Michael Phelps

This is Hungary’s first medal in the 200m butterfly, and Phelps set the previous Olympic record in 2008.

The 24-year-old reigning Olympic champion wrote the tweet on Wednesday night, following her withdrawal from key gymnastics events this week.

Former Olympian Michael Phelps, who has been vocal about athletes needing to protect their mental health, said Tuesday that “it broke his heart” when Simone Biles withdrew from the women’s team competition.

There is no other competition in sports like the Olympics. The athletes who perform at the highest level of their sports train for years to represent their country at destinations like Tokyo in 2021. Over the last 125 years of Olympic competition, U.S. Olympians have given world-record-breaking performances that have stood the test of time. Here are some of the…

United States athletes at the Olympics often are draped in red, white and blue … and gold.  The U.S. reached a historic milestone by capturing its 1,000th gold medal in the history of the Olympic Games at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. It was the continuation of the United States’ history of global domination at the Olympics, with a record-setting…

U.S. Swimmer Chase Kalisz recalled asking Michael Phelps how he handled the same difficult schedule Olympians face now in Tokyo, with preliminary heats at night and final competition in the morning, when Phelps competed in Beijing....
Kalisz, the first American to capture a gold medal at the Tokyo Games when he won the men’s 400m individual medley on Sunday, noted that...

The swimmer, who won USA’s first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics in the men’s 400m individual medley on Sunday, remembers asking Phelps how he managed the competition schedule back in 2008.

Katie Ledecky is firmly established as the best active women’s swimmer in the country and is expected to keep adding to her resume at the Tokyo Olympic Games

Let’s take a look at which athletes have brought home the most medals in Olympic history

Michael Phelps will be part of NBC’s Olympics coverage as a correspondent and swimming commentator

The U.S. reached a historic milestone by capturing its 1,000th gold medal in the history of the Olympic Games at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. It was the continuation of the United States’ history of global domination at the Olympics.

Michael Phelps tops the list of most decorated Olympians in history – and it’s really not even close.

Chase Kalisz is heading back to the Olympics after winning the 400-meter individual medley on the opening night of the U.S. swimming trials in Omaha

The one year delay of the Tokyo Olympic Games was devastating for the athletes who had been training all their lives for 2020. The most decorated Olympian of all time, Michael Phelps, discussed the mental challenges these athletes have faced, and how he would have responded himself.

Swimming legend Michael Phelps is working with Gen Z community members to make a positive impact around the world through Colgate’s Optimism Project. The Olympian athlete talked to LX News about how he’s learned to use the power of positivity to overcome challenges in his own life and career.

Michael Phelps is hoping that a new documentary highlighting his mental health struggles and those of other prominent Olympic athletes will help others who find themselves in a dark place.

Michael Phelps has another big reason to celebrate today! The Olympic athlete and his wife Nicole Michele Phelps welcomed their third child into the world–a beautiful baby boy.

Olympic champion Ryan Lochte made an emphatic return to competition Wednesday, swimming the fourth-fastest time by an American in the 200-meter individual medley during a time trial in the U.S. national championships at Stanford University. “I’m back, woo!” Lochte proclaimed in his opening remarks on the pool deck at Avery Aquatic Center after qualifying for next year’s U.S. Olympic trials...

The American won his semifinal heat in 49.50 seconds — 0.32 seconds better than Phelps’ mark set at the 2009 world meet in Rome at the height of the high-tech suit era.

In an interview on the “Today” show on Thursday, the 33-year-old recalls his mental health struggles. At his lowest point, in October 2014, soon after a DUI arrest that led to a rehab stint, Phelps was so depressed he did not leave his room for several days and even contemplated suicidal.