Jones is a former American freestyle competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. He has made it his mission to increase water safety awareness and swim education, particularly in underserved ...

The sport, formerly known as synchronized swimming, has a new name as well as more muscular athletes and more risky tricks. At a minimum, it demands endurance, power, leonine grace, hair gelatin, ...

While I, as an amateur powerlifter, can maaaybe picture myself on an Olympic weightlifting platform when I’m feeling particularly delulu, there are some events I know I’d never succeed in at the Games ...

Editor’s note: This article is part of our “Origin Stories” series, focusing on the backstories of athletes and topics around the Summer Olympics. The world has seen two very public sides of Missy ...

NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the Games head to our latest updates. SAINT-DENIS, France — Let’s get one thing straight: There’s so much more to artistic ...

NEW YORK — Bill May chuckles at the mere mention of the words “Saturday Night Live,” knowing that the conversation is about to turn to the TV show’s 1984 skit starring Martin Short as one of two ...

They call swimming a low-impact sport because it’s easy on the joints. But sometimes it’s not so easy on the brain. We’ve heard a lot in recent years about the dangers of head trauma in sports, ...

In late 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that at this summer’s Paris Olympic Games, men would be allowed to compete in artistic swimming (previously known as synchronized ...

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 ...

For decades, Bill May has dreamed of competing at the Olympics. It’s not athletic ability which has prevented him from achieving that goal to date, but a far more fundamental issue: he’s a man. Until ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 14. THE United States Olympic Committee has named Suzanne L. Tuffey, Ph.D., as Associate Director of Coaching. Tuffey currently is Sport Science Director for USA Swimming ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FLA. (WSVN) - A sport that will literally take your breath away: Underwater rugby. A rapidly growing sport that’s making it’s first big splash in South Florida communities. Hoping to ...