Swimming

With three individual long course world titles, two Asian Games gold medals, a Pan Pacific victory, and a world record in this Olympic cycle alone, Seto Daiya is no longer Japan’s most underrated swimmer.
For years, the softly-spoken butterfly and individual medley specialist has played second fiddle to his better-known

Tokyo 2020 | Olympic Games

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How Seto Daiya came out from the shadows to become Japan's champion in the water

Mitch Larkin seemed destined for swimming greatness from an early age.
By the age of 17, the bespectacled Australian was winning junior continental competitions.
Larkin was 19 at London 2012, making him the second youngest athlete on the Australian swimming team. He finished eighth in the 200m backstroke, but his

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Question: Who is the most decorated athlete in the history of the Summer Olympics?
Answer: Michael Phelps
Question: How many medals does Michael Phelps have?
Answer: Phelps has 28 Olympic medals (23 gold, three silver, two bronze) in swimming from four Games (Athens 2004 through to Rio 2016).
Question: Who

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Olympic swimmers on how hard they train and how much food they eat.

Rio 2016 | Olympic Games

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"You can eat whatever you want!" - The perks of being an Olympic swimmer

Highlights from day 5 at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

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Postcards from Rio - Day 5: girl power

Women's 200m Freestyle Final
Men's 200m Butterfly Final
Women's 200m Ind Medley Final
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Final

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Swimming: Semi-finals and Finals - Day Four | Rio 2016 Replays

American Tyler Clary beats favoredfavourite Ryan Lochte in the 200m backstroke and sets an Olympic record in the process.

London 2012 | Olympic Games

Highlights

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Clary shocks favourite Lochte | London 2012 Replays

The best moments from the 2016 Summer Olympic Games

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Ryan Lochte: My Rio Highlights

Team USA win another gold in swimming with the men's 4x200 freestyle relay final.

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Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Final | Rio 2016 Replays

For the fourth Olympics in a row, USA win gold in the men's 4x200m freestyle relay.

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USA men win 4x200m Freestyle Relay gold

US swimmer Ryan Lochte explains his new hairstyle, why he wants to be able to read women's minds and his biggest inspiration.

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Quickfire: Lochte on loud hair styles and ladies

Michael Phelps bowed out of the sport having collected 18 gold medals and 22 overall.

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The Games in pictures - Swimming | London 2012 Highlights

Enjoy the best moments of the swimming competition!

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Best of the Games - Swimming | London 2012 Highlights

Tyler Clary took gold in the men's 200m backstroke while favourite Ryan Lochte had to settle for bronze. The American clocked an Olympic record  of 1:53.41.

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Men's 200m Backstroke - Final - Swimming | London 2012 Highlights

Ryan Lochte of Team USA causes one of the biggest shocks of the Games by outpacing his countryman Michael Phelps, to win gold in the Men's 400m Individual Medley.

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Men's 400m Individual Medley - Swimming | London 2012 Highlights

London 2012 - New swimming sensation Ryan Lochte deposed his fellow American Michael Phelps as the Olympic 400m Individual Medley champion as he secured a shock victory with a time of 4:05.18.

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Lochte beats Phelps for a sensational 400m medley gold

Don’t miss when Michael Phelps becomes the winner of heat 4 as he sets a new Olympic record.

Beijing 2008 | Olympic Games

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Phelps Sets 400m Individual Medley Record - Swimming | Beijing 2008 Highlights

Michael Phelps defends his title from Athens and claims one more time the gold medal in the 200m medley with a new world record.

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Men's 200m Individual Medley Final - Swimming | Beijing 2008 Highlights

Relive when American Ryan Lochte swims to a gold medal in the 200m backstroke final, shattering his own world record.

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Lochte Shatters 200m Backstroke Record - Swimming | Beijing 2008 Highlights

Relive when American swimming sensation Michael Phelps starts his Olympic journey to win 8 gold medals by claiming his first title in the 400m IM.

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Michael Phelps Wins First Gold in Beijing - Swimming | Beijing 2008 Highlights

Relive when basketball player Sarunas Jasikevicius leads Lithuania's Olympic athletes in the Parade of Nations during the Beijing 2008 Opening Ceremonies.

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Lithuania's Parade During the Opening Ceremony | Beijing 2008 Highlights

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Swimming has taken over the streets of Indianapolis, literally.
Indianapolis, known for its motor racing legacy, has opened its lanes to the best American swimmers in the country to compete for the coveted 2024 Paris Olympic quotas at the 2024 US Swiming Olympic trials.
Strolling through downtown, you'll find 35

Paris 2024 | Olympic Games

Lucas Oil Stadium and downtown Indianapolis are ready for the US Olympic Swimming Trials

Indianapolis renames streets after American Olympic swimmers for US Trials

Two-time Olympic champion Caeleb Dressel added another ISCA International Senior Cup win to his resume Friday (26 March), as he bested Joseph Schooling, the 2016 100m butterfly Olympic champion, to claim the 100 butterfly title. Dressel won the 2019 world title in the 100m fly. The event is being held

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - MARCH 04: Caleb Dressel looks on before competing in the Men's 100 Meter Freestyle Final on Day Two of the TYR Pro Swim Series at San Antonio on March 04, 2021 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

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Caeleb Dressel bests Joseph Schooling in 100 butterfly at ISCA International Senior Cup

Two-time Olympic swimming champion Caeleb Dressel of the United States won the 50m freestyle Thursday (25 March) at the ISCA International Senior Cup in St. Petersburg, Florida. Dressel, the 2019 world champion in the event, swam a 22.33 time. He edged out Matej Dusa (22.71) and Arsenio Bustos (23.02).
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SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - MARCH 04: Caleb Dressel competes in the Men's 200 Meter Butterfly Final on Day Two of the TYR Pro Swim Series at San Antonio on March 04, 2021 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

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Caeleb Dressel wins 50m free at ISCA International Senior Cup

Six-time Olympic gold swimming medallist Ryan Lochte of the United States began to make his case for a fifth berth to the Olympic Games Wednesday afternoon (24 March) at the ISCA International Senior Cup in St. Petersburg, Florida.
The 36-year-old held off Caeleb Dressel in the 200m IM, posting a

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - MARCH 05: Ryan Lochte looks on after competing in the Men's 200 Meter Freestyle final on Day Three of the TYR Pro Swim Series at San Antonio on March 05, 2021 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

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Ryan Lochte records two wins at ISCA International Senior Cup

The USA’s top swimmers are returning to top-level competition!
After one year out of competition due to the pandemic, the likes of Caeleb Dressel, Katie Ledecky, Simone Manuel and Regan Smith will compete at a star-studded San Antonio leg of the Tyr Pro Series, 4-6 March.
Onlookers will be particularly

BARCELONA, SPAIN - JULY 30:  Katie Ledecky of the USA celebrates as she sets a new World Record time of 15:36.53 during the Swimming Women's 1500m Freestyle Final on day eleven of the 15th FINA World Championships at Palau Sant Jordi on July 30, 2013 in Barcelona, Spain.  (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

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Ledecky and Dressel headline star-studded San Antonio meet

Young swimmers continued to make a splash on the third and final day of the U.S. Open Championships, held at nine different sites due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Phoebe Bacon (pictured above), 18 years old and already a national champion in the 100m backstroke, continued her quick rise up the ranks,

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Swimming: Teenagers Bacon, Huske score big wins on final day of U.S. Open

Competing “side-by-side” across three different time zones and nine separate pools, swimmers – many of them racing for the first time in months – were back in action for day two of the U.S. Open Championships, a virtual event.
Organised by USA Swimming, it’s the first major domestic event in

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Lochte, Smith, Baker and more race on day 2 of U.S. Open swimming event

Nathan Adrian has announced that he has testicular cancer.
The five-time Olympic gold medallist went for a routine check-up and a flu shot, but doctors quickly found it was much more serious.
"Something didn't seem quite right," posted the 30-year-old on his social media accounts on January 25, 2019.
"After

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