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LIVE THREAD: Florida Gators In the Tokyo Olympics

Jul 26, 2021
3 min read

Updated: Aug 3, 2021

The Florida Gators are well represented in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, with 30 athletes overall; 15 are competing for Team USA and 15 for their various home countries.


We will keep this updated here with medal and standout performances from current and former Gators throughout the Olympic Games. This will be updated at the end of each night.


GATORS MEDAL COUNT:

Gold: 7

Silver: 3

Bronze: 3


You can check out the Florida Gators hub with bios for all Gator Olympians here.

CALEB DRESSEL AND TEAM USA WIN GOLD IN 4X100 FREE RELAY


Dressel swam the opening leg




KEIRAN SMITH WINS BRONZE IN 400 FREE


Smith will swim for another medal in the



NATALIE HINDS ON THE PODIUM WITH RELAY TEAM


Hinds swam a 53:15 split to help the Team USA Women's 4x100 relay team win bronze


KELSEY STEWART HITS A WALK-OFF FOR TEAM USA WIN


In it's return to the Olympics, Team USA softball received an exciting finish thanks to Kelsey Stewart's walk-off home run



Keiran Smith and Team USA Miss Podium In 4x200 Relay


Smith swam the opening leg and gave the USA a lead with a cushion, after a great 1:44.74 split. Great Britain soared ahead on the last leg and Team USA ended up falling behind to the point of finishing 4th.


Team USA SOFTBALL WINS SILVER

Team USA softball, which boast 3 Gators, wins the Silver medal in softball's return to the Olympics

BOBBY FINKE WINS GOLD IN INCREDIBLE 800m COMEBACK

The Gator junior was in 5th place for almost the entirety of the 800m Free race. In the last 25m, he hit the turbo and jetted for the finish, not only getting on the podium, but winning gold.


CALEB DRESSEL WINS GOLD IN 100M, SETS OLYMPIC RECORD

The Gator star wins his fourth gold medal, but first individual gold medal in the Olympic Games. He set a new Olympic record in the process with a time of 47.02



DRESSEL SETS ANOTHER RECORD IN 100 FLY SEMIFINAL

Dressel finishes first in the 100 Fly semifinal with a time of 49.71 to set a new Olympic Record. Dressel will take on the finals on Friday night at 9:30p.m. ET.

KOLOZSVARY AND Team USA BASEBALL OPEN WITH A WIN

In baseball's return to the Olympics, former Gator Mark Kolozsvary and Team USA open with a win



DRESSEL WINS GOLD AND SETS WORLD RECORD IN 100M FLY

Dressel set a new world record with a time of 49.45 in the 100m fly. The win gives him his second career individual Olympic gold. It's his third gold so far in the Tokyo Games (he previously won in the 4x100 relay and in the 100m free)


DRESSEL QUALIFIES FOR 50M FREE

Dressel swam 21.42 in the 50m semi-final heat. He'll compete for another medal in the Finals on Saturday evening at 10:30pm EST.

Team USA MISSES PODIUM IN 4X100 MIXED MEDLEY


DRESSEL ADDS THIRD INDIVIDUAL GOLD AND SETS RECORD

Dressel won his third individual gold of the games and set a new Olympic Record in the 100m butterfly.

BOBBY FINKE DOES IT AGAIN FOR HIS SECOND OLYMPIC GOLD

Gator junior Bobby Finke made another incredible and improbable comeback in the final 25 meters to win GOLD in the 1500m. He swam a 25.78 split on the last leg, which is faster than most sprinter swimmers.




DRESSEL SWIMS 3RD LEG AS TEAM USA WINS GOLD IN LAST SWIM OF THE GAMES

In the last swimming event of the Tokyo Olympics, Team USA men win the 4x100 medley relay. Dressel swam the third leg, the butterfly, as Team USA upset the Great Britain men's team, which had been the heavy favorites. Jacksonville native Ryan Murphy swam the opening leg, giving the Americans a heavy lead.


Dressel becomes only the fourth American swimmer in history to win five gold medals at one Olympic Games. The other three are Mark Spitz, Matt Biondi and Michael Phelps.


TAYLOR MANSON WINS BRONZE WITH TEAM USA PODIUM FINISH

Gators Track and Field star Taylor Manson ran for Team USA in the qualifying rounds of the 4x400m relay on the track. With Team USA going on to win the bronze in the finals, Manson is a medalist as well.

FULL TRACK AND FIELD SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK


GRANT HOLLOWAY TO THE FINALS WITH EASE

Gators Track and Field star began his Olympic run on Monday with the heat runs. On Tuesday, he competed in the semifinals, and won his heat with ease with a time of 13:13. He will run for a medal—and possible World Record—at approximately 10:55pm EST on Wednesday night.




 
 
 

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