“Everything you have to do to get to the point of actually doing it is a hassle,” a friend groused to me recently as I extolled the virtues of swimming. I get it. If you don’t live close to a body of water, hauling yourself and your brood to the shore with all the attendant…
Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian in history with 28 medals, has launched a stinging attack on USA Swimming, accusing its leadership of poor governance and calling for sweeping reforms to restore the sport’s dominance. In a candid Instagram post, Phelps said the sport’s decline over the past decade has left him questioning whether he…
Yu Zidi of China competes in the women’s 200-meter individual medley final at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. (AP) Yu Zidi, 12-year-old Chinese swimmer, made history by becoming the youngest athlete to win a World Championships medal at Singapore. She earned bronze as part of China’s 4x200m freestyle relay team, despite not participating in…
The Trump administration said Wednesday it would suspend about $175 million in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania over its approach to transgender athletes, according to a White House social media account that trumpeted the pause. The move would intensify the government’s campaign against transgender people’s participation in public life and escalate a clash…
The World Anti-Doping Agency has dropped a defamation lawsuit against its American counterpart, a major retreat for the agency after nearly a year of escalating conflict over its handling of positive tests for a banned drug by 23 elite Chinese swimmers. The decision by the agency — known by its acronym, WADA — to drop…
US President Donald Trump responded sarcastically when asked if he would visit the site of a deadly collision between a passenger plane and a military helicopter over the Potomac River in Washington DC. During a White House press briefing on Thursday, a journalist asked Trump about his plans to visit the site of the deadliest…
Shams Aalam, a record-breaking Para swimmer from the village of Rathaus in Bihar’s Madhubani district, has made history as the first swimmer with paraplegia to successfully complete the National Takshila Open Water Swimming Competition last Sunday. The event, this year in its 14th edition, covered a challenging 13 km course along the river Ganga in…