International

Lilly King Wags Finger At Efimova In 100 Breast Semis

Lilly King called out Russian Yuliya Efimova after the 100 breast semis tonight.

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Penny Oleksiak Breaks Own Junior World Record, Wins Silver In 100 Fly

Penny Oleksiak broke the junior world record in the women’s 100 fly winning silver.

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Rikako Ikee Makes Japanese History With 56.86 100 Butterfly

Rikako Ikee became the first Japanese woman to clock a sub-57-second 100m butterfly.

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Sarah Sjostrom Breaks 100 Fly World Record En Route To 1st Olympic Gold

Sweden’s Sarah Sjöström made her first-ever Olympic medal a special one, breaking the 100 fly world record to pick up Olympic gold.

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French Portrait Series: Men’s 4×100 Free Relay (Video)

The French Federation introduces its men’s 4×100 free relay in this quick portrait video produced for Rio.

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2016 Rio Olympic Games: Day Two Prelims Live Recap

Katie Ledecky will swim her first individual event of these games this morning, taking things out in the heats of the 400m freestyle. The world record holder will be looking to enter her first Olympic final in this event.

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Day 2 Relay Lineups: Phelps, Held Swimming On U.S. 400 Free Relay

Michael Phelps will officially make his 2016 Olympic debut tonight in the 400 free relay.

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French Portrait Series: Coralie Balmy (Video)

Meet Coralie Balmy in this video produced by the French Federation to introduce the members of its 2016 Olympic team.

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Horton Defends Words While Chinese Swim Team Demands Apology

The tension grows between Mack Horton and Sun Yang, as the Chinese swim team demands an apology for Horton’s ‘malicious’ attack.

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Yannick Agnel Confirms He Will Retire After Rio

2012 Olympic champ Yannick Agnel officially confirmed his coming retirement after failing to make the semifinal of the 200 free, where he is the reigning Olympic champ.

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2016 Rio Olympic Games: Multiple World Records At Risk At Day 2 Finals

Multiple world records are expected to go down at night 2 finals, including the 100 fly featuring Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom.

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Kanako Watanabe Reinstated After Morning DQ, Will Swim 100 BR Semis

2016 RIO OLYMPIC GAMES Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Swimming: August 6-13 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Barra Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro…

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French Portrait Series: Jérémy Stravius (Video)

Meet Jérémy Stravius in this quick video profile, part of a series of portraits the French Federation is putting out to introduce members of their 2016 Olympic team.

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Tokyo To Host 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

The 2018 Pan Pacific Championships will return to Japan for the first time in 16 years, according to a meet plan from Swimming Canada.

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Ledecky’s Reign

Katie Ledecky’s path to becoming the best swimmer in the world.

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