Kara Lynn Joyce added to Olympic swim team

[July 10, 2008]  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- Kara Lynn Joyce is going to Beijing after all.

The 22-year-old Georgia swimmer has been added as an alternate to the 400-meter freestyle relay after Dara Torres withdrew from the 100 free.

Torres won the 100 free at last week's Olympic trials in Omaha, Neb., but dropped out to focus on the 50 free as her only individual event in Beijing.

Joyce finished seventh in the 100 free at the trials -- one spot out of making the team, which left her in tears afterward. The top six finishers in both the men's and women's 100 and 200 freestyles qualified for the Olympics.

Anyone on the U.S. team is eligible to compete on relays, which are chosen by the coaching staff during the games.

Joyce earned two silver medals in Athens, in the 400 free and 400 medley relays.

Also, Emily Silver was expected to report to the U.S. training camp at Stanford on Wednesday, a day after undergoing hand surgery at the university's medical center.

The 22-year-old California swimmer broke her right hand when she ran into the wall at the finish of the 50 free semifinals at the trials last Saturday.

Silver earned a spot in 400 free relay by finishing fifth in the 100 free. She's expected to return to swimming in a week and will be able to participate in Beijing, USA Swimming said.

[Associated Press]

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