The U.S. finished behind Australia in the gold medal count at last year’s world championships, but positive results in Indianapolis (and some smack talk) have many Americans raring to go.
USA Swimming brought its Olympic Trials to Indianapolis feeling hopeful but uncertain on multiple levels. Was the meet going to work in a football stadium? And were American swimmers going to respond to mounting competitive challenges coming from around the world?Swimming in a football stadium works, spectacularly. Almost everyone loved it. There will be no downsizing from this going forward.
“Such sore losers,” Campbell said. “I mean, Australia coming out on top of the world is one thing, but it is just so much sweeter beating America.ring out through the stadium. I cannot tell you how happy that made me. Bring on Paris. That’s all I have to say to the U.S. Stop being sore losers. “We're all bringing the cowbell,” said American sprinter Abbey Weitzeil. “Whenever comments are made about your country or your jobs, it's all competitive, and I think we all are competitive, our competitive side comes out. So we're all bringing the cowbell, extra loud.”
There are reasons to believe that the 46-member contingent selected here—26 men and 20 women—can get the U.S. back to winning double-digit gold medals in Paris and perhaps even as many as 15. But it’s a different group, one with no individual gold medals yet to their names, that might turn the tide for the U.S. Tokyo Olympians Regan Smith and Kate Douglass each won three events here at Trials and will be prominently in the mix in Paris on the women’s side. On the men’s side, Chris Guiliano—the first Notre Dame swimming Olympian—qualified in three individual events and will be a bellcow on relays.
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