America’s traditional dominance in Olympic swimming always starts at Olympic Trials, a pressurized week of elite competition in which some of the best swimmers in the world won’t make the U.S. team.
The Trials meet tends to produce both the expected and unexpected, with established stars asserting themselves and new faces staging upsets. Let’s take a shot at predicting how the races will go down in Omaha from June 13-20.
(Top two finishers in each event will make the American Olympic team, with the top six likely to qualify in the 100- and 200-meter freestyles to fill out relays.