Two-hundredths of a second. A few small millimetres. A fractionally mistimed final lunge for the line. Waking up with a sore throat on your four-yearly date with destiny. It is on these margins that a ...

You can follow The Athletic's Olympics coverage here (click 'follow' in the top right hand corner). And for rolling news from around Paris on the first day of the Games, click here. A slight upset in ...

China's Haiyang Qin wins the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup 2023 at Europa-Sportpark (SSE). Haiyang beat Paris Olympic champion Nicolò Martinenghi to win gold in the men's 100 metre breaststroke at ...

Italy's Nicolo Martinenghi won one of the closest swimming finishes you will see at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the men's 100-meter breaststroke. Martinenghi beat Nic Fink of the United States and ...

NANTERRE, France — If Lilly King isn’t swimming, she just might be talking. As the gregarious voice of reason in American swimming, no issue is too controversial, no comment too incendiary. Russians ...

NANTERRE, France — One-hundredth of a second is no measurement of Lilly King's Indiana or U.S. swimming legacy. She missed by .01 of becoming the second woman ever to win three Olympic medals in the ...

Campbell McKean of the United States prepares to compete in the men's 100-meter breaststroke heat at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, Sunday, July 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) Bend ...

World records take on iconic status due to a multitude of factors, ranging from the stage on which they were produced to the gap stretching to the No. 2 athlete in history. Of course, duration plays ...

USA's Kate Douglass won her first ever Olympic gold on Thursday in the 200-meter breaststroke final. The New York native trailed by 0.23 seconds after the first turn, but took a small lead at the ...

Who Could Emerge as 100 Breaststroke Queen in 2025? The last six global-level long course competitions have all seen a different swimmer earn the top step of the podium. That trend began following the ...