Here’s a recent story on the Olympics, via the Associated Press: NANTERRE, France (AP) — Slovakia swimmer Tamara Potocka collapsed poolside Friday morning after a qualifying heat of the women’s ...

Simone Manuel claimed a tight victory in the women’s 50-meter freestyle at the US Olympic swimming trials on Sunday, edging out Gretchen Walsh by 0.02 seconds. Manuel, a five-time Olympic medalist, ...

The women’s 50m freestyle semifinals were delayed because a bus from the Athletes’ Village went to the track and field venue instead of the pool. Event organizers sidestepped the timeline problem by ...

Men’s and women’s swimming will dish out gold on Sunday afternoon in Paris, when the men’s 1,500M freestyle and women’s 50M freestyle finals take place. Fans interested in catching every moment of the ...

PARIS, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Sweden's world record holder Sarah Sjostrom completed a remarkable freestyle sprint double by adding the women's 50 metres gold to her 100m title in her fifth Games at the ...

Gretchen Walsh ended her first Olympics on Sunday by adding one more gold medal to her collection. Walsh was part of Team USA's women's 4x100 medley relay along with Regan Smith, Lilly King, and Torri ...

Sweden's Sarah Sjöström claimed her second gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, in the women's 50-metre freestyle sprint. She claimed the two gold medals Sweden have at the Games so far, the ...

Gretchen Walsh was back in the pool on Saturday after a few days off from competition in Paris. The former Greenwich resident swam in the preliminary heats of the women's 50m freestyle on Saturday ...

Aug 17 (Reuters) - Olympic swimming women's 50m freestyle final result in Beijing on Sunday. 1. Britta Steffen (Germany) 24.06 seconds OR 2. Dara Torres (U.S.) 24.07 3. Cate Campbell (Australia) 24.17 ...