Swimming is back in the spotlight this week
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Canada's Aurélie Rivard, Shelby Newkirk capture gold on opening day of Para swimming worlds
Canadian Paralympic stars Aurélie Rivard and Shelby Newkirk swam to gold on the opening day of the Para Swimming World Championships on Sunday in Madeira, Portugal.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Kaitlyn McCaw "honoured" to represent Northern Ireland in Birmingham
After a six-year hiatus out of the pool, swimmer Kaitlyn McCaw will represent Team NI at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Grapplers shine to hand Haryana Khelo India Youth Games overall title
Haryana wrestlers clinched four out five gold medals on offer to wrest back their state's lead on the final day of the Khelo India Youth Games here on Wednesday. The hosts collected two more yellow metals in track and field events to take their overall tally to 30 gold, 23 silver and 33 bronze medals and surge past Maharashtra (26G, 25S, 22B), who could only manage a solitary gold on the concluding day. Elsewhere, in the swimming competition in Ambala, Karnataka began with a splash, creating three new marks while winning four gold.
Two-time gold medallist Eileen Gu signs on to work for Salt Lake City Olympic bid
Eileen Gu, the California-born athlete who won two gold medals for China in freestyle skiing at the recent Beijing Olympics, has signed on to work for Salt Lake City's bid for the 2030 or 2034 Winter Olympics.
Katie Ledecky starts new Olympic cycle with different world championships lineup
Katie Ledecky will be plenty busy at the world championships that start next week, just not at the record level of mileage we saw in Tokyo. She’sslated to swim a total of 5,600 meters, a drop down from her 6,200 at the Olympics last year, an unprecedented total for the Games.
Phelps, Vonn headline Team USA Hall of Fame's Class of 2022
Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, and alpine skiing great Lindsey Vonn headlined the United States Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame Class of 2022 that was announced on Monday (Jun 6).