OMAHA — At the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials, there is little room for error and, in some ways, even less space to hide.
After finals races, those who don’t finish in the top two to make the Olympic team aren’t stopped for post-race TV interviews on the pool deck.
Instead, they trudge or limp past a green and gold flip flop that will soon be autographed by those who have beaten them and made the Rio squad (in 2012, the canvas was a British phone booth).
Past that is a U.S. Olympic backdrop with the hashtag #RoadtoRio.