When is 400 im

Checkout a few highlights below:. The IMX Pro Challenge is designed for swimmers looking to take their training to the next level with a healthy injection of stroke work.

The phrase IM Xtreme comes from the competitive swimming world signifying a focus on being a well rounded swimmer by training and competing in the Individual Medley IM events. You swim a few times per week, are capable of swimming all four competitive strokes and ready to take on a bigger challenge.

How does it work? Complete 4 Workouts per week for 10 weeks. He was trying to deliver Japan a second straight gold medal in the event won in Rio by Kosuke Hagino. Instead, the opposite happened and now Seto will have to focus on his two remaining events. Lewis Clareburt of New Zealand was second-quickest in American Chase Kalisz, the silver medalist in Rio, qualified third in David Verraszto of Hungary, the oldest swimmer in the event at age 32, moved on in fourth. Also advancing was Jay Litherland of the U.

Without fans in the 15,seat Tokyo Aquatics Centre, masked teams had ample room to spread out in socially distanced seats above the deck. The U. See full event coverage. Now, could swimmers from the United States step into both of those voids and make a run at Olympic gold?

Now, Kalisz should be considered the slight favorite in the event. He has the top time this year of any of the competitors with his In prelims, Kalisz looked like he went into cruise control on the first 50 of freestyle before accelerating coming home to make sure he claimed a good lane for the final.

He certainly has something left in the tank, but how much? Lochte and Carson Foster experienced that first-hand at trials. Olympic Trials left the Americans with the top four performers in the world heading into the Olympics, including Tokyo qualifiers Emma Weyant Although she has only been Unlike Hosszu, Weyant, Flickinger, or many of the other competitors, Ohashi will not have to adjust to a time difference or travel far to participate in the Games.

Since the IM is one of the first swimming events contested at the meet, this may ultimately prove to be what puts her on the podium. Canadian Sydney Pickrem has been a lingering threat in the IM for the past few years.

In , Pickrem finished 12th overall in the event, failing to make the final in Rio. However, she roared back in , placing 3rd overall at the World Championships with a time of Pickrem later placed 4th overall at the edition of the meet, just missing out on a medal. Over the past 4 years, Pickrem is one of the only women to beat Hosszu in an IM event at an international competition, as she took her down head-to-head in the IM at the FINA Champions series. At the European Championships, Aimee Wilmott gave Hosszu a run for her money over the first meters of this event until Hosszu managed to pull away on the breaststroke leg.

However, given her ability to hang with Hosszu, Wilmott may be able to sneak into the final, especially if she can close faster than she did at Euros.

Two other swimmers to keep an eye on are Italian Ilaria Cusinato and Frenchwoman Fantine Lesaffre , who hold personal bests of The Olympic champion in the m butterfly, Belmonte Garcia has had significant international success in this event as well, winning the silver medal at the World Championships. However, health issues have hindered her performance for several years, and leave her questionable going into the Olympic Games.

Farakas entered the season with a personal best of Since then, she has lowered it by almost 5 seconds, down to a Given that she is only years-old, Farakas may still have more in the tank to drop in Tokyo, which may push her into the final.

Even though it clashes with the IM, she does not need to push that hard to make the final. Another lottery race. Probably the US best chance for a gold on night one. Not sure if Agnel in is a good example. He still would have won the most likely, but probably not go a Had Agnel swam the free, his volume would have equaled what Lochte did on the first two days, and Ryan was pretty toast by the time of the relay.

Why would Ledecky drop the Free? Yes, apparently so. Must be how Titmus hurt her shoulder.