After withdrawing from the 2022 World Aquatics Championships and taking time away from the pool, Dressel returned to national competition in 2023. Amidst his training, he became a father in February 2024, just a few months before qualifying for his third Olympic Team. In Paris, Dressel won three medals, making the sixth American male swimmer to win at least 10 Olympic medals in a career.

Paige Madden

In 2022, Madden missed the World Championships team, ultimately leading to her taking the summer off swimming to focus on regaining her passion for the sport. She came back to the international scene at the 2023 Pan American Games, winning four medals, and would then go on to qualify for the Paris Olympic Team. In Paris, she dropped 7.71 seconds off her personal best in the 800m freestyle to win bronze. 

Emma Weyant

Weyant was left off the 2023 World Championships team due to a disqualification in the 400m IM prelims at the qualifying meet. She bounced back in 2024, qualifying for her second U.S. Olympic Team and winning bronze in the 400m IM in a time of 4:34.93.

Simone Manuel

In 2021, Manuel candidly opened up about being diagnosed with Overtraining Syndrome, which threw a wrench into her swimming regimen leading up to the Tokyo Olympics. She took time away from the pool before moving to the Sun Devil Swimming group in 2022, where she trained during the lead-up to Paris. She qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games, marking her first international team since Tokyo, and swam in the final of the silver-medal winning 4x100m freestyle relay team and in the prelims of the silver-medal winning 4x200m freestyle relay team.