What else could change the Olympic schedule to benefit star swimmers?

News of two minor changes to the Olympic swimming schedule caused quite a stir on Wednesday.Especially since he was a superstar. Leon MarchandThe competition from the men's 200 fly and 200 breast finals has been reduced.

Both finals will be held during the same session at Marchand, but instead of being held back-to-back, there will be four events and a total of seven heats, one of which is the women's 1500 free final.

Changes made

• On the fifth day, the women's 200 fly semifinals and men's 200 breast finals will be swapped. This makes the 200 fly his third event of the night and the 200 breast his seventh event.
• On day 6, the men's 50m free semi will be the third race of the night (originally 6th) and the women's 200m back will be the fifth (originally third) race.

While most fans have been critical of this change, the general feeling is that organizers changed things for a star swimmer who happens to be from the host country, but what else could they do to help the event? The question remains whether significant changes can be made. A big name in the sports world.

Below, we take a look at some superstars and how slight changes to the current schedule could help ease the conflict. This is not the case for Wednesday's move, so it does not change the date of the event, it simply shifts the timing for a particular session (unless otherwise noted).

Paris 2024 Olympic Swimming Calendar Complete Edition

Kayley McKeown

• McCune was affected by Wednesday's schedule change, which meant that only the men's 200 IM semifinal would take place between the women's 200 back semifinal and 800 free relay final. Of course, McCune wasn't a good athlete to swim the relay, and while there's no doubt she could make it through the 200m semifinals and into the final, it still diminishes her chances of making it to the relay final. ing.
• The first schedule change for McCune would be moving the women's 100 semifinals back to the end of the third day if she wants to compete in the 400 IM. Due to the current stalemate, the 400IM final will be the first event of the night and the 100IM final will be the third event. McCune is an elite athlete in her 400IM and has not competed in an Olympics or World Championships in her career, although she is ranked No. 3 in the world in 2023. .
• Another move would basically be a reversal of what happened yesterday, leaving a large gap in front of the 800 free relay if the 200 back semis were pushed to the top of the standings on day six. It turns out.
• On Day 7, the 200 back final and 200 IM semi-final are already separated by two events, but one more event could be added if the session starts with the 200 back instead of the men's 50 free final. .

regan smith

• Smith's only conflict was alleviated with a change on day six. That's because she has three events and four heats between the 200 fly final and 200 back semifinal. Before the schedule change, the only competition between the two was the men's 200 back final.

summer mackintosh

• The swimmer who currently has an obvious conflict is McIntosh, and even though she competes in six events, there is only one actual conflict on her schedule. She will play her four doubles during the final session, two of which are separated by maximum distance. On Day 3, her 400 IM final is the first on the schedule and the 200 Free final is the last. On Day 6, the 200 fly final will be scheduled first and the 800 free relay last.
• The only problem was one that surfaced in early February when he slowed to a time of 8:11.39 in the 800m freestyle. On the 8th day, the 200 IM final and 800 free will be held back-to-back. While moving one race to the start of the session is effective, realistically this is one of the scenarios where changing the date of one of the events is probably the only way to solve her problem (although , with a 200 IM at the start of the session, the men's 100 fly final, 200 IM medal ceremony, women's 50 free semifinals, and 100 fly medal ceremony will likely give her enough time to challenge for a medal in the 800 free. will give).
• Another double that McIntosh could end up having is the 400 free relay on opening day and the 400 free relay final. With only the men's 100 breast semifinal between them, McIntosh had a quick turnaround and produced a strong split, especially in the over 100 relay. Previously it was meters.

caleb dressel/michael andrew

• This scenario is no longer really the case, as Andrew has stated that he is not focusing on the 200IM this year, and Dressel also did not tackle the event at full strength on the long course. However, there are only two events between the men's 50m free and IM 200m semi-finals, and that number could double if the 50m were moved to the top of the standings.
• A more common double that both athletes have experienced in the past is the 100 fly and 50 free held simultaneously on day seven. The men's 50-meter free final and 100 fly semi-final are separated by two events, but the changes could extend that. If the 100 fly semifinals were moved to the end of the session, there would be three events (which would, of course, move the women's 200 back final even closer to the 200 IM semifinals). Kayley McKeownso there is no correct answer here).

Back200/IM200

• classic ryan lochte times we could never see michael phelps The men's 200 back and 200 IM finals are no longer in the same session, but the 200 back final and 200 IM semifinals will be in the same session (with the men's 50 free semifinal and women's 200 breast semifinal in between) . Moving these events to different days would have been an obvious change, especially with his 2024 Paris Games schedule extending to his nine days, but the events will still be held together .
• The same goes for the women, with just two events separating the 200 back final and 200 IM semifinal.This is 1 times more than her Kayley McKeown Probably will be a challenge and even swimmers will like it regan smith and summer mackintosh If you choose to compete in the Trials or qualify, you realistically have a chance of making it to the finals of both races.