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The Russian Olympic Committee hits back after US swimmer Ryan Murphy suggested the race wasn't '100% clean'
With Russia banned from the Olympics due to doping sanctions, 330 athletes, including Rylov, are co…
Rachel Hosie
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Australian Kaylee McKeown won gold and accidentally yelled 'F--- YEAH!' to her family on live TV
Kaylee McKeown was asked what she'd like to say to her family after her Olympic win. Her response n…
Tyler Lauletta
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Here's a complete guide of what to actually watch during the Rio Olympics
9 p.m.: Swimming: women's 100m butterfly final, men,s 200m freestyle semifinal, women's 100m breast…
Caroline Praderio
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Srihari, Dhinidhi fail to reach semis; Indian swimming campaign ends
Making her Olympic debut, 14-year-old Dhinidhi, the youngest member of the Indian contingent, did w…
PTI
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Swimming is one of the most efficient workouts you can do. Here's how to use different strokes to target each part of your body.
Swimming strokes can workout multiple body parts at once. A private swimming instructor broke down …
Jackson Thompson
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Ryan Lochte Lost Another Gold Medal After A Teammate Jumped Into The Pool 0.4 Seconds Early
Sensors showed that he left the block 0.4 seconds before Matt Grevers completed the backstroke leg …
Cork Gaines
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An Olympic swimmer barred from competing for attending a pro-Putin rally entered Russia's national championships just 4 days after his ban started
Evgeny Rylov was banned for nine months by the International Swimming Federation last week. On Sund…
Will Martin
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American swimmer wrote a letter to his parents when he was 8 years old saying he wanted to be an Olympian - now he's a gold medalist
American swimmer Ryan Murphy won the 100-meter backstroke on Monday night in Rio to pick …
Emmett Knowlton
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English swimmer wins Commonwealth Games gold 6 months after leg amputation
English para-swimmer Alice Tai, who was born with club foot, had her right leg amputated from below…
Barnaby Lane
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20-year-old Chinese swimmer had a funny, subdued reaction to finding out she won a medal
After finishing with a bronze medal, she was completely unaware of where she finished during an int…
Scott Davis
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3-time Olympic gold medalist Ryan Murphy pushed his car up a hill as a creative workout alternative during quarantine
"We couldn't get it very far up the hill," Ryan Murphy told Insider. "But that was a nice way to wo…
Meredith Cash
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10 Things in Politics: Biden's EV arms race against China
And the shipping crisis isn't going away.
Brent D. Griffiths
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A Putin-supporting Russian swimmer dropped by Speedo after attending a pro-war rally says he's being targeted because he's the sport's biggest star
"I think the whole point is that I am the world face of swimming," said Evgeny Rylov, who won two g…
Barnaby Lane
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Pro golfer Max Homa got into a heated exchange with a fan over a $3 bet and a putt
Max Homa won $790,000 at the BMW Championship but also cost one "probably drunk" spectator $3 by ma…
Cork Gaines
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Russian Olympic swimmer Rylov defiantly says he can 'choose what to do' after his global ban for attending a pro-Putin rally
This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin called Rylov's ban from swimming an "absurdity" during …
Will Martin
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Russian Olympic winner who claimed to be swimming's biggest star is banned from the sport for attending pro-war rally
Evgeny Rylov, who won two golds in Tokyo, faces a nine-month ban for attending the rally. He had al…
Will Martin
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A Russian triple Olympic gold medalist was ditched by a key sponsor, which called him 'crazy and idiotic' for attending a pro-war rally
Alexander Bolshunov, who won three gold medals at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, attended a pro-…
Barnaby Lane
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Putin slammed the lengthy ban given to Russian Olympian Evgeny Rylov for attending a pro-war rally, calling his case 'absurdity'
On Tuesday, Putin hosted a number of Olympic medalists at the Kremlin, deriding the pariah status o…
Will Martin
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Banned Russian swimmer Evgeny Rylov says he'll keep swimming in Speedo equipment, despite having his sponsorship canceled over his support for Putin
Double Olympic winner Rylov has been one of the most staunchly pro-Kremlin Russian athletes since P…
Will Martin
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Two silver and bronze medal swimmers questioned the legitimacy of a gold-winning Russian's Olympic victory
The USA's Ryan Murphy and GB's Luke Greenback did not directly accuse their opponent of cheating, b…