Nathan Adrian swam four events at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics and returned home to the U.S. last week with four Olympic medals – two relay golds and two individual bronzes from the 50-meter freestyle and 100 freestyle.
So even though he did not manage to defend the 100 freestyle gold he won at the London Olympics in 2012, the Bremerton native was nonetheless pleased with the way his third Olympic Games turned out.
“Expectations and goals are two different things,” Adrian, 27, said this week in a phone interview. “The goal was to come away with gold medals.