Complete Coverage of Gators at the Olympics on August 1

PARIS, France – Thursday’s action saw those with Gator ties are participating in four different Olympic events.

Golf 

Swimming 

After not having any Gators competing yesterday, five Gator connections competed in day six of Olympic swimming action. 

Prelims:

Men’s 50m Freestyle

Caeleb Dressel and Josh Liendo will have a chance to come out faster in the afternoon’s semifinal after just making the top-16.

After securing The U.S.’s first gold medal at the Paris Olympic Games, Dressel made made his individual debut in the tenth and final heat. The defending Olympic champion tied for 13th overall after touching the wall in 21.91. Liendo [CAN] went 21.92 for third in his heat, but finished 15th to sit behind his training partner. 

Alberto Mestre’s Paris Olympic journey came to a close after he clocked a 22.02 his heat nine to place 21st overall for team Venezuela. The former Gator also competed in the men’s 100m freestyle heats on Tuesday, swimming a 49.51 for 37th overall. 

Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Two new additions to Florida women’s roster, incoming freshman Julie Brousseau [CAN] and graduate transfer Nicole Maier [GER], made their Olympic Games debut in the final event of the morning.

Brousseau’s 1:57.93 split helped Team Canada make the top eight after recording a 7:53.03. They placed fourth in the second heat and head into the final ranked sixth. 

Maier went 1:58.76 in the second leg for Germany, as they fall short of an advancing spot in tenth with a time of 7:55.57.

3×3 Basketball

Look for other Gators in Thursday Olympic action in basketball, men’s golf and swimming.

 

Gators at The Games

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