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Torri Huske edged out Gretchen Walsh in the women's 100-meter butterfly in a race dominated by American swimmers. Huske beat Walsh at the wall by four-hundredths of a second to earn her first-ever ...

Here is more background from the Associated Press on Gretchen Walsh’s new world record: Gretchen Walsh set a world record in the women’s 100-meter butterfly Saturday night, posting a time of 55.18 ...

Here’s a recent story on the Olympics, via the Associated Press: PARIS (AP) — Concerns about the water quality in the Seine River led officials to call off the swimming portion of an Olympic triathlon ...

Leon Marchand carried the comparisons to Michael Phelps and the hopes of a nation on his broad shoulders.Video above: Triathlon practice in Paris cancelled due to high bacteria levels in the ...

D'Errico took down the second-oldest program record on the board with a 2:03.90 in the 200-yard butterfly, breaking the ...

May 3 (Reuters) - Gretchen Walsh improved on her own American record and became the second fastest woman to swim the 50 metre butterfly after Swede Sarah Sjostrom by clocking 24.93 seconds at the TYR ...

Summer McIntosh became the first female swimmer to win multiple individual gold medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Thursday. The 17-year-old Canadian phenom won the women's 200-meter butterfly over ...