swimming

With the arrival of Memorial Day weekend, and with it the return of recreational swimming in neighborhood and community pools across America, a curious thought crossed my mind. Whatever happened to adult swim? It’s a memory now as distant…

The secretary of Health and Human Services took a dip in Washington D.C.’s Rock Creek with his grandkids over Mother’s Day weekend. If you’re wondering why that deserved a story from all the major corporate media outlets, that’s a great…

A woman who was swept 50 miles out into the Pacific Ocean while swimming with an inflatable swim ring was rescued after 37 hours, with authorities reporting she was likely taken by a current and pushed by strong winds in her inner tube.…

The Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected a challenge on Wednesday brought by Lia Thomas against World Aquatics’ ban on transgender athletes participating in the women’s category at elite swimming competitions, thus barring…

WASHINGTON—Making an emphatic appeal to the court in the wake of yet another indictment, former President Donald Trump reportedly asked Judge Tanya Chutkan on Thursday to throw out the case so as not to ruin his future swimming career. “If…

“I’m a woman, just like anybody else on the team.” This is what Lia Thomas told Sports Illustrated in a profile ahead of Thursday’s NCAA Championships, where she placed first in the women’s 500-yard freestyle. A lot of swimming families…

TOKYO—With the city under a state of emergency as Covid-19 cases surge across Japan, Olympic officials announced Thursday that in the interests of public health, all athletic competition at the Tokyo Games would now be limited to short…

CORONADO, CA—Lamenting the fact that he felt the need to hide beneath a wetsuit, an oxygen tank, and an aqualung life vest, onlookers told reporters Thursday that the Navy Seal they saw swimming in full tactical gear must have terrible body…