The action in the Rio swimming pool has been stellar during the 2016 Olympics so far--especially for Team USA, which has emerged very, very golden. Michael Phelps is the latest to grab another gold in ...

With this month’s Olympic Swimming Trials now upon us, Swimming World takes a back-to-the-future approach to revisit some training done by superstar Katie Ledecky prior to the 2016 U.S. team ...

The Rio 2016 swimming test is due to begin in the freshly opened Rio 2016 Aquatics Centre ©Rio City Government The venue in the main Olympic Park in Barra de Tijuca was officially opened last week in ...

Pernille Blume has announced she is retiring after a career in which the Danish swimmer reached the Olympic pinnacle in the 50 free at Rio 2016. The 28-year-old leaves the pool with three Olympic and ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Plans to hold late night swimming finals at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics are "outrageous", says England swimming's head coach Jon Rudd, joining a growing campaign opposing the ...

MONACO (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee has defended Rio de Janeiro Olympics organizers' plans to have late night swimming finals at the 2016 Games, saying on Friday the competition ...

Ukraine secured a Rio 2016 berth after claiming gold on the final day of the FINA Synchronised Swimming Olympic Games Qualification Tournament ©Getty Images Performing to the classical music of ...

If there is one Olympic sport in which Team GB excels it is the cycling and hopes are high for another mammoth medal haul at Rio 2016. At London 2012 British riders won eight of the 18 events, so ...

OMAHA — Maya DiRado has an expiration date on her swimming career. The 23-year-old will swim in her first Olympics this August, and she’ll retire right after. On Sept. 9, she’ll begin her new career, ...

(Reuters) - Australian Olympic officials say they will oppose plans to stage the 2016 Rio Olympics swimming finals late at night. Although the final schedule for the Rio Games has not been completed, ...