Casey Eichfeld won the men's slalom at the Olympic Trials and is on track to become the second American to compete in canoeing at four Olympics.
Eichfeld, 34, clinched the only Olympic berth ahead of Tokyo Olympian Zachary “Bug” Locken with his combined performances in Montgomery, Alabama, two weeks ago and Oklahoma City this week.
Eichfeld previously competed in the Olympics in 2008, 2012 and 2016, with his best finish being seventh.
In his Olympic debut in 2008, he became the youngest U.S. Olympic male canoeist in the past 40 years, according to OlyMADMen.
He is the second American canoeist to compete in the Olympics four times, following Frank Havens, who competed in the flatwater competition in 1948, 1952, 1956, and 1960.
Eichfeld becomes the first American canoeist to compete in four Olympic Games in the whitewater (or slalom) discipline.
Eichfeld is the fifth rower to be selected to the U.S. team in Paris, joining sprinters Nevin Harrison, Jonas Ecker and Aaron Small, and slalomist Ebby Leibfurth.
Leibfirth qualified for two events in addition to canoe slalom on Saturday: kayak slalom and kayak cross, becoming the first American woman to compete in three of those events in one Olympics.
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