When, Where and How to Watch the US Swimming World Championships Trials 2022

The Swimming World Championship is just around the corner, and all participating countries are well underway with their preparation. The U.S. has always sent a strong swimming contingent to all the events. This year’s team should be no different.

With the World Championship set to take place in June this year, the trials for the U.S. team are about to begin. Thie trials will field some noteworthy names as swimmers converge to seal a possible seat at the championships.

When and where to watch the US Swimming trials live

There are going to be many storylines to follow in the championship trials this year. One amongst them is Kate Douglass. Will we see her success in a short course translate to long course swimming? Which of the younger stars, such as Lydia Jacoby, Torri Huske, Regan Smith, Bella Sims, etc, will be successful in multiple events? Are there going to be any upsets or comebacks? All these questions shall be answered during the trial event.

The event will be aired live on the Olympic Channel, CNBC, NBCSports.com/live, and on the NBC app.

Caeleb Dressel and Katie Ledecky are perhaps the two biggest names taking part in the event. While Dressel is taking part in the 100 free, 200 free, 50 fly, 100 fly, and 50 free events, we will see Ledecky competing in 200, 400, 800, and 1500 free events.

Caeleb was the Olympic gold medalist in 50 and 100 freestyle and 100 butterfly events in Tokyo. In the same games, Ledecky took home the gold in 800 and 1500 freestyle and the silver in 400 freestyle event.

The winner of each Olympic event and the top-4 finishers in the 100 and 200 freestyle events have the top priority for qualification.

They will also use the trials as qualifiers for Junior Pan Pacific Championships and the Mel Zajac International meet.

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Stars to miss out on the trials

Simone Manuel, Ryan Lochte, Allison Schmitt, and Nathan Adrian are among the people who have decided to not take part in the trial events. The swimmers, who have not taken part anywhere since the Tokyo Olympics, share a total of 35 medals between them.

Five-time Olympic medalist, Simone Manuel, was also expected to take a break after the Tokyo Olympics. Simone made an announcement last June wherein she said she suffered from depression.

The 25-year-old has made the team for every championship in the last two Olympic cycles. In her absence, the top freestyle sprinters will be Claire Curzan and Abbey Weitzeil.

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