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The Olympic Games bring many iconic moments captured in photos. Check out a gallery of the third finals session of the Tokyo Olympics as well as the preceding preliminary session. The third finals session saw Alaskan Lydia Jacoby stunningly claim gold in the 100 breaststroke, upsetting Lilly King. E...

Titmus, McKeown Shatter Australian Golden Drought, Return Swimming-Proud Nation to Olympic Glory The powers-that-be in Australian swimming swore that 2012 would never be repeated. Yet somehow, 2016 was arguably worse. Now, after two straight Olympics of incredible disappointment in the pool for the ...

Olympic Semifinals: Virginia's Kate Douglass, Alex Walsh Go 1-3 in Women's 200 IM The past year has been incredible for Virginia swimming, and there is still a chance at it finishing even better. After winning the NCAA championship for the first time in school history, the Cavaliers sent five swimme...

Olympics: Kristof Milak Pushes 1:52.22 200 Fly to Lead 200 Butterfly Semis by 2.75 Seconds Kristof Milak was considered a lock for Olympic gold medal in the men's 200 butterfly before arriving in Tokyo, and if anything, he has only reinforced that conviction through two rounds of racing. Milak swam ...

Olympics: Kaylee McKeown Dedicates 100 Back Olympic Gold to Father; Regan Smith Snares Bronze Australia’s 20-year-old Kaylee McKeown created her own slice of swimming history in Tokyo today, winning the country’s first ever Olympic backstroke gold in an emotionally charged 100-meter victory on Day T...

Lydia Jacoby Pulls Off a Stunner to Win 100 Breast; Lilly King Third All the attention entering the Games had been on Lilly King’s quest to repeat and solidify her place as one of the most dominant breaststrokers of all time. Much of the attention in Tokyo fell on Tatjana Schoenmaker after the South...

Olympics: Evgeny Rylov Headlines Russian Dominance in 100 Backstroke As U.S. Streak Snapped Consistent dominance on the world stage is hard to maintain. The cyclical nature of sports generally leads to a downturn or bump at varying points. More, premier nations and athletes are constantly targeted b...

Olympics: From COVID-19 to Gold, Tom Dean Celebrates Historic Effort For Great Britain in 200 Freestyle Much of the hype surrounding the final of the men's 200-meter freestyle at the Olympic Games centered on the presence of a pair of rising teenage stars. While Romanian 16-year-old David Popovici a...

Olympics: Ariarne Titmus Overtakes Siobhan Haughey to Lead 200 Free Semifinals; Ledecky Third Less than 24 hours after she swam the race of her career to overtake Katie Ledecky and claim Olympic gold in the women's 400 freestyle, Australia's Ariarne Titmus put up the fastest time in the semifinals o...

Olympics: Day Four Prelims Heat Sheets Up; Dressel Begins Individual Slate With 100 Free The Olympic swimming competition rolls on with three days of competition already complete and five more events cued up for Tuesday evening in Japan at 7 p.m. local time (6 a.m. ET in the U.S.). Because of the wa...

The Olympic Games bring many iconic moments captured in photos. Check out a gallery of the second finals session of the Tokyo Olympics as well as the preceding preliminary session. The second finals session saw Australia's Ariarne Titmus out-duel USA's Katie Ledecky in the 400 free, while Great Brit...

Tom Daley and Matty Lee produced the combined performance of their diving lives to seal a stunning victory in the Men’s Synchronised 10m Platform and claim Olympic gold at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. Returning to the scene of their triumph in the Diving World Cup earlier in the year, the British duo ...

The Olympic Games bring many iconic moments captured in photos. Check out a gallery of the first finals session of the Tokyo Olympics as well as the preceding preliminary session. The first finals session saw Chase Kalisz and Jay Litherland go 1-2 in the 400 IM to highlight the session. Swimming Wor...

Katie Ledecky Validates Her Confidence and Her Greatness With Stellar Silver-Medal Swim The world just watched Katie Ledecky swim an Olympic final and not take home gold for the first time in her illustrious career. The question “What’s wrong with Katie?” has been buzzing around Olympics fans in the...

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate. This week, the Tokyo Olympics swimming competition finally got underway with four finals Sunday morning (Tokyo time) and another four Monday. Australia and the United States have each captured two gold medals so far. Meanwhile, Carson Foster swam a faster 400...

The University of Kentucky swimming and diving program has promoted Michael Camper and Maclin Simpson to associate head coaches, as announced by UK and head coach Lars Jorgensen on Monday. The recent promotions of Camper and Simpson follow the departure of Allison Reed Leather, who will be pursuing ...

Olympics Day 3 Notebook: Critical Stretch Coming for Team USA After every bounce benefitted the United States on day one of the Tokyo Olympic swimming competition, day two brought some less joyful outcomes. Torri Huske barely missed her best time in the 100 butterfly final, but she ended up fourth, ...

Four Olympic Records Set Up Showdown for Regan Smith, 100 Back Field The speed in the 100 backstroke at the Tokyo Olympics should not be a surprise to anyone. In the only Olympic event with a world record set since the end of 2019, historically fast times were not just anticipated but almost expecte...

Through Twists and Turns, Kaleigh Gilchrist Follows Father’s Footsteps to Tokyo Olympics There are a lot of reasons why Kaleigh Gilchrist might not have been in Tokyo, some her choosing, some barely within her power. But as the 29-year-old pondered what her future held, beyond the gold medal won in ...

Olympics: Day Three Finals Heat Sheets; Four Straight Gold-Medal Battles On Tap The heat sheets have been posted for third morning of finals action at the 2021 Olympics. Beginning at 10:30 a.m. Tokyo time Tuesday morning (9:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. PT Monday in the USA), the session will include four fi...