2016 Medalist Prenot Fails to Advance at US Swim Trials

USA's Josh Prenot competes in a heat for the men's 200m breaststroke event during the swimming competition at the 2019 World Championships at Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center in Gwangju, South Korea, on July 25, 2019. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images

OMAHA, Neb. —Josh Prenot failed to advance from the preliminaries of the 200-meter breaststroke at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials Wednesday, a bitter blow for the silver medalist from the 2016 Rio Games.

Prenot said he'll take at least the next year off to “see if I forget how much I currently hate” the sport.