After the Paris Olympics began in late July 2024, a meme went viral making fun of the notion that professional lifeguards are present at Olympic swimming events, calling it the most "useless" job in ...

The New York Times story reported on lifeguards tasked with watching over the athletes, even someone as adept in the pool as Michael Phelps, who had 18 gold medals to his name at the time the story ...

The following reflects general expectation rather than official qualification. The 2021 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials can be streamed live on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app starting June 4, as ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- After winning his fifth medal at the Rio Olympics, Michael Phelps dismissed the idea of a participation in 2020 ending his individual Olympic career on Friday. A three-way tie for ...

MESA, Ariz. -- Michael Phelps is aiming to compete in a fifth Olympics next year in Rio, although the 18-time Olympic champion isn't scheduled to swim in the world championships this summer. Phelps ...

Doesn’t feel like it, but it’s been nine years since the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The final Olympiad for Michael Phelps. The trifecta of Katie Ledecky. Mack Horton’s epic defeat of Sun ...

Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italy’s gold medalist in the men’s 1500m freestyle swimming at the 2016 Rio Olympics, carried the 2026 ...

The Day Mitch Larkin and Dean Boxall Sealed An Olympic Deal Over A Few Beers At Brisbane’s Regatta Hotel A chat over a few beers at an iconic hotel over looking the Brisbane River could well see a ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Two years ago, the Australian IOC member John Coates called the preparations for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics “the worst” in recent memory. A lot has happened since then as the ...

Team USA made waves at the Olympic pool in Tokyo. Across nine exciting days, the U.S. totaled 30 swimming medals: 11 gold, 10 silver and nine bronze. Team USA’s overall swimming medal count is 10 more ...