The following reflects general expectation rather than official qualification. The 2021 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials can be streamed live on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app starting June 4, as ...

Volleyball and gymnastics are among the events that people most want to see at the Rio Olympic Games. But there are lesser-known sports and athletic events that you can watch at the global competition ...

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 ...

MESA, Ariz. -- Michael Phelps is aiming to compete in a fifth Olympics next year in Rio, although the 18-time Olympic champion isn't scheduled to swim in the world championships this summer. Phelps ...

Doesn’t feel like it, but it’s been nine years since the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The final Olympiad for Michael Phelps. The trifecta of Katie Ledecky. Mack Horton’s epic defeat of Sun ...

Missing three of them is an automatic two-year suspension. According to the ITA, Oleksiak has accepted her ban. It is ...

A very different kind of Olympics is underway in Rio de Janeiro to honour the original games in Ancient Greece - where all the competitors are naked. The sporty naturists wear just a suntan as they ...

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 ...

Katie Ledecky is no stranger to the Olympic stage. The 27-year-old swimmer has been a household name since she burst onto the scene 12 years ago in London. The 2012 Olympics were Ledecky's opening act ...