prelims

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“I feel like they sandbagged us a little bit in the prelims,” U.S. coach Adam Krikorian said.

From Seattle Times

But Canada’s Pamela Ware made a stunning mistake after finishing fourth in the prelims and ninth going into her final dive of the semifinals — good enough to advance.

From Seattle Times

To produce that haul, between relay prelims and finals, they had used 21 swimmers.

From Washington Post

If Ledecky was feeling any adverse effects from the taxing 400 final, she didn’t show it Monday night when she climbed back on the blocks for the prelims of the 200 at 7:05 p.m.

From Washington Post

And in five of those finals, at least half the field added time from the previous round, whether prelims or semifinals.

From Washington Post