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Florida Gators take home 11 medals at Paris Olympics

The Olympics have come to a close after 16 days of world class competition. Here’s how every Florida Gator performed at the 2024 Paris Games.

The University of Florida sent more than 40 current and former Gators to the Paris Olympics this summer, and the Orange and Blue claimed 11 medals in total — four gold, four silver and three bronze.

American swimming legend [autotag]Caeleb Dressel[/autotag] took home gold in two team events, the 4×100 free relay and 4×100 mixed medley relay. Dressel also claimed silver in the 4×100 medley relay; although, the Americans were favorites to take gold in the event.

Florida’s two other golds came from swimmer [autotag]Bobby Finke[/autotag] in the 1,500-meter freestyle and track star [autotag]Grant Holloway[/autotag] in the 110-meter hurdles. Finke set a world record with a time 14:30.67 while defending his 2020 gold from Tokyo and added a silver in the 800-meter free.

The other silver medals come from the pool as well. [autotag]Josh Liendo[/autotag] finished second in the 100-meter butterfly, swimming for Team Canada, and [autotag]Kieran Smith[/autotag] was a member of the 4×200 relay team that placed second.

[autotag]Emma Weyant[/autotag] earned bronze in the 400-meter individual medley, and [autotag]Jasmine Moore[/autotag] placed third in both the long jump and triple jump.

If the University of Florida were its own country, the Gators would have finished tied for 16th with Sweden, which also ended the Games with four gold, four silver and three bronze medals.

Other Gators Results at the Olympics

Swimming and Diving

  • Caeleb Dressel (USA) — 6th in 50-meter freestyle, 13th in 100-meter butterfly
  • [autotag]Luke Whitlock[/autotag] (USA) — 15th in 900-meter freestyle
  • Julie Brousseau (Canada) — 4th in 4×200-meter freestyle relay
  • Josh Liendo (Canada) — 4th in 50-meter freestyle, 6th in 4×100-meter freestyle relay, 11th in 100-meter freestyle
  • Maha Amer (Egypt) — 24th in women’s 3-meter springboard prelimnaries
  • Nicole Maier (Germany) — 5th in 4×200-meter freestyle relay
  • Amro Al-Wir (Jordan) — 23rd in 200-meter breaststroke
  • Aleksas Savickas (Lithuania) — 19th in 200-meter breaststroke
  • Jonny Marshall (UK) — 14th in 100-meter backstroke
  • Alberto Mestre(Venezuela) — 21st in 50-meter freestyle, 37th in 100-meter freestyle
  • Alfonso Mestre (Venezuela) — 19th in 400-meter freestyle, 29th in 800-meter freestyle

Track and Field

  • [autotag]Anna Hall[/autotag] (USA) — 5th in women’s heptathlon
  • [autotag]Grace Stark[/autotag] (USA) — 5th in women’s 100-meter hurdles
  • [autotag]Parker Valby[/autotag] — 5th in women’s 10,000 meters
  • Genevieve Gregson (Australia) — 24th in women’s marathon
  • Wanya McCoy (Bahamas) — 18th in 200-meter semifinals, 41st in 100-meter heats
  • Lloydricia Cameron (Jamaica) — 8th in Group A in women’s shot put
  • Reheem Hayles (Jamaica) — fifth in men’s 4×400-meter relay
  • Jevaughn Powell (Jamaica) — 13th in men’s 400-meter semifinals
  • Hakim Sani Brown (Japan) — 5th in men’s 4×100-meter relay, 10th in men’s 100 meter
  • [autotag]Joseph Fahbulleh[/autotag](Liberia) — 7th in men’s 200-meter, 7th in men’s 4×100-meter relay
  • Alida van Daalen (Netherlands) — 13th in Group B in women’s shot put
  • Thomas Mardal (Norway) — 11th in men’s hammer throw
  • Eddie Garcia (Virgin Islands) — did not finish marathon

Basketball

  • Canyon Barry (USA) — 7th in men’s 3v3
  • Andrew Nembhard (Canada) — lost in quarterfinals; top 8
  • Nick Calathes (Greece) — lost in quarterfinals; top 8
  • Andrea Vilano (Spain) — lost in quarterfinals; top 8

Golf

  • Alejandro Tosti (Argentina) — tied for 18th in men’s tournament
  • Camilo Villegas (Venezuela) — 57th in men’s tournament
  • Sarah Schober (Austria) — tied for 47th in women’s tournament

Gymnastics

  • [autotag]Leanne Wong[/autotag] (USA) — traveled as a reserve

Soccer

  • Adriana Leon (Canada) — lost in quarterfinals; top 8 in women’s bracket
  • DeAnne Rose (Canada) — lost in quarterfinals; top 8 in women’s bracket

Tennis

  • Danielle Collins (USA) — lost in quarterfinals; top 8 in women’s bracket

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Josh Liendo wins silver in 100m butterfly, earns first Olympic medal

Florida Gators swimmer Josh Liendo captures the silver medal for Canada in the 100-meter butterfly final at the Paris Olympic Games.

Florida junior swimmer [autotag]Josh Liendo[/autotag] competed in the 100-meter butterfly final and will bring home a silver medal for his home country of Canada.

It was just yesterday that Liendo appeared in his first Olympic Finals of his young career, taking part in the 50-meter freestyle final.

The 21-year-old finished with a time of 21.58 seconds, his fastest ever in the 50-meter freestyle, but it was not enough to make the podium as he finished in fourth by just two-hundredths of a second behind France’s Florent Manaudou (21.56 seconds).

Liendo swam well during the 100-meter butterfly semifinal, finishing in second (50.42 seconds) and securing a spot to compete for a medal in the final.

Looking at his 100-meter butterfly final, Liendo had the gold medal in his sights from the get-go. He was ahead of the pack for most of the race but it wasn’t until the final 10 meters that Kristóf Milák of Hungary pulled ahead and won it at the last second.

Milák finished with a time of 49.90 seconds while Liendo followed close behind with a final time of 49.99 seconds. Nonetheless, it was a terrific showing from the junior Florida Gator swimmer.

Liendo at the Paris Olympics

Liendo competed in 10 events and appeared in three finals during his Olympic debut, capping it off with a medal under his belt. Going up against the best swimmers in the world, the Canadian certainly proved that he fits right in with this elite group of athletes.

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Florida’s Josh Liendo just misses 100m freestyle final cut at Paris Olympics

Florida swimmer Josh Liendo advanced through heats and nearly made it to the 100-meter freestyle semifinal at the Paris Olympics.

Josh Liendo, a junior the Florida swimming team, placed 11th in the semifinals of the 100-meter freestyle at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday.

Swimming for the Canadian National Team, Liendo finished third in the final of 10 heats with a 48.35. Tied for the 10th-fastest time in heats, Liendo advanced to the semifinals, which is split into two heats.

Liendo posted a slightly faster time of 48.06 in the second semifinal, placing sixth in his heat and 11th overall. Only the top eight advance to the final, with the ninth and tenth fastest swimmers serving as reserves.

This was Liendo’s second Olympic Games. He participated in the 100-meter free during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, finishing 14th in the semifinals, so this is an improvement.

Liendo is participating in a number of events this year for Team Canada. So far, he’s placed sixth in the 4×100 freestyle relay, posting a 47.93-second split — that time would have secured him the eighth and final spot of the 100-meter freestyle.

He is also competing in the 50-meter freestyle, 100-meter butterfly and 4×100-meter medley relay.

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Florida swimming earns 200-meter medley relay national title on opening day

The Gators men’s swimmers are once again among the best in the business when it comes to aquatic sports.

The Florida men’s swimming program came away with two top-five finishes in the 200-meter medley relay and the 800-meter freestyle relay inside the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Wednesday night en route to a 200-meter medley relay national title on opening day.

Adam Chaney, Julian Smith, Josh Liendo and Macguire McDuff set a new NCAA championship meet and program record in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:20.15 seconds to claim the crown. The second-seeded Gators got off to a strong start off the block with Chaney’s 20.29 backstroke split against the No. 1 seed Arizona State Sun Devils, as well as the NC State Wolfpack and California Golden Bears.

Smith’s 22.55 breaststroke time kept the Orange and Blue in the thick of things, giving Liendo the seam to the top spot with his 18.97 in the 50 butterfly swim.; McDuff brought Florida across the finish line with a 50 free time of 18.34.

Jake Mitchell swam a 1:30.89 as the anchor in the 800-meter freestyle event to boost his team from sixth to third place in the final heat with a flat 6:08.00. Florida earned fourth place overall and its final heat time ties the program’s second-best ever which was set in 2022.

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