Kate Douglass broke the world record in the 50m freestyle at a Tyr Pro Series meet in Indianapolis, becoming the first American woman to hold the record in the fastest event in swimming in 40 years.

Gretchen Walsh has broken the 50-meter freestyle world record, becoming the fastest female sprinter in the history of swimming. Less than two weeks after Kate Douglass stunned the swimming world with ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kate Douglass broke the world record in the women's 50-meter freestyle at the TYR Pro Swim Series meet Friday night. Douglass won the final in 23.59 seconds, bettering the mark of ...

Marrit Steenbergen of the Netherlands broke the world record in the 100m freestyle at the Sette Colli swim meet in Rome on Saturday. Steenbergen, the two-time reigning world champion, clocked 51.68 ...

The 24-year-old American improved on the record set by Sweden’s Sarah Sjöström at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka by two hundredths of a second. Previously, she had never swum this distance ...

TOKYO, Japan — Bobby Finke broke his own record to win gold at the Olympics in the first-ever 800-meter freestyle Wednesday night. Going into the competition in third, Finke beat out Ukraine’s ...