:56.22), and Meg Harris (1:56.93).

Japan's team size is 410 athletes (218 men + 192 women) Source Archery: 4 (3 men + 1 woman) Artistic Swimming: 8 (8 women) Athletics: 55 (35 men + 20 women) Badminton: 12 (5 men + 7 women) Basketball: 24 (12 men + 12 women) Boxing: 2 (2 men) Breaking: 4 (2 men + 2 women) Canoe - Slalom: 4 (2 men + 2 women) Cycling - Road: 2 (1 man + 1 woman) Cycling - Track: 13 (7 men + 6 women) Cycling - BMX: 2 (1 man + 1 woman) Cycling - Cross-Country: 1 (1 woman) Diving: 5 (2 men + 3 women) Equestrian: 6 (6 men) Fencing: 14 (7 men + 7 women) Field Hockey: 16 (16 women) Football: 36 (18 men + 18 women) Golf: 2 (2 men + 2 women) Gymnastics - Artistic: 10 (5 men + 5 women) Gymnastics - Trampoline: 2 (1 man + 1 woman) Handball:14 (14 men) Judo: 14 (7 men + 7 women) Modern Pentathlon: 2 (1 man + 1 woman) Rowing: 5 (3 men + 2 women) Rugby Sevens: 24 (12 men + 12 women) Sailing: 7 (3 men+ 4 women) Shooting: 3 (2 men + 1 woman) Skateboarding: 10 (4 men + women) Sport Climbing: 2 (2 men + 2 women) Surfing: 4 (3 men + 1 woman) Swimming: 29 (15 men + 14 women) Table Tennis: 6 (3 men + 3 women) Tennis: 6 (2 men + 4 women) Triathlon: 3 (2 men + 1 woman) Volleyball - Beach: 2 (2 women) Volleyball - Indoor: 24 (12 men + 12 women) Water Polo: 13 (13 men) Weightlifting: 3 (2 men + 1 woman) Wrestling: 13 (7 men + 6 women)

Finland: 57 athletes (23 men + 34 women) Source Archery: 1 (1 man) Athletics: 25 (7 men + 18 women) Badminton: 1 (1 man) Boxing: 1 (1 woman) Cycling - Road: 1 (1 woman) Cycling - Mountain Bike: 1 (1 man) Equestrian - 6 (1 man + 5 women) Golf: 4 (2 men + 2 women) Judo: 2 (2 men) Sailing: 7 (3 men + 4 women) Shooting: 3 (2 men + 1 woman) Skateboarding: 1 (1 woman) Swimming: 2 (1 man + 1 woman) Wrestling: 2 (2 men)

I believe July 19th vs. France July 21st vs. Puerto Rico Both games are in France and will be streamed on CBC

Qualified Relays

Berke Saka appears on Turkey's official delegation list which means that he must have gotten an OCT invite in the men's 200m Individual Medley