2024 Golden Goggles at a Glance: Male Race of the Year
The 2024 Golden Goggle Awards are set to take place in Indianapolis, Indiana on Saturday, November 23, 2024. With the voting deadline of October 17 quickly approaching, here is the breakdown of the nominees for this year's Male Race of the Year award:
Nic Fink, 100m Breaststroke
Fink tied for silver after a highly-contested battle which left just 0.08 seconds separating a gold medal from fourth place. Finke’s silver marked his first individual Olympic medal of his career and made the 31-year-old the oldest Olympic medalist in the event’s history.
Bobby Finke, 1500m Freestyle
Finke, who is known for his closing speed, took the 1500m freestyle race out early in Paris, grabbing the lead by the 100-meter mark and holding throughout before finishing in a gold-medal and world-record time of 14:30.67. The swim made him the first swimmer to ever go sub-14:31 in the event and shaved nearly a full second off his previous personal best and American Record.
Luke Hobson, 200m Freestyle
Hobson proved he was among the world’s best when his 1:44.79 earned a bronze medal in a highly-contested 200m freestyle. His bronze made him just the fourth American to medal in the event since 1992.
*Please cast your vote by October 17 at 11:59 p.m. MT.
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