2016 Rio Games Open for Seven UofL Swimmers

Tonight's Opening Ceremonies mark the beginning of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games and the University of Louisville swimming team has sent an unprecedented seven athletes to the games to compete.

The swimming competition underway on the first day of the Games. Prelims are in the morning, semifinals are in the evening as are finals. Prelims are streamed online and finals will be on prime time live.

Here is a full listing of competition for the Cardinal swimmers. .

Cardinals at the Olympics
Competition Dates/Times

Kelsi Worrell, USA – 100-fly: Aug. 6 at 12:28 ET heats/Aug. 6 at 9:14p ET semifinals/Aug. 7 at 9:03p Final
(Possible 4x100 medley relay: Aug. 12 at 1:54 heats/Aug. 13 at 9:49p Final)

Andrea Kneppers, Netherlands- 4 x 200 Free Relay: Aug. 10 at 1:36 heats/Aug. 10 at 10:55p Final

Tanja Kylliainen, Finland –200 IM: Aug. 8 at 12:56 ET heats/Aug. 8 at 10:36p semifinals/Aug. 9 at 10:55p Final

Marcelo Acosta, El Salvador –1500 Free: Aug. 12 at 12:40 heats/Aug. 13 at 9:38p Final
200-freestyle: Aug. 7 at 12:22 heats/Aug. 7 at 9:11p semifinals/Aug. 8 at 9:21 Final
400-freestyle: Aug. 6 12:48 heats/Aug. 6 9:30p Final

Carlos Claverie, Venezuela –200 Breast: Aug. 9 at 12:50 heats/Aug. 9 at 10:03p semifinals/Aug. 10 at 9:03p Final
100 Breast: Aug. 6 at 1:40 heats/Aug. 6 at 10:08 semifinals/Aug. 7 at 9:53 Final

Joao De Lucca, Brazil – 200-freestyle: Aug. 7 at 12:22 heats/Aug. 7 at 9:11p semifinals/Aug. 8 at 9:21 Final
4 x 200 freestyle relay: Aug. 9 at 1:17 heats/Aug. 9 at 10:38 Final
4 x 100 freestyle relay: Aug. 7 at 2:11 heats/Aug. 7 at 10:54p Final

Grigory Tarasevich – 100 back: Aug. 7 at 1:19 heats/Aug. 7 at 10:12p semifinals/Aug. 8 9:38p Final
(Possible 4 x 100 Medley Relay Aug. 12 at 2:12 heats/Aug. 12 at 10:04p Final)

A complete listing, including air and streaming dates and times is here: http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2016/07/24/olympic-swimming-schedule-rio/

Heat sheets: http://fina.org/event/xxxi-olympic-games/schedule

General Information: http://www.fina.org/content/rio-2016-swimming

University of Louisville Athletics

Players Mentioned

Carlos Claverie

Andrea Kneppers

Grigory Tarasevich

Kelsi Worrell

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