Katie Ledecky won her first gold medal in her final event of an illness-plagued world championships, rallying on the last lap to claim the 800-meter freestyle on Saturday. The American led the first seven laps before Simona Quadarella took over. The Italian led the next ...
Katie Ledecky withdrew from the 200-meter freestyle preliminaries and the 1,500-meter final Tuesday at FINA World Championships because of illness. Her coach, Greg Meehan , said doctors were assessing Ledecky, but had no official diagnosis. "She woke up this morning and she's not feeling well at ...
Ippei Watanabe makes statement with gold at Pan Pacs
Despite having set a world record, Ippei Watanabe has sort of been overlooked because of the struggles he's had after the achievement. But Watanabe put together a resilient performance in the men's 200-meter breaststroke on Sunday, winning with a time of 2 minutes 7.75 seconds ...
Kalisz outlasts Hagino, Seto in 400 IM on Pan Pacs opening day
Chase Kalisz proved he’s currently the best individual medley swimmer in the world with a crushing victory over the Japanese star duo. The American geared up after the 250-meter turn to take a lead and only widened the gap on former world champions Kosuke Hagino ...
Katie Ledecky, the freestyle phenomenon who bagged her 14th world record in May, says she'll keep trying to push her boundaries as she looks toward the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Ledecky, who won four gold medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics to take her tally to ...
Two-time world champion and Rio Olympic bronze medalist Daiya Seto claimed a medal at a third straight world swimming championships on Wednesday, taking bronze in the 200-meter butterfly. The 23-year-old finished 0.88 seconds behind South Africa's Chad le Clos, who won gold in 1 minute, ...
Simone Biles tried to treat the 2016 Summer Olympics like just your average ordinary gymnastics meet. So what if the stage and the stakes were different? The floor was still the floor. The vault still the vault. The uneven bars still uneven. The balance beam ...
Ledecky sets record in 400 free; Phelps gets 19th gold
Katie Ledecky continued her assault on the Rio Olympics by annihilating the women's 400-meter freestyle world record to pick up her first gold medal of the games on Sunday. Michael Phelps also extended his all-time record haul of Olympic medals with his 19th gold, helping ...
Michael Phelps wasn't about to lose his last race in the United States. With his gangly arms cutting through the water, Phelps dazzled the home fans one last time. Phelps made it three-for-three at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, rallying on the return lap to win ...
Phelps triumphs over Lochte in 200-meter IM at U.S. Olympic Trials
Michael Phelps outdueled Ryan Lochte to win the 200-meter individual medley at the U.S. Olympic Trials on Friday while Katie Ledecky suffered her first setback on the road to the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. Ledecky, 19, had dominated the women's freestyle events but finished ...
Michael Phelps surged to the wall, and then whipped around to spot his time. That number wasn't really important. The only thing that mattered was No. 5. Phelps became the first male swimmer to qualify for five Olympics with a victory in the 200-meter butterfly at the ...
Katie Ledecky has set the bar so high, it's a bit of a disappointment when she doesn't set a world record. The 19-year-old has no complaints. She's heading back to the Olympics. Getting that formality out of the way in her first event of the U.S. Olympic ...
