American Bobby Finke won the first-ever gold in the Olympic debut of the 800-meter freestyle final on July 29. Finke, a first-time Olympian, finished the race at a time of seven minutes and 41.87 seconds, becoming the first American to …
China set a new world record after winning the Tokyo Olympic gold in the women’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay on July 29. The Chinese swimming team comprised of Yang Junxuan, Tang Muhan, Zhang Yufei, and Li Bingjie finished the relay event …
Australian Stubblety-Cook set a new Olympic record as he took the gold in the men’s 200-meter breaststroke final at the Tokyo Aquatics Center on July 29. Stubblety-Cook finished the race in two minutes and 6.38 seconds, breaking the previous record …
American swimmer Caeleb Dressel set a new Olympic record on July 29 after finishing first place in the men’s 100-meter freestyle in 47.02 seconds at the Tokyo Games. Dressel broke the long-standing record of 47.05 seconds set by Australian Eamon …
American Katie Ledecky won the first-ever Olympic gold medal in the women’s 1,500-meter freestyle swimming on July 28 at the Tokyo Aquatics Center. Ledecky finished the race, which marked the Olympic debut of the swimming event, with a time of …
Australian swimmer Kaylee McKeown won the gold medal at the 100-meter backstroke on July 27 after setting a new Olympic record of 57.47 seconds. In her first time participating in the Olympics, McKeown, 20, won against Canada’s 2017 and 2019 …
Adam Peaty won the first gold for Team Great Britain (GB) in the Tokyo Olympics on July 26 after setting more records at the 100-meter breaststroke final. Peaty won the swimming event at the Tokyo Aquatics Center in a time …
Former Olympian Neil Agius broke the world record for the longest continuous ocean swim, which ended in Gozo on Wednesday night, completing a 125.6-kilometer journey from Linosa in over 52 hours. Agius, who beat the previous record at 124.4 kilometers, …