Jessica Long and Mallory Weggemann take care of business | U.S. Paralympic Swimming Trials

ahead in this event this is going to be a good one Julia gaffy how do we forget about her in Lane number two ellia leberger in Lane number one then you got Jessica long in six and Haven Shepard next to her in seven and mallerie wigman gold medal in this event from Tokyo and Julia Gaffney bronze medalist in this from Tokyo so they shared the podium there hoping to share it again this is a really exciting race T because the United States has four strong sm7 athletes here but each country can only take three athletes in each event at the game so it really does matter Lane number three mallerie Wegman Lane number six Jessica long both gold medalist multitimes over as the medals in the pool are on display as they make the turn to the backstroke now at the top of the screen we have these four sm7 classification athletes mallerie wamman longtime champion in this event with newcomer to the 200 IM Morgan Stickney this is the first time that wamman and scky have ever raced head-to-head in this event and it's going to be so interesting this is going to come down to the final 50 m Morgan stick the absolutely dominant distance freestyler how much time will she be able to make up with this lead that wamman is gaining look at wman closing in even on mqueen Jess long as Jess long will make the turn from the back over to the breath stroke wiman's back breast to free turn was a little bit slower this morning but her back to to breast turn right now seeing her do that open turn strategy looking really smooth as she starts off this third leg see the push off the wall and and it is onto the breast stroke how about Jessica long and mallerie Wegman oh my gosh Todd I was looking at Jessica Long's breastroke technique this morning she gets those hands up out of the water reducing the drag she's scrunching up her shoulders up towards her ears to help get that maximum propulsion forward and reach as far as she can amazing breaststroke technique without even having legs below the knees try Googling power shoulders and I'm sure Jessica Long's face is going to pop up yeah we're already seeing Jessica increase her lead here and remember she is swimming in the sa classification with Haven Shephard below the bottom of the screen Haven was fifth in this event in Tokyo and she's looking for a chance at Redemption D shepher would love to get on the Team USA first of all and then get onto the podium in Paris and right now her inspiration Jessica long is swimming away from everyone this is where Jessica long thrives the end of the 200 Im so much of her training goes into this exact moment and figuring out how to drop the Hammer how to hold on to that technique and mallerie Wegman doing the same thing two classes in the pool right now is Jessica long dominating the sm8 mallerie Wegman doing the same in the sm7 and it will be the queen Jessica long that'll bring it home we'll see how fast that time is all hail Jessica long at the touch 24831 huge drop from this morning 2 seconds off and mallerie wetman as she makes the touch it it's a 25590 sticky 2595 what a swim for wigman 3 seconds off you can hear these Minnesota fans just go wild for her