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The Olympics have just begun, but its already time for some awesome swimming! Katie Ledecky will be starting her 2016 Rio events with a relay on Aug. 6, and we dont want you to miss any of the excitement. Watch a live stream right here!

The heats that kick off at 12:00 pm ET are as follows:Mens and Womens 400m individual medleys, Womens 100m butterfly, Mens 400m freestyle, Mens 100m breaststroke, and Womens 4x100m freestyle relay. The Womens 100m butterfly andMens 100m breaststroke will only reachthe semifinals tonight. The other three events (Mens and Womens 400m individual medleys, Mens 400m freestyle, andWomens 4x100m freestyle relay)will have their finals at 9:00 pm ET and you know what that means: MEDALS!

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KatieLedecky is one of the familiar faces we can look forward to watching in the Aug. 6 events, as the 19-year-old isgoing to be swimming in theWomens 4x100m freestyle relay preliminaries.Just one day after Katie swims for the US Womens Team in the preliminaries,Michael Phelps will be competing in the mens 4x100m freestyle relay final, which takes place at 9:00 pm ET on Aug. 7.

Neither US team is favored to win the 4X100m free relays, according toUSA TODAYs Christine Brennan, but bothare expected to advance to the finals. And with Katie swimming in the preliminaries for the women, wed be surprised if she didnt lead her team to the final!

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Considering theres plenty of other big names swimming in the 2016 Olympics for Team USA (Ryan Lochte, Missy Franklin, or Nathan Adrian ring a bell?), theres plenty more swimming excitement ahead in the rest of the Olympics. Plus, Katie and Michael have several individual events coming up that theyre expected to medal in, so we have only one more thing to say: Let the swimming begin!

HollywoodLifers, what swimming event are you most excited to watch? Do you think Team USA will be able to medal in any of todays events? Tell us below!

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