Ellen Walshe breaks Michelle Smith De Bruin's 28-year Irish record
Ellen Walshe broke a 28-year-old Irish record with a superb swim in the 400m medley at the Leinster Championships.
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Biden to give Presidential Medal of Freedom to Ledecky, Thorpe - ESPN
Katie Ledecky, the most decorated women's swimmer in history, and Jim Thorpe, the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States, will be among 19 people to be honored Friday by President Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
British Triathlon confident France will deliver safe Seine for Games
PARIS : British Triathlon has a been-there, done-that attitude when it comes to water quality issues in the leadup to big competitions and trusts French authorities to deliver a safe Olympics amid concerns about pollution levels in the River Seine.
Paris implements massive water storage basin to clean up the River Seine for Olympic swimming
Former LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva sounds the alarm on staff shortages and security concerns for the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Summer Olympics.
Inter-school swimming competition holds in Lagos
Secondary school children featuring in Ikoyi Club 1938 Inter-school gala swimming competition in Lagos last weekend. Photo: GOWON AKPODONOR
'Bring it on': Clareburt taking Maori pride to Paris pool
A big win deserves a big celebration, and New Zealand swimmer Lewis Clareburt delivered at the Doha World Championships in February with eyes ablaze and tongue poked out in a Maori "pukana" after claiming the 400m individual medley title.
Giant reservoir ready for service as Paris 2024 Games loom
PARIS : Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo on Thursday inaugurated a colossal storage basin that will help reduce the risks of pollution in the Seine as the Olympics approach and make the river suitable for bathing.
CNA Explains: China's swimming doping scandal – is politics involved?
SINGAPORE: With three months to the Paris Olympics, the sporting world has been hit with revelations that 23 Chinese swimmers took a banned drug ahead of the last Games in 2021 – and were allowed to compete anyway.