The United States had quite an impressive day in the pool as there were several representatives on the podium. Regan Smith, Katharine Berkoff, Bobby Finke, and the 4×200-meter freestyle relay team earned medals in the 2024 Paris Olympics on Tuesday.
Smith secured a silver medal in the women’s 100-meter backstroke with a time of 57.66, while Berkoff earned a bronze medal with a final time of 57.98. Australia’s Kaylee McKeown came away with a gold medal as she just edged out the two Americans.
The three swimmers were neck-in-neck throughout the bulk of the race with McKeown coming out on top down the stretch. It was the first Olympic medal for Berkoff and fourth of Smith’s career.
Meanwhile, Bobby Finke captured the second silver medal of the day for the Americans. Finke finished second in the men’s 800-meter freestyle with a time of 7:38.75 behind Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen. Finke found himself in third place in the final 50 meters of the race, behind Wiffen and Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri, but was able to make a charge towards a potential win in the final moments.
Finke was the gold medalist in the event in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
In Tuesday’s last final, the United States earned a silver…
