American swimmers grabbed plenty of hardware Monday at the Olympics, but no gold
Las Vegas native Katie Grimes picks up silver medal
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Silver medalist, Katie Grimes, left, of the United States, left, stands with compatriot and bronze medalist Emma Weyant after the women's 400-meter individual medley final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 29, 2024, in Nanterre, France.
Monday, July 29, 2024 | 2:25 p.m.
NANTERRE, France — American teammates Katie Grimes and Emma Weyant stood side by side on the Olympic podium, each with a shiny new medal around her neck.
They could celebrate knowing nobody could have caught Canadian Summer McIntosh in her dominant 400-meter individual medley victory Monday night.
“Just so happy to be back on the podium, it's been kind of a long three years for me,” Weyant said. “So just getting back up there with a teammate means the world.”
McIntosh, the 17-year-old sensation touched in 4 minutes, 27.71 seconds to capture Olympic gold in commanding fashion.
Las Vegas native Grimes finished second in 4:33.40 for silver and Weyant earned bronze with a 4:33.93.
For Weyant, this was a comeback of sorts on the biggest stage. She was disqualified in the prelims at the U.S. National Championships last summer for doing a dolphin kick during the breaststroke leg.
“This is kind of like a redemption year, that's been my mindset the whole year,” Weyant said. “Getting that out of my head definitely was not at the forefront but definitely putting in the work to get back to where I need to be.”
Ryan Murphy and Luke Hobson each take home bronze medals
Former world recordholder Ryan Murphy earned bronze in the 100-meter backstroke, while teammate Luke Hobson earned one of his own in the 200 freestyle in the third night of swimming competition at La Defense Arena.
“I feel great. I couldn’t be happier,” Hobson said. "It was a really close race and I gave it everything I had in the last 50 meters.”
Murphy, who owns the Olympic record of 51.85 in the 100 back set in Rio de Janeiro eight years ago, touched in 52.39 in a fantastic final 50 meters by the medalists. Thomas Ceccon of Italy won gold in 52.00, ahead of China's Xu Jiayu (52.32).
It was Murphy's seventh medal overall from three Olympics.
Lilly King barely misses out on bronze medal
Lilly King just missed the podium in 100-meter breaststroke in yet another close finish at these Games.
Only one-hundredth of a second separated bronze medalist Mona McSharry of Ireland and the fourth-place tie between King and Italy's Benedetta Pilato in 1:05.60. South Africa's Tatjana Smith won gold.