Latest Swimming News
Latest tests show Seine water quality was substandard when Paris mayor took a dip
Tests results released Friday showed the water quality in the River Seine was slightly below the standards needed to authorize swimming — just as the Paris Olympics start. Heavy rain during the opening ceremony revived concerns over whether the long-polluted waterway will be clean...
6 South Korea swimmers leave Olympic village for a hotel closer to their venue, report says
PARIS (AP) — Six South Korea swimmers have left the Olympic village to move to a hotel closer to their venue, the Korea Times reported Friday. Korea Swimming Federation president Chong Chang-hoon cited concerns over the lengthy commute to La Defense Arena as the reason for the...
Swimming in stadiums becomes the norm as sport sets up in a rugby arena for 2024 Paris Olympics
NANTERRE, France (AP) — The main swimming pool for the Paris Olympics is set up inside a 30,000-seat rugby stadium on the city's western edge. Sound strange? Not really. It's the new norm. The biggest swim meets are being held in massive venues, which...
I tried Speedo's Olympic swimsuit. It's fast in the pool, but takes forever to put on
PARIS (AP) — It's usually not a good sign when a swimsuit needs instructions for how to put it on. More concerning? When you learn that even Olympians need about 10 minutes to get into Speedo's new Fastskin LZR Intent and LZR Valor suits. Determined to squeeze into the latest...
Katie Ledecky hopes for clean races at Paris Olympics in the aftermath of the Chinese doping scandal
PARIS (AP) — Katie Ledecky is hoping for clean races at the Olympics. Hope was just about as far as she was willing to go on Wednesday. The U.S. swimming star is looking to add to her six individual gold medals when she races in the 400, 800 and 1,500 meters at the Paris Games. Her...
Tarzan at the Olympics: Johnny Weissmuller won 3 gold medals at the 1924 Paris Games
Before there was Michael Phelps or Mark Spitz winning Olympic gold medals for the United States — there was Tarzan. Yes Tarzan, the fictional literary and film character who was raised by apes in the African jungle. This of course was Johnny Weissmuller, who played...
Katie Ledecky just keeps chugging along, still excited about swimming after all these years
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — For Katie Ledecky, there is seemingly no such thing as burnout. Sure, there are times when it all gets a bit monotonous, staring at that black line at the bottom of the pool, turning lap after interminable lap with nothing on the line. Yet, a...
Man dies after he rescues two young boys who were struggling to stay afloat in New Jersey river
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A man who dove into a southern New Jersey river and rescued two children who were struggling to stay afloat has died after he disappeared underneath the water, authorities said. Pablo Hernandez Cruz, 49, of Mays Landing, was at the Weymouth Furnace...
Even with restrictive rules, swimsuit wars heat up in an Olympic year
The iconic LZR Racer, the swimsuit that Michael Phelps wore while winning eight golds medals at the Beijing Olympics, is still revered around Speedo's design center. It serves as a reminder of just how much a suit can push a swimmer to greater heights. “In so many...
After no men picked for Olympics 2024 in artistic swimming, Italy's Minisini says he's ending career
ROME (AP) — With no men picked to compete in artistic swimming at the Paris Olympics, where they are eligible for the first time, a former world champion is ending his career this week. At the Italian national championships, four-time worlds gold medalist Giorgio Minisini said he...
