Well, we've seen a solid start to the morning prelims in Omaha. In the men's 100m freestyle, one of the toughest events of the competition, Jason Lezak set the American record in his heat. Garrett Weber-Gale followed in the next heat by resetting the American record. In the next and final heat, Michael Phelps was 0.14 seconds away from Weber-Gale's record. Quite a start! Phelps' coach said that he won't be swimming in the semifinals tonight in order to focus on the finals of the 200m butterfly.
The next race, the prelims of the women's 200m butterfly, saw a very fast set of results, as the cutoff for the semifinals was at 2:12:58. Elaine Breeden had the fastest time of the field with 2:07:72, besting Tanya Chrisman's second place time by a full 1.26 seconds. To view the prelims of future events, go here. Tonight the semifinals of this event will be broadcast simultaneously on USA and online. I'll try to post the link to the live video feed as soon as it's up. In addition to finals in the men's 200 butterfly, the semifinals of the women's 200 butterfly, Brendan Hansen will swim in the semifinals of the 200 breastroke, with the finals Thursday night.
UPDATE This page should have a link to the live video of the Olympic Trials, starting at 8pm eastern.
UPDATE 2 This page takes you straight to the video feed from Omaha. Go Elaine!
UPDATE 3 Elaine Breeden lowered the personal best she set this morning by recording a 2:07:33 in the second semifinal of the 200m butterfly. She'll take the top seed in tomorrow evening's final. Congrats, Elaine, and good luck tomorrow night!!
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