U.S. Olympic Team Will Attend Pre-Paris Training Camps in Raleigh And Croatia
After the U.S. Olympic trials, the U.S. Olympic swimming team will head two training camps before the Paris Olympic games: One within the United States from July 2 to 11 in Raleigh, North Carolina, and another from July 11 to 22 in Croatia. This is according to a USA Swimming document regarding athlete selection procedure, where no additional information regarding the training camps (such as specific training venues) is provided.
This means that swimmers who make the Olympic team will only have eight days between trials and the first training camp. After the Croatia training camp ends, the team will arrive in Paris on July 23 and attend international training until July 25, which is when competition officially starts.
Full Training Camp Schedule:
Raleigh training camp: July 2 to 11
Croatia training camp: July 11 to 22
International training: July 23 to 25
Opening ceremonies: July 26
Competition: July 25 to August 3
Return home: Various times
USA Swimming last held a training camp in Croatia prior to the 2022 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. That camp took place at the Kantrida Swimming Pool Complex in Rijeka, Croatia. Before the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, swimmers went to training camp in Singapore. The last time USA Swimming held pre-Olympic training camp, it was in Hawaii, before the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games.
After the 2023 World Championships, there were concerns about how USA Swimming’s training camp affected team performance, as many swimmers added significant time from trials to Worlds. In addition to the fact that Team USA took a red eye flight from Singapore to Japan, but they also only had 22 days between the end of trials to the start of Worlds. This year, they will have 32 days.
The full U.S. Olympic team will be decided on June 23 at the conclusion of trials, and the swimming portion of the 2024 Olympic Games will begin just a little over a month later, spanning from July 25 to August 3.
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