The New York Times story reported on lifeguards tasked with watching over the athletes, even someone as adept in the pool as Michael Phelps, who had 18 gold medals to his name at the time the story ...

After the Paris Olympics began in late July 2024, a meme went viral making fun of the notion that professional lifeguards are present at Olympic swimming events, calling it the most "useless" job in ...

Short course: A term used to describe a pool in which one length measures 25 meters (or 25 yards). Most college pools are short courses, and most events during the winter are held at short-course ...

Thomas Hedges competes in Friday’s Elks Invitational Swim Meet and Western Ohio Aquatics League Championship at the Kenton Municipal Swimming Pool. KENTON — The Bluffton Swim Team leads after Friday’s ...

Facilities at three UK hotels have been awarded at the prestigious “Oscars” of the pool and spa industry. The UK Pool and Spa ...

Swimming stepped out of its tried and trusted format in a novelty, multi-event competition in Brisbane on Friday night. And ...

This past weekend, the Summit High School swim and dive team competed at one of the most competitive regular-season meets of ...

Collegiate and high school swimming has exploded since the pandemic, with the fastest swimming in history happening year over year. A factor in all of the new records set may be new, fast, modern ...

The Minutewomen and Minutemen both finished fourth to conclude the event. BOSTON – University of Massachusetts swimming and diving concluded its time at the Terrier Invitational on Sunday evening at ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A pool fit for current and future Olympic athletes has found a permanent home in Fort Wayne. The competition pool made its way to Fort Wayne from Indianapolis and will be the ...

The hotel where they put Bill May is nice, expensive, across from the Jardin des Tuileries. He sits in a tastefully furnished lounge off the lobby, smiling, telling stories, bursting into jolts of ...