International

South America Recap: Host Country Brazil Comes Away Medal-less

Team Brazil comes away from this Olympic Games medal-less, only the second host nation to do so in swimming in this century besides Greece from 2004.

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Rio Day 3 Women’s Water Polo Roundup

Here is the quick wrap-up of Day 3 of pool play in the women’s water polo tournament in Rio. With only eight teams, all will pass through to quarterfinals but the teams’ standings will determine their seedings.

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USA Women’s Water Polo Remains Undefeated with 11-6 Win Over Hungary

Rachel Fattal and the rest of the U.S. Olympic Women’s Water Polo Team won their third game to lead Group B in the standings and qualify for the quarterfinals in Rio.

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Day 8 Finals Preview: Phelps Goes For Gold One More Time

Michael Phelps will go for one last gold medal tonight in his final career Olympic appearance in the men’s 400 medley relay.

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Salo Proposes Bringing Foreigners to U.S. to Reduce Doping

Dave Salo, head coach at USC and Trojan Swim Club, proposed in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that having international swimmers train in the U.S. and be subject to USADA testing would level the playing field.

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For the First Time In History, Phelps Appears Content In Defeat

For the first time ever, Michael Phelps seemed content with his swim despite not winning the race.

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TritonWear Race Analysis: 2016 Olympics Women’s 800 Freestyle

TritonWear brings you the 2016 Summer Games with daily in-depth race analysis of every final.

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Canadian Olympic Heroes of the Past Talk Penny Oleksiak

Canadian Olympic medalists share their feelings of pride, joy and excitement as they watch Penny Oleksiak perform in Rio…

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TritonWear Race Analysis: 2016 Olympics Men’s 50 Freestyle

TritonWear brings you the 2016 Summer Games with daily in-depth race analysis of every final.

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Why Michael Phelps’ Silver Is The Perfect Way To End His Last Individual Race Ever

After all, his ultimate goal wasn’t to be the winningest Olympian of all time. His ultimate goal is to change the sport of swimming forever, and in that, he is the undeniable undisputed number one.

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Medley Relay Preview: U.S. Women In Command, Men In For Close Battle

Check out a full preview of tonight’s medley relays, with full projections of all 16 finalists based off of their flat start times done here in Rio.

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2016 Rio Olympic Games: Day Seven Finals Live Recap

Assuming Michael Phelps isn’t making a comeback down the road, this will be his last individual race ever where he will look to four-peat in this event winning gold number five of these games and 23 all time.

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The Remarkable Similarities Between Schooling and Nesty

Joseph Schooling’s historic win in the men’s 100 butterfly has an incredible amount of things in common with another race that happened 28 years ago…

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Katie Ledecky’s World Record 800 Freestyle Gold (Race Video)

Watch Katie Ledecky’s world record shattering swim in the 800 freestyle.

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Joseph Schooling Cashes In On $753,000, The Biggest Gold Medal Bonus In The World

A gold medal wasn’t the only reward Schooling had coming his way after he touched the wall 1st in the men’s 100 fly. Singapore is one of many countries that give their athletes a financial bonus for medals, offering a $753,000 bonus for Schooling’s gold.

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