Layden: Swimming’s 4x100m freestyle relay looms as Olympics tone-setter
![(L to R) Hunter Armstrong](https://ktvz.b-cdn.net/2024/07/1920x1080_US_4x100m_freestyle_relay_team-1440x810.jpg)
Getty Images
Tim Layden outlines the unique roll that the men’s swimming 4x100m freestyle relay holds on the Olympic schedule, serving as a bellwether for what’s to come at the Games.