swimming

Katie Ledecky breaks Michael Phelps’s record with her 16th individual gold at the world championships

Katie Ledecky surpassed Michael Phelps with a record 16th individual gold at the world championships by winning the women's 800-meter…

9 months ago

Katie Grimes is first athlete to qualify for 2024 U.S. Olympic team

Katie Grimes became the first athlete to qualify for the 2024 U.S. Olympic team at the world swimming championships.

10 months ago

Sarah Sjostrom, one shy of Michael Phelps record, enters two events at swimming worlds

Sarah Sjostrom entered two individual events at the world swimming championships, where she can break a Michael Phelps record.

10 months ago

Katie Ledecky shocked by 16-year-old Claire Weinstein in 200 freestyle national final

Before Wednesday, 2012 Olympic champion Allison Schmitt was the last American to beat Ledecky in a 200m free final in…

10 months ago

Regan Smith breaks American record in 200m butterfly

Regan Smith broke one of the longest-standing American records in swimming, lowering a 200m butterfly record that stood since 2009.

11 months ago

Summer McIntosh sets world record in 400-meter individual medley

Summer McIntosh, 16, set her second world record in five days, winning the 400-meter individual medley at the Canadian swimming…

1 year ago

Summer McIntosh breaks 400m freestyle world record, passes Ledecky, Titmus

Summer McIntosh, a 16-year-old, broke the 400m freestyle world record at Canada's swimming trials on Tuesday night.

1 year ago

Kaylee McKeown sets 200-meter backstroke world record

— Three-time Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown broke the world record in the 200-meter backstroke Friday at the New South Wales…

1 year ago

Katie Ledecky sees nine-year winning streak in U.S. snapped

Summer McIntosh ended Katie Ledecky's nine-year winning streak in the United States when the Canadian teenager touched first in the…

1 year ago

Katie Ledecky wins AP Female Athlete of the Year in tiebreaker

Katie Ledecky earned The Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year for a second time after a record-breaking world swimming…

1 year ago