Swimming is one of the marquee Olympic sports, and it comes with a long list of rules. Between individual events, relays and medleys, there are a bevy of swimming races. Add in varying distances and ...

Short course: A term used to describe a pool in which one length measures 25 meters (or 25 yards). Most college pools are ...

Regan Smith set another 100m backstroke world record on Friday at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Incheon, South Korea. The 22-year-old Smith set the short-course mark with a time of 54.41 ...

Qualifying heats (11 a.m. ET on Peacock): Women’s 200 backstroke, men’s 50 freestyle, men’s 200 IM. Semis and finals (8 p.m. ET on NBC/Peacock): Women’s 200 butterfly final, men’s 200 backstroke final ...

No doubt about it, swimming is a skill. A very useful one at that. Whatever age you may be, we all come to swimming as beginners at some point in our lives. As with any skill, with the right advice ...

Here’s a recent story on the Olympics, via the Associated Press: PARIS (AP) — Concerns about the water quality in the Seine River led officials to call off the swimming portion of an Olympic triathlon ...

The 200 backstroke had been an event that had a usual quartet challenging for two spots every meet. Olympians Regan Smith, Claire Curzan, Phoebe Bacon and Rhyan White have been the contenders for ...