Today, we accept that there are four competitive strokes. But when the first rules for competitive swimming were written in the early 19th century, there was only one rule: Whoever swam the fastest ...

Lilly King, a 2016 Olympic champion and world record holder in the 100m breaststroke, announced that 2025 will be her final season as a competitive swimmer. King, 28, said last year that she would ...

Competitive swimming races consist of either or all of the four swimming strokes (butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and front crawl), and the performance of a race depends on the time and distance ...

In one of the most competitive swimming finals of the Paris Olympics, Nicolo Martinenghi won 100-meter breaststroke gold by two hundredths. He denied Adam Peaty the chance to become only the second ...

SINGAPORE — Singapore's top breaststroke swimmer Letitia Sim has retired from competitive sport, Singapore Aquatics announced on social media on May 22. Just five months ago, the 23-year-old enjoyed a ...