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Olympic gold medalist Klete Keller appears to have been part of the unlawful entrance of the U.S. Capitol, video shows. Video from the incident appears to show Keller, wearing a U.S. Olympic team jacket inside the Capitol as the incident escalated. Swimming World has confirmed with sources that Kell...

Gold Medalist to Capitol Insurrection: Tracing the Rise and Fall of Klete Keller There’s no sugarcoating the effect on the world of swimming that seeing Klete Keller’s among protestors storming the United States Capitol on Jan. 6 has had, just as there’s no diminishing the chilling effect of five li...

Donald Trump Expected to Issue Executive Order on NIL Guidelines; SCORE Act Advances Through Subcommittee For the past four years, college athletes have been able to earn compensation for their name, image and likeness (NIL), with the money typically distributed through sponsorships and school-affil...

A Who's Who of Olympic athletes, coaches and others at the helm of the aquatic sports sector sent a letter Tuesday to President Donald Trump urging him to help get pools reopened across the U.S. as a matter of public health and safety. The letter, which is below, is signed by 36 Olympic swimmers and...

The Trump administration has announced that the University of Pennsylvania violated Title IX laws guaranteeing women equal opportunities by allowing Lia Thomas to compete. The statement from the Trump administration did not name Thomas specifically, but was directed at Thomas competing on the Penn w...

Donald Trump Issues Executive Order Aiming to 'Protect Student-Athletes... and Opportunities' U.S. President Donald Trump has released new guidance aimed at regulating NIL payments to student-athletes. According to a White House fact sheet, the order will "protect student-athletes and collegiate ath...

Outgoing American President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act, which broadens the power of U.S. officials to pursue criminal prosecution for sports doping offenses. The law was passed by the U.S. Senate last month and received the president’s signature Friday. Nam...

IOC President Thomas Bach will be meeting with United States President Donald Trump on Thursday, June 22 to discuss Los Angeles' bid for the 2024 Olympic Games. While the Games will be taking place across the southern coast of California, the meeting between the two presidents will take place at the...

More than 20 aquatics organizations Wednesday announced the forming of a new group, the Aquatics Coalition, to aid the reopening of swimming pools in the U.S. from the coronavirus pandemic. The stated goal of the organization is to “help guide states and municipalities across the country in reopenin...