Who got disqualified in swimming in 2024?
Team Great Britain swimmer Luke Greenbank was disqualified in the men’s 200m backstroke event at the 2024 Paris Olympics despite finishing the race first. Greenbank was disqualified for violating a World Aquatics rule which states that athletes must not stay underwater for more than 15 consecutive meters at the beginning of each turn.
Why was the swimmer crying at the Olympics?
Caeleb Dressel was left in tears on Friday night after failing to defend his Tokyo Olympic gold medals in both of the individual events he’d qualified for in Paris. And there was Dressel, NBC cameras lingering, crying on the shoulder of a Team USA staffer, after it was confirmed that he would miss out on the 100 fly final and be unable to defend his Olympic gold from Tokyo. Very obviously not my best work,” Dressel said, looking upbeat in the mixed zone.
Which swimmer collapsed at the 2024 Olympics?
Swimmer Tamara Potocka collapsed after the women’s 200-meter individual medley race at the 2024 #ParisOlympics. Medical personnel were quick to attend before she was fitted with a neck brace and taken from the pool deck on a stretcher with an oxygen mask on her face. The Slovakian Olympic team has confirmed to The Athletic that the cause of the collapse was an asthma attack. Potocka is an asthmatic.