Swimming World takes a look at the longest-standing American records and who has the best chance of breaking those marks.

Summer McIntosh and Katie Ledecky set up a showdown for the ages at swimming's world championships in Singapore when both stars cruised into the 800m freestyle final on Friday. American great Ledecky, ...

Australian Lani Pallister broke Katie Ledecky’s short-course 800m freestyle world record by 3.42 seconds, one of five total world records on the final day of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup.

MELBOURNE, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Retiring Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus paid tribute to Katie Ledecky on Friday for being the "Goliath" she needed to topple to reach the peak in swimming. In her first ...

Three months ago, Lani Pallister swam the meet of her life at the World Championships and nearly knocked off the great Katie Ledecky in the 800 freestyle. Now, Pallister has broken the first world ...

Ariarne Titmus, a four-time Olympic swimming gold medalist for Australia who forged a rivalry with Katie Ledecky, announced her retirement at age 25. “A tough (decision), a really tough one, but one ...

MELBOURNE, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Australian four-times Olympic gold medallist Ariarne Titmus has retired from competitive swimming at the age of 25, ending a stellar career that featured one of the sport ...

Ariarne Titmus has announced her retirement from competitive swimming at the age of 25, effective immediately. The four-time Olympic gold medallist is the current 200m freestyle world record holder ...

A double-gold day by Leon Marchand is one of the few individual shows of greatness that comes close to Ohtani. Plus, is there a gymnastics performance that takes the cake? France’s Leon Marchand blew ...

Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus, a world record holder and a four-time Olympic champion, announced her retirement from competition at 25 years old. Titmus took the full season off after winning a ...