2024 Golden Goggles at a Glance: Male Athlete 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 Athlete of the Year award:
Nic Fink
Fink left Paris with three medals: gold (and a World Record) in the mixed 4x100m medley relay, silver in the 4x100m medley relay, and a tie for silver in the 100m breaststroke. His silver in the 100m breaststroke made him the 10th American in Olympic history to medal in the event.
Bobby Finke
Finke captured the lone individual gold for the American men when he went 14:30.67 in the 1500m freestyle, topping the podium in a new World-Record time. Finke fended off the 800m freestyle gold medalist in Daniel Wiffen and the 2016 Olympic gold medalist in Gregorio Paltrinieri from start to finish, getting the American his second-consecutive Olympic gold in the event.
Ryan Murphy
Murphy, a captain for the U.S. team, captured gold (and a World Record) in the 4x100m mixed medley relay, silver in the 4x100m medley relay, and bronze in the 100m backstroke. With his individual bronze, Murphy joined Roland Matthes as the only swimmer in history with three Olympic medals in the 100m backstroke.
*Please cast your vote by October 17 at 11:59 p.m. MT.
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