Murphy, Fink, Weitzeil, Ledecky Named Team USA Captains For Paris Olympics
By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink, Abbey Weitzeil, and Katie Ledecky have been named the captains of Team USA for swimming at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The announcement comes about 10 days after training camp began in North Carolina.
The group are some of the oldest swimmers on the team. Fink is the oldest member of either roster while Murphy is the 4th oldest on the roster. Weitzeil and Ledecky are two out of the five 27-year old women.
Murphy, Fink, and Weitzeil all were captains at last summer’s 2023 LCM World Championships in Fukuoka. Paris marks the first nod for Ledecky as a captain. Murphy also returns as a captain after serving as one of four captains at the 2020(1) Tokyo Olympics.
Murphy will look to stand on the podium in the backstrokes once again after a silver medal in the 200 and bronze in the 100 at the Tokyo Games. The Paris Games are his 3rd Olympics.
Fink enters the meet as a key member of the American breaststroke group. Paris marks his 2nd Olympic Games.
Weitzeil earned the nod after earning a spot on the women’s roster as a member of the 4×100 freestyle relay. She also qualified for the 2016 and 2020(1) Olympics.
Ledecky will look to continue her dominance in the distance freestyle events and is competing in her 4th Olympics.
The team just arrived in Croatia for training camp after finishing up in North Carolina. Swimming competition begins on July 27th in Paris.
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