Olympic swimming

Three-time Olympian Elizabeth Beisel has taken on a new cause

After strong performances at the Tokyo Olympics, these five young U.S. Olympians could become stars at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

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Caeleb Dressel has earned his fifth swimming gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics as part of Team USA’s winning 4x100m medley relay squad, putting him in elite company. Earlier in the day, the 24-year-old Dressel cruised to a relatively easy victory in the 50-meter freestyle, touching in an Olympic record of 21.07 seconds. With his fifth victory, Dressel joins...

We asked the record-setting swimmer to get into the backstory of three random posts.

Follow all the latest news about our Bay Area Olympians as they compete for gold in Tokyo.

Follow all the latest news about our Bay Area Olympians as they compete for gold in Tokyo.

The 2016 champion earned a silver medal in Tokyo, and Luke Greenbank of Great Britain won bronze.

Zhang Yufei from China won the gold medal, setting an Olympic record with a time of 2:03:86.

Fellow American Erica Sullivan took the silver medal, and German Sarah Köhler earned bronze.

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

The United States won gold in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay Sunday night with a time of 3:08.97.

Team USA Swimmer Katie Ledecky takes the silver medal in the 400 meter freestyle. Australian rival Ariarne Titmus took the gold medal.

Team USA’s Regan Smith set an Olympic record with a time of 57.86 during the semifinal of the women’s 100m backstroke, earning her way into the final, where she will be joined by teammate Rhyan White. The other swimming semifinals in Tokyo included: The men’s 200m freestyle semifinals, in which Kieran Smithmade the final; USA’s Townley Haas did not...

After competing with full stands in Rio, the American swimmer was able to motivate himself through silence from 15,000 empty seats in the men’s 400m individual medley on Sunday.

Since she began weaving to curb anxiety from the pressures of her sport, Hinds went on to found her own home decor company, Luminary.

The bronze medal winner hopes to use her platform to inspire young athletes and make swimming more accessible.

The Team USA 4x100m freestyle relay swimmer from Midland, Texas decided to give herself a second chance after disappointment in the 2016 Rio Olympics, this time with more space for mental training.

When the pandemic hit, Smith deferred her enrollment at Stanford, stayed home with parents in Minnesota, and kept herself entertained with TikTok. Now, she’s a contender for the gold medal in the 100m backstroke.

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