LA 2028, Paris 2024

Today is the day that an agreement was reached between the IOC and Paris and LA to give the 2028 Olympics to Los Angeles and thus handing Paris the 2024 Olympic Games. LA's organizing committee had a Facebook live presentation a few hours ago breaking the news to LA 2024 supporters on Facebook. The IOC will give 180 million dollars to the LA organizing committee for expenses for an additional four years. Also the IOC will fund youth sports in the LA area starting next year. The LA 2028 Organizing Commitee says that the deal with the IOC was too good to pass up. Also certain infrastructure projects will be completed by then and that includes LAX terminal additions and more rail lines connecting to UCLA. Even though it's 11 years from now and I'll be 62 when the LA games come, congratulations to LA 2028! The LA city council will vet the plan and it still needs approval by the LA city council, USOC and IOC. On September 13, in Lima it becomes official!

FINA World Swimming Championship results- USA Medalists

The FINA World Swimming Championships are being held in Budapest, Hungary from July 14-30, 2017

Katie Ledecky and Caeleb Dressel lead the USA to record medal count at swimming world championships.

Final Medal Count
USA 18 gold, 10 silver, 10 bronze - 38 total
Russia 3 gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze - 10 total
China 3 gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze - 10 total
Australia 1 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze - 10 total
Hungary 2 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze - 8 total

USA Medalists:

USA Women:

Katie Ledecky - 400 Free - gold, 4 by 100 free relay - gold, 1500 free - gold, 200 free - tie for silver, 4 by 200 free relay - gold, 800 free - gold
Simone Manuel - 4 by 100 free relay - gold, 4 by 100 mixed medley relay - gold, 100 freestyle - gold, 4 by 100 mixed relay - gold, 50 free - bronze, 4 by 100 medley relay - gold
Lilly King - 100 breaststroke - gold(world record) 4 by 100 mixed medley relay - gold, 50 breaststroke - gold, 4 by 100 medley relay - gold
Mallory Comerford - 4 by 100 free relay - gold, 4 by 200 free relay - gold, 4 by 100 mixed relay - gold
Leah Smith - 400 free - silver, 4 by 200 free relay - gold, 800 free - bronze
Kelsi Worrell - 4 by 100 free relay - gold, 100 butterfly - bronze, 4 by 100 medley relay - gold
Melanie Margalis - 4 by 200 free relay - gold
Katie Meili - 100 breaststroke - silver, 50 breaststroke - bronze
Kathleen Baker - 100 backstroke - silver, 200 backstroke - bronze, 4 by 100 medley relay - gold
Bethany Galat - 200 breaststroke - silver
Madisyn Cox - 200IM - bronze

USA Men:

Caeleb Dressel - 4 by 100 free relay - gold, 4 by 100 mixed medley relay - gold, 100 free - gold, 50 free - gold, 100 butterfly - gold, 4 by 100 mixed relay gold, 4 by 100 medley relay - gold
Nathan Adrian - 4 by 100 free relay - gold, 100 free - silver, 4 by 100 mixed relay - gold, 4 by 100 medley relay - gold
Townley Haas - 4 by 100 free relay - gold, 200 free - silver, 4 by 200 free relay - bronze
Blake Pieroni - 4 by 100 free relay - gold, 4 by 200 free relay - bronze
Chase Kalisz - 200IM - gold, 400IM - gold
Matt Grevers - 4 by 100 mixed medley relay - gold, 100 backstroke - silver, 50 backstroke - bronze, 4 by 100 medley relay - gold
Kevin Cordes - 100 breaststroke - silver, 4 by 100 medley relay - gold
Ryan Murphy - 100 backstroke - bronze, 200 backstroke - silver
Jacob Pebley - 200 backstroke - bronze
Jack Conger - 4 by 200 free relay - bronze
Zane Grothe - 4 by 200 free relay - bronze

IOC changes rules, votes to award two games at once...

The IOC voted unanimously to award both Paris and Los Angeles the 2024 and 2028 summer Olympic Games. Each candidate City made a 45 minute presentation to 83 of 95 IOC members at a special session in Lausanne, Switzerland. The IOC will not determine the order of the cities that host. There will be a special agreement that both candidate cities will work out together in determining which city will go first. If the two chosen cities to host the next two summer games don't come to an agreement, then the IOC will then vote on either Los Angeles or Paris at the IOC session in Lima, Peru on Sept. 13. If the two cities come to an agreement the order will be announced on that same day.

USA National Swimming Championships results/USA Swimming World Championship team

The Phillips 66 USA National Swimming Championships are being held in Indianapolis, Indiana from June 27 - July 1, 2017

The USA World Championship team- First and second places advance to the FINA World Swimming Championships to be held in Budapest, Hungary from July 14-30, 2017.

The USA World Championship Swimming team:

Men's 100 Freestyle - Nathan Adrian and Caeleb Dressel
Women's 800 Freestyle - Katie Ledecky and Leah Smith
Women's 200 Butterfly - Hali Flickinger and Dakota Luther
Men's 200 Butterfly - Jack Conger and Pace Clark
Women's 200 Breaststroke - Lilly King and Bathany Galat
Men's 200 Breaststroke - Kevin Cordes and Nick Fink
Women's 200 Freestyle - Katie Ledecky and Leah Smith
Men's 200 Freestyle - Townley Haas and Blake Pieroni
Women's 200 Backstroke - Kathleen Baker and Regan Smith
Men's 200 Backstroke - Ryan Murphy and Jacob Pebley
Women's 100 Butterfly - Kelsi Worrell and Sarah Gibson
Men's 100 Butterfly - Caeleb Dressel and Tim Phillips
Women's 100 Freestyle - Mallory Comerford and Simone Manuel
Women's 100 Breaststroke - Lilly King and Katie Meiti
Men's 100 Breaststroke - Kevin Cordes and Cody Miller
Women's 400 Freestyle - Katie Ledecky and Leah Smith
Men's 400 Freestyle - Zane Grothe and Clark Smith
Women's 400IM - Leah Smith and Elizabeth Beisel
Men's 400IM - Chase Kalisz and Jay Litherland
Women's 100 Backstroke - Kathleen Baker and Olivia Smoliga
Men's 100 Backstroke - Matt Grevers and Ryan Murphy
Women's 200IM - Melanie Margolis and Madisyn Cox
Men's 200IM - Chase Kalisz and Abrahm Devine
Women's 50 Freestyle - Simone Manuel and Abbey Weitzeil
Men's 50 Freestyle - Caeleb Dressel and Nathan Adrian