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“Those’re Sick”: USA Swimming Unveils Stunning New Olympic Trials Medals Sends Fans Into a Frenzy

Published 03/17/2024, 10:14 AM EDT

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Finally, the US Olympics swimming trial season has started to take rounds among the fans. Previously, the low-priced tickets for the single session visual in the upcoming trial stirred fanfare. Now, to add some extra joy to it, USA Swimming has published the ultimate form of the trial medals. But despite a staggering number of entries in the participant’s list, the commotion regarding the occasion has shown no sign of stopping. The fan reaction has attested to that. 

The former Olympic medalist, Cody Miller, signed in to be vocal regarding the achievement from the trial. Now, in solidarity, he has found a former NCAA champion to be taken aback by the same achievement factor. 

The Olympic swimming trial medals intensifies the Parisian experience 

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On Saturday evening, USA Swimming captivated its social media fans with the unveiling of trial medal designs. Boosting the hype, the IG handle of the authority captioned the related post with “The Olympic Trials medals are finally here”. Incidentally, the USA Olympics swimming trial will take place in Lucas Oil Stadium this time, on June 15-23 timeline. The campaign from the stakeholders has been there for the past few months, equaling the venue with a football stadium. But one of the noted campaigns came from a revered swimming voice, Cody Miller. 

 

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Being a participant himself for the last several seasons, Michael Phelps’s relay teammate backed the trials’ role to churn out the best swimmers from the USA. “The United States swimming team does so well at the Olympics every single time is because of… the Olympics trials,” he argued. Moreover, Cody quoted the occasion as “the Superbowl of swimming”, because of the razzmatazz and importance it usually creates. So, after the medal unveiling took place on Saturday, the swimming fans erupted in their emotions. 

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Fans display conflict of emotions 

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The medal designs display certain variations. A miniature of the Eiffel Tower has gained a showcase in the gold and silver medals. However, for the bronze medal, that space has remained hollow. The stunning variation could claim praise from Kyle Sockwell. “yupp. yuppppppp. those’re sick”, the Swimming Twitter CEO conceded in the IG comment box, under the stated post. The IG handle, paisley. bloom showered her emotion, by penning “cannot wait!” But several negative arguments came as well, on the design. 

The IG handle, sampson. swims argued, “What’s wrong with the 3rd place medal?” The same tone was present on X as well after the design release. “To every recent medal design I’ve ever dunked on (Fukuoka, Doha, Paris)…I’m sorry. I take it back, because these??? Mama…” Bromine Zaddy said on X. However, soon, he received a counter reply from a fan account, gigachad ledecky| 23.91 on the same platform. 

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“no no no it’s cute”, it penned down. What do you think about the design? Please let us know in the comment box. 

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Prasun Chakrabarty

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Prasun Chakrabarty is an Olympic Sports Writer for EssentiallySports, who specializes in covering aquatic arena events. Post his experiences with popular publications including PinkVilla, Prasun began his days in ES, by actively covering two prime events - 2023 US Open Swimming Championships and the 2024 TYR Pro Swim Series. Prasun's coverage extends beyond the pool, and he takes specific interest in the progress of the triangular rivalry between track and field stars, Sha’Carri Richardson, Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. You can follow him on:-
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