The world record in the women’s 800-meter freestyle has been untouchable for nearly nine years since Katie Ledecky swam it in 8:04.79 at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. No one had come within two ...

BIRMINGHAM, England — Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson will be sidelined for six weeks with a hamstring tear that has sunk her hopes of breaking the women's indoor 800 meter world record at an event ...

Katie Ledecky just swam past her own world record! On Saturday, May 3, the nine-time Olympic gold medalist broke the record for the women's 800-meter freestyle, speeding by a time she set herself ...

EUGENE, Ore. – Boris Berian completed his journey from a burger flipper to Olympian, finishing second in the men’s 800-meter final at track trials Monday to book his trip to Brazil. Alysia Montano had ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Athing Mu got tangled up ...

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch track star Femke Bol, the reigning two-time 400-meter hurdles world champion, has announced she will switch events to compete in the 800 meters. The 25-year-old Bol has won two ...