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For the first time in 100 years, the Seine is open for public swimming. From now until Aug. 31, you can swim for free at three sites across the city.
Yu Zidi of China is only 12 years old and has qualified for the world swimming championships in Singapore. Her performances ...
The return to swimming follows a 1.4 billion euro ($1.5 billion) cleanup project tied to last year’s Olympics.
The 1896 Athens Olympic Games, the first of the modern era, were a momentous occasion that revived the ancient tradition after nearly 1500 years. Spearheaded by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the ...
Athens 1896: Overview Seven competition venues were used at the Olympic Games Athens 1896, five of which remain in use today: Panathenaic Stadium (athletics, artistic gymnastics, weightlifting), ...
The first coverage in the Boston Herald of the modern-day Olympics held on April 6–15, 1896, in Athens, Greece. (Herald archive screenshot) ...
After the Paris Olympics began in late July 2024, a meme went viral making fun of the notion that professional lifeguards are present at Olympic swimming events, calling it the most "useless" job ...
Team USA swimmers are leaving the Paris Games with 28 medals — eight of them gold, one more than their Australian rivals.
You may have noticed an event at the 2024 Paris Olympics that looks just like synchronized swimming, with gaggles of swimmers in matching suits performing the same move in unison -- but its not.
SAINT-DENIS, France — Here's a quick guide to artistic swimming at the Paris Olympics. Why aren’t men competing in artistic swimming for the 2024 Olympics? Men were eligible to compete in the ...
Artistic swimming, used to be known as synchronized swimming, is about to make history at the 2024 Paris Olympics with its inclusion of male athletes. Here’s when and how to watch.