2024-07-28 11:45:03
Luke Whitlock, a Noblesville 18-year-old, finished second in the 800-meter freestyle in the U.S. Olympic Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium. He has made a meteoric rise in the event.
As a 15-year-old freshman at Noblesville High School, Whitlock finished 15th in the 500-yard freestyle in the IHSAA state meet. Given that’s the longest race in the high school program, he saw his future at greater distances.
He joined Fishers Area Swimming Tigers and, in the past year, has dropped his 800 time by almost 30 seconds.
Whitlock’s performance grabbed the attention of Bobby Finke, the world’s top-ranked 800 free swimmer and U.S. Trials champ.
“I saw Luke coming, trying to run me down a bit,” Finke said. “I was trying to get my composure and just kind of swim into the wall.”
Monday, July 29
5 a.m. ET: 800 freestyle swimming heats
Tuesday, July 30
3:03 p.m. ET: 800 freestyle final
Luke Whitlock finished a 400-meter freestyle heat at the U.S. Olympic Trials in 3 minutes, 46.42 seconds. Michael Phelps had held the 17-18 age group record of 3:46.73 since 2003.
Whitlock finished fifth in the event final.
July 26-Aug. 11, 2024.
Paris and surrounding areas of France; surfing is in Tahiti.
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Paris hosts in 2024, and Los Angeles in 2028.
A series of international athletic contests held in a different country once every four years, according to Britannica
The first ancient athletic competitions of this kind were believed to be held in Olympia, Greece.
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