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Is It Time Preliminary Relay Swimmers Get Their Olympic Medals On The Podium?

Why do water polo, team handball, football, basketball and other team sports award all of their medals, including the reserve players (some who never even play due to a coaching decision or injury) on the podium while the reserve swimmers do not get to be recognized on the podium?

Olympics: In Debut of Women’s 1500 Freestyle, Katie Ledecky Goes No. 8 All-Time Performance

History was made at 6:55 p.m. (Japanese time) when the first of five heats in the women’s 1500-meter freestyle started at the Olympic Games in Tokyo on Monday night. This Olympiad marks the first time in which the 1500 freestyle is an event on the women’s program, and with the addition of the 800 freestyle for men, there are matching programs programs for the genders.

Even Olympians Pull on the Lane Line: Israel’s Denis Loktev Tugs in 200 Freestyle

Swimmers hear the same refrain all the time from their coaches: don’t pull on the lane line. Many, of course, still try to grab on for a little boost in practice, particularly when they are swimming easy backstroke and maybe feeling a bit lazy. But in a meet, when such a move could provide an actual advantage — and pulling on lane lines is strictly forbidden? No way.