Swimming News

A central Kentucky woman has an extra reason to watch the Summer Olympic games in Beijing.

Jaimie Roudebush dons swim fins and a wet suit, straps on an oxygen tank and adjusts her scuba mask.

A British tourist drowned after being swept away by a strong current at a popular tourist spot in the Philippines.

Israeli swimmer Max Jaben's is set miss the Beijing Olympics next month after it was confirmed on Saturday that the 'B' sample of a drug test taken from him in April was found to be positive.

Police identified a girl who drowned in her family's pool Friday as 11-year-old Stormie Hopson.

A 32-year-old man died during the New York City triathlon Sunday, the first death in the eight year history of the event.

Wu Peng, one of China's best swimmers, said he was ready to challenge American phenomenon Michael Phelps' dominance at the forthcoming Olympic Games.

A water test at a Tempe splash park showed positive results for the parasite cryptosporidium.

Adelaide 9C - 12C . Showers or drizzle, easing later. Grant Hackett sent an ominous warning to his Beijing rivals today.

One of the largest studies of its kind shows just how sluggish American children become once they hit the teen years: While 90 percent of 9-year-olds get a couple of hours of exercise most days, fewer than 3 ...

Four years ago, Natalie Coughlin became one of three American women to win five medals during one Olympics.

Forget planting geraniums in a whiskey barrel: The humble world of container gardening has gone upscale.

If you're desperately seeking relief from the heat wave, the best place to find it is in a sparkling blue swimming pool.

Brent Hayden, shown here at the Canadian Olympic trials in April, has won two gold medals in two days at the Summer Nationals.

In this July 6, 2008 file photo, Bernard Lagat, right, crosses the finish line ahead of Lopez Lomong to win the men's 1500 meter final at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore.

Beijing will be my third Olympics, and the biggest difference for me between this Games and Athens or Sydney is my level of experience.

Olympic swimmer Eric Shanteau is heading to Beijing with a startling diagnosis: He has cancer.

Police say two men looking for a thrill jumped off the Hawthorne Bridge into the Willamette River late Thursday and one of the men did not resurface, authorities said.

Nearly 50 metal spikes were mysteriously planted in the shallows of an urban lake popular with swimmers, alarming Seattle residents and leading to a police investigation.

Julia Wilkinson, right, clocked one minute, .59 seconds in Thursday's 100-metre backstroke to eclipse her old mark of 1:02.06. Confidence won't be an issue for Canadian swimmer Julia Wilkinson as she prepares ...