Katie Ledecky will work toward trying to cement her spot in the 2016 Rio Olympics at the USA Swimming Olympic trials on Tuesday. Ledecky has entered five events for the trials, held in Omaha, and of those events the 200-meter freestyle preliminaries will be on Tuesday.
US Olympic swimming trials 2016: Time, TV schedule and events for Tuesday
Several gold medalists will be in action at the Olympic swimming trials on Tuesday.
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Missy Franklin, herself an Olympic gold medalist just like Ledecky, will also be in trials action on Tuesday. Of the events on Tuesday, she will be participating in the 200-meter freestyle and 100-meter backstroke. That means she’ll be competing with Ledecky in one of those events, but two swimmers will qualify from the trials. Both of those events will only feature prelims on the day.
Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, the faces of men’s swimming in the US, will be participating in one event each as well. Phelps dropped the 200-meter freestyle event from his calendar and will be participating in the 200-meter butterfly on Tuesday. Lochte will participate in the 200-meter freestyle semifinals.
Between Phelps, Lochte, Franklin and Ledecky, there are a ton of Olympic gold medalists, and if they all perform up to snuff then USA Swimming will be in great shape heading into Rio later this summer.
Tuesday’s events get underway at 11 a.m. ET with the first block of prelims, which includes the women’s 200-meter freestyle and individual medley and the men’s 200-meter butterfly. That will run until 2 p.m., with the second block consisting of those same prelims from 7-8 p.m.
Finally, the last block will contain the women’s 100-meter breaststroke final and 100-meter backstroke final; the men’s 200-meter freestyle final and 100-meter backstroke final; and a few more semifinals in various events. Those begin at 8 p.m. and will run for a little over an hour, and will be broadcast on NBC and via livestream. The first block will just be available via live stream, and the second will have a stream as well as coverage on NBCSN.
Olympic trials swimming coverage for Tuesday (all times ET)
Men’s Events: 200-meter butterfly (prelims and semifinal), 200-meter freestyle (final), 100-meter backstroke (final)
Women’s Events: 200-meter freestyle (prelims and semifinal), 200-meter individual medley (prelims and semifinal), 100-meter breaststroke (final), 100-meter backstroke (final)
Time: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. (prelims), 7 - 8 p.m. (prelims), 8 - 9:20 p.m. (semifinals, finals)
TV: NBCSN (second prelims), NBC (semifinals, finals)
Streaming: NBC Sports (prelims 1, prelims 2, semifinals/finals)
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