Becoming an Olympic swimmer is an aspiration for thousands of young athletes in the U.S. But it comes at a heavy cost. Club dues alone can set swimmers back thousands of dollars each year.

He didn’t join a year-round swimming program until he was 13 or 14. Less than 10 years later, his long and graceful body climbed to the top of the podium at the first of his three Olympics (1996 ...

Germany's Lukas Martens, pictured at Paris 2024, became the first swimmer to break the three minute 40 seconds barrier on Saturday at the Swim Open Stockholm. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters) Olympic ...

This cemented her reputation as one of the most decorated swimmers in Olympic history and Zimbabwe’s most successful Olympian. After retiring from competitive swimming, Coventry transitioned ...

Kirsty Coventry, one of the most-decorated athletes in Auburn University history, has been elected as the 10th president of the International Olympic ... who first started swimming in Zimbabwe ...