On Saturday, champion swimmer Katie Ledecky won her 16th gold medal in the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. Ledecky is already a seven-time Olympic gold medalist, but this particular swim made history, because she’s now won more ...

Katie Ledecky tied Michael Phelps‘ record with her seventh USA Swimming Athlete of the Year, awarded at the Golden Goggles in Miami on Tuesday night. Ledecky was Female Athlete of the Year six consecutive times from 2013-18. Simone Manuel won it in 2019.

Another American swimmer beat Michael Phelps’ long-standing 100-meter butterfly record this past week. Florida native Caeleb Dressel, 22, edged out Phelps’ 2009 world record of 49.82 seconds with a new record of 49.50 seconds on July 26 at the FINA ...

In 2003, Michael Phelps put together 41 spectacular days in the 200 individual medley, a stretch that yielded four world records.

Dorothy Hyman, Wilma Rudolph and Giuseppina Leone shake hands while standing on the podium at the 1960 Olympics. U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz proudly displays the five gold medals he won in the 1972 Summer Olympics. Winning seven gold medals total, he was the most decorated athlete at the 1972 games in Munich.

What do you do when you already have beaten Michael Phelps' record at 16 years old? For swimmer Justin Lynch, who turned 18 last month, he just keeps practicing, chasing that record-breaking performance, with an eye on the 2016 Rio Olympics. His memory ...