Today, we accept that there are four competitive strokes. But when the first rules for competitive swimming were written in the early 19th century, there was only one rule: Whoever swam the fastest ...

Lilly King, a 2016 Olympic champion and world record holder in the 100m breaststroke, announced that 2025 will be her final season as a competitive swimmer. King, 28, said last year that she would ...

In one of the most competitive swimming finals of the Paris Olympics, Nicolo Martinenghi won 100-meter breaststroke gold by two hundredths. He denied Adam Peaty the chance to become only the second ...