Katie Ledecky, Bobby Finke, Caeleb Dressel enter last Tyr Pro Swim Series meet before nationals
Olympic gold medalists Katie Ledecky, Bobby Finke and Caeleb Dressel have entered next week's Try Pro Swim Series meet, which would be each's first Pro Series appearance since the Paris Games.
They're joined by a bevy of fellow American gold medalists, plus the top international swimmers from Paris: France's Léon Marchand and Canada's Summer McIntosh (who is entered with Ledecky in the 400m freestyle).
The Pro Series stop in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, airs live May 1-2 at 6 p.m. ET on Peacock. It's the last series meet before June's U.S. Championships.
Meet entry lists are here.
Ledecky and Finke have raced locally in 2025 in Florida, where they train. Dressel, who also trains at the University of Florida, has not recorded any results since the Paris Olympics, according to USA Swimming's database.
Other top Americans entered include fellow individual Olympic gold medalists Kate Douglass, Simone Manuel and Lilly King, who all previously raced on the Pro Series this season.
Plus Gretchen Walsh, who won seven gold medals and broke 11 world records at the world short course championships in December.
American swimmers are preparing for the national championships from June 3-7 in Indianapolis, where the team will be determined for the World Championships in July and August in Singapore.
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Most recently, Sabalenka edged out Gauff 6-3, 7-6 to win in the Madrid finals on clay in Spain last month. Their last meeting in a major came in the semifinals of the 2024 Australian Open, where Sabalenka defeated Gauff 7-6, 6-4 on a hard court. Before that, Gauff defeated Sabalenka 2-6, 6-3 in the 2023 U.S. Open final – also on hard court – to claim the first Grand Slam singles title of her career. What time does French Open women's final start? The French Open women's final between American Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus is set for Saturday at 9 a.m. ET (3 p.m. in Paris). What TV channel is showing French Open women's final? The French Open women's final between Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka will be broadcast live on TNT. Watch the French Open women's final on Sling Coco Gauff has won one Grand Slam singles title: the 2023 US Open women's singles championship. She has reached the French Open final twice: 2022 and this year. Her best result in the Australian Open is the semifinals in 2024. She has reached the fourth round of Wimbledon three times (2019, 2021, 2024). Aryna Sabalenka has won three Grand Slam women's singles titles: the 2023 and 2024 Australian Open and the 2024 US Open. She reached the final of the French time for the first time in her career this year and the Wimbledon semifinals in 2021 and 2023. 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The French Open women's final between Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka can be streamed live on Max and Sling TV.
