Photos: Olympic-caliber swimmers back in competition
Ryan Lochte Olympic-level swimmers were back in the pool for the first time since London with the FINA short-course swimming championships...
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Diana Nyad's latest Cuba-to-Florida swim cut short by vicious jellyfish
Nyad being helped from water after her recent attempt. Diana Nyad tried for the fourth time to swim from Cuba to Florida, the attempt this...
Swimmer Jeff Commings shocked by death of Alexander Dale Oen, recalls last interview
Alexander Dale Oen (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) The swimming world is stunned by the death today of Norwegian swimmer Alexander...
Swimmers mourn death of Fran Crippen
Fran Crippen Fran Crippen was a 26-year-old competitive swimmer who died off the coast of the United Arab Emirates this weekend during a...
Disqualifications at swimming
There were a slew of disqualifications in swimming, and some American athletes were surprised when the disqualifications were being announced over the P.A. system. It was a little jarring to hear...
Iceland to host 2012 gay swimming finals
Bjarni Snaebjornsson If my experiences with members of Styrmir Reykjavik the past two years is any indication, the 2012 International Gay and Lesbian...
Two straight Olympians support Equality Swim
Equality California's "Swim For Equality" has garnered the endorsements of two Olympic gold-medal swimmers. Gary Hall and Lenny Krayzelburg (right) are both lending their support for the event that...
Is synchronized swimming a sport?
Andrew Delaware, left, and Nathan Doidge. While covering the recent World Outgames in Copenhagen, I watched a bit of the synchronized...
Phelps whines: Someone has a faster suit
Maybe no man has benefited financially more from the ridiculous race to have the fastest swimsuit than Michael Phelps. Well, now the fastest suit is on another athlete. German Paul Biedermann beat...
Ian Thorpe may join Fight Club
I never associated Aussie swimmer Iam Thorpe with fighting, but the multi-gold medalist and erstwhile fashion designer is considering entering a Fight Club event Down Under for charity, the Sydney...
Photo: Trio of sleek swimmers
Thanks to a reader for this awesome shot of these three swimmers looking very acrobatic. Photo after the jump. And they are not wearing those hideous full-body suits. APRIL FOOL! WE KNOW WHAT YOU...
U.S. Swimming suspends Michael Phelps
It was one toke over the line for Michael Phelps as he was suspended from competition for three months by U.S. Swimming. Kellogg's also announced it would not renew its endorsement contract with...
Stop the presses! Michael Phelps smokes pot
The British tabloid The News of the World is getting attention for its "scoop" that shows American swimmer Michael Phelps smoking pot at a party in Columbia, S.C., in November. The story was given...
Michael Phelps, couch potato
In an interesting article on how Michael Phelps came to endorse the protein drink of a Texas start-up company, the Wall Street Journal tells us that Phelps has let himself go since winning eight...
Coughlin goes 6 for 6 in the pool
In all the deserved hoopla over Michael Phelps, another Olympic swimmer made some history in Beijing. American Natalie Coughlin won six medals this week to set a record for a woman. She also has...
Phelps wins an astonishing race
I have watched the slow-motion replay a dozen times and still can't believe that Michael Phelps (top swimmer in photo) won the 100-meter butterfly, tying Mark Spitz with seven gold medals in one...
'Hackett gold' a little tarnished
Australians take their swimming seriously. So when a less-than-fit looking Grant Hackett emerged from a Beijing open-water qualifier quite thick around the middle in May, it damaged their love...
That's Cullen Jones pinging your gaydar
Like millions of of people, I stayed up last night to watch Michael Phelps, Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones (photo) and Jason Lezak capture gold in the 4X100 freestyle relay. It was classic...
French trash talk, get faced by U.S. in relay
Why athletes talk trash before an event has always been one of sport's great mysteries. All it ever seems to do is fire up an opponent and offer motivation. France's Alain Bernard learned this...
Germany's swimming debacle
A beard figured prominently in what German media are calling the country's "debacle" so far in swimming. No German has come close to winning a medal, with even medal possibles failing to advance to...
Phelps wins 1st gold, redemption for Korean
Michael Phelps won his first gold medal in his first Olympics race, blowing away the field in the 400 IM and setting a world record in the process. Watching underwater video, it appears as if...
To shave or not to shave?
For the Olympic swimmers at least the choice is crystal clear: shave! Michael Phelps will no longer display his Fu Manchu style when he does the first for-real dive into the Water Cube pool today. E...
Phelps' Focus
Having recently started a new training regimen myself, I am more aware now of the intensity of focus required to achieve extraordinary results in sports, or simply fitness. For those of you...
