Olympic Swimming News

Zachary Jung, of Frankfort, works on his backstroke as he participates in an effort to set a record for the world's largest swimming lesson.

Nearly 150 little swimmers splashed around at the Altoona Aquatic Center for a massive swim lesson -- perhaps the world's biggest -- Tuesday morning.

OXFORD, Ohio The Miami University men's swimming and diving team will add 12 incoming recruits to its roster for the 2013-14 season.

Bulgarian star marathon swimmer Petar Stoychev , who recently spent two months in office as caretaker Minister of Sport, has announced plans to resume sports career.

Cade Avalos holds his breath while taking a swimming lesson at Fairmont Aquatic Center in Salt Lake City Tuesday, June 18, 2013, as thousands of children around the globe participate in The World's Largest Swimming Lesson.

The World's Largest Swimming Lesson took place at locations around the globe on June 18, but those who participated at Aquatica, SeaWorld's water park, got a special bonus: hands-on instructions from a gold medal-winning Olympic swimmer.

About 35,000 swimmers - including 25 from Burbank - dipped into more than 700 pools around the world on Tuesday, breaking the previous Guinness World Record set for the largest simultaneous swimming lesson ever conducted, according to the Burbank YMCA .

Tens of thousands of kids and adults around the world are united to set a new Guinness World Record and this is the first time Topeka is splashing in.

Twelve-year-old Morgan Lambert joined 28 other children in the World's Largest Swimming Lesson at Tommie Allen Community Pool on Tuesday.

About 100 southwest Riverside County kids took an early morning dip in the pool on Tuesday, June 18, that came with some valuable lessons.

David, who won silver in the 10k open water swim in Beijing 2008, taught them how to do a corkscrew turn, put them through a series of drills and watched from the sidelines as children took part in a relay race.

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Squalicum graduated senior Carlee Bock said she's always dreamt of swimming for a big NCAA Division I school, pretty much since she started swimming for the Bellingham Bay Swim Team 11 years ago.

Stephen Mavin, 37, who swims for the March Marlins but lives in Somersham, will be one of 300 riders who will set off from Blackheath, London, on Saturday July 6 and pedal nearly 300 miles to the French capital against the clock.

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 17. SWIMMING World Magazine caught up for some Q&A with Olympic medalist George Bovell.

Mohamed Lahna removes the prosthetic he uses for everyday activity, attaches another to his right leg worn specifically for running, then takes off around the bright blue track at the College of San Mateo among all the lunch-hour walkers and joggers.

PARIS: Denmark's Mads Glaesner was on Monday banned for three months and stripped of his 2012 world short course 1500m-title after failing a drugs test, swimming's governing body FINA announced.

Missy Franklin is knocking around the idea of adding the 200 individual medley to her swimming repertoire at the National Championships and World Championship Trials on June 25-29 in Indianapolis.

On Tuesday, June 16, southwest Riverside County residents will join with tens of thousands of kids and adults in swimming pools around the globe in what's being billed as "The World's Largest Swimming Lesson."

Thanks to Long Bach Nguyen for sharing that recent view looking toward the Olympic Mountains over northern West Seattle.