Lochte, Adrian, Ervin, Grevers, Jones, Phelps Era Ends- Impact Continues; Official Olympic Team for Tokyo; Phelps Points out "Training Error" at Trials; Women's Free Relay's Analysis

U.S. Olympic Trials: As The Ryan Lochte Era Fades to Black, His Impact Will Continue To Be Felt

At 8:44 p.m., Ryan Lochte lifted himself out of the pool at the CHI Health Center in Omaha. His fifth United States Olympic Trials was done. He took a moment to acknowledge the crowd, hugged Chase Kalisz and Michael Andrew and spoke with NBC Sports. Eventually, he walked off the deck, his days as a competitive headliner in the sport behind him.

‘Men Between Worlds’: End of Unprecedented Era of Adrian, Ervin, Lochte, Grevers, Jones and Phelps

It appears to be the end of an era in men’s swimming in the United States.

It was known as the “Phelps Era” for so long, but the era was so much more — it was a Golden Era in men’s swimming.

The past week, we have seen the farewell — at least on the main stage — of Ryan Lochte, Matt Grevers and Anthony Ervin.

Meanwhile, Nathan Adrian finished third in the 50 free to just miss a spot in Tokyo — and could still hold onto that mainstage speed a bit longer.

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USA Swimming Officially Names Olympic Team For Tokyo (Updated Stats)

With the eight-day U.S. Olympic Trials coming to a close on Sunday night in Omaha, Nebraska, USA Swimming officially finalized and announced its team to go to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. With 34 days remaining until swimming begins in Japan, the United States will be sending a total of 25 men and 28 women to the Games.

The team will head to Hawaii for its first part of training camp before they head off to Japan to race at the Games.

Michael Phelps: Michael Andrew’s Freestyle Leg in 200 IM Shows ‘Training Error’

In Thursday’s semifinals of the men’s 200 IM, Michael Andrew was out significantly under world record pace the entire race, including by more than a second at the 150-meter mark. But he ended up falling off the pace badly on the last 50 of freestyle, and he settled for becoming the fifth-fastest performer in history at 1:55.26. Andrew’s 29.96 split was well off the world record split of 27.49 that Ryan Lochte swam on his way to the world record at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai. Andrew will surely need a much-improved freestyle split going toward to the Olympics.

U.S. Olympic Trials: American Women’s Freestyle Relays Looking Shaky on Road to Tokyo

While many Americans have asserted themselves or defended their status as Olympic medal contenders this week in Omaha, few events have seen more of a dropoff from the pre-meet status quo than the women’s freestyles. With just two freestyle finals to go (the 800 free Saturday and the 50 free Sunday), it’s hard to find a medal contender in any of these six events outside of Katie Ledecky. At the same time, the potential of the American women’s freestyle relays has been drastically reduced.

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