Just three races close out the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials on Night 8. Two of them are short. The third is rather long.
A brief Sunday night session in Omaha will determine the final six members of the American swimming delegation in Tokyo in the men’s 50m freestyle, the women’s 50m freestyle and the men’s 1500m freestyle.
Currently, that delegation does not include a pair of all-time greats. Neither eight-time Olympic medalist Nathan Adrian nor four-time medalist Simone Manuel advanced to the finals of their respective 100m freestyle events earlier in the week, taking them out of contention not only for individual 100m Olympic spots but also for places on American relay teams.
Both, though, can get themselves to Tokyo in the 50 free.
Adrian, the older of the pair at 32, has aspirations of a fourth Olympics appearance following two surgeries to treat a 2019 testicular cancer diagnosis. He qualified third out of the semifinals in a time of 21.78 but faces elite competition for a spot in the top two.
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