French swimmer Leon Marchand takes part in a France swimming team’s training session in the Aquatic Stadium swimming pool in Bellerive-sur-Allier near Vichy, on July 17, 2024, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE/AFP via Getty Images) ORIG FILE ID: 2161779962
1. Léon Marchand, France: 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, 200 and 400 individual medley
France’s Leon Marchand reacts at the end of the men’s 200m breaststroke final during the French swimming championships in Chartres, central France, on June 19, 2024, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP) (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP via Getty Images) ORIG FILE ID: 2157733471
2. Ariarne Titmus, Australia: 200, 400 and 800 freestyle
Australia’s Ariarne Titmus competes in the women’s 800m freestyle final during the Australian Swimming Trials at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre on June 13, 2024. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP) / — IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE — (Photo by DAVID GRAY/AFP /AFP via Getty Images) ORIG FILE ID: 2156747321
3. Summer McIntosh, Canada: 200 butterfly, 400 freestyle, 200 and 400 IM
(FILES) Canada’s Summer Mcintosh competes in the final of the women’s 200m butterfly swimming event during the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka on July 27, 2023. Canadian prodigy Summer McIntosh, expected to be one of the stars of the Paris Olympics, has already made her mark in swimming, and nobody in her family or entourage is surprised. (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP) (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images) ORIG FILE ID: 2161022038
4. Kaylee McKeown, Australia: 100 and 200 backstroke, 200 IM
Australia’s Kaylee McKeown reacts following the women’s 200m backstroke final during the Australian Swimming Trials at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre on June 13, 2024. (Photo by Patrick HAMILTON / AFP) / — IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE — (Photo by PATRICK HAMILTON/AFP /AFP via Getty Images) ORIG FILE ID: 2156738972
5. Zhang Yufei, China: 50 freestyle, 100 and 200 butterfly
Jul 29, 2021; Tokyo, Japan; Zhang Yufei (CHN) in the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: OLY-455668 ORIG FILE ID: 20210729_jla_usa_206.jpg
one of 11 Chinese swimmers involved in a doping scandal
6. David Popovici, Romania: 100 and 200 freestyle
Romania’s David Popovici reacts after placing first in the Swimming Men’s 200m Freestyle Final during the LEN European Aquatics Championships, at the Milan Gale Muskatirovic sports centre in Belgrade, on June 21, 2024. (Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC / AFP) (Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP via Getty Images) ORIG FILE ID: 2158018020
7. Pan Zhanle, China: 50, 100 and 200 freestyle
8. Sarah Sjöström, Sweden: 50 and 100 freestyle
Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Swimming – Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A, Fukuoka, Japan – July 28, 2023 Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom during the women’s 50m butterfly semi final 2 REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
Gretchen Walsh’s 100 butterfly at U.S. trials
9. Kristóf Milák, Hungary: 100 and 200 butterfly
Hungary’s Kristof Milak competes in the Swimming Men’s 200m Butterfly Final during the LEN European Aquatics Championships, at the Milan Gale Muskatirovic sports centre in Belgrade, on June 22, 2024. (Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC / AFP) (Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP via Getty Images) ORIG FILE ID: 2158174470
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