Katie Ledecky has capped another stellar Olympics by becoming only the second swimmer to win the same event at four straight Summer Games, holding off Ariarne Titmus to win the 800-meter freestyle.

Katie Ledecky has tied one of swimming’s most impressive records.

Turns out, those comparisons to Michael Phelps weren’t farfetched at all when it comes to Léon Marchand.

The atmosphere for Olympic swimming is electrifying.

Another Chinese doping allegation has flared up at the Paris Games, angering some swimmers who say officials need to enforce drug-testing rules consistently.

Katie Ledecky got started on what she hopes will be her first gold medal of the Paris Olympics, fastest in the heats of the 1,500-meter freestyle.

Swimming’s next generation of stars claimed the spotlight at the Paris Olympics on Monday night, a brash group that comes from all over the globe.

Simone Biles leads the United States women into the gymnastics team final as part of an action-packed slate Tuesday at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The Australian women are about the surest thing in swimming, and they showed it Saturday on the first night in the Paris Olympic pool.

It was billed as one of the most anticipated races of the Paris Olympics.

The 2024 Paris Olympics are underway.

The opening ceremony for the 2024 Paris Olympics is over, and the competition is really going to rev up on Saturday all across France.

The cauldron is lit, and the action is picking up at the Paris Olympics.

The crowds were large and raucous.

Caeleb Dressel has locked up his second individual race in Paris, giving him another chance to shine after his stellar performance at the last Olympics.

As always, it looks like a strong U.S. swim team that will head to the Olympics.

Coming back from long layoffs, American swimming stars Caeleb Dressel and Simone Manuel had to settle for relay spots at the Olympics on Wednesday night.

Katie Ledecky is heading to her fourth Olympics, cruising to victory in the 400-meter freestyle at the U.S. swimming trials.

Katie Ledecky is off to a rousing start at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials.

Olympic champion Katie Ledecky says faith in the anti-doping system is at an “all-time low” in the wake of the way global regulators handled a case involving Chinese swimmers.

Few swimmers have made a splash as big as Katie Ledecky, the Olympic gold medalist and two-time winner of The Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year award.

This will definitely be a unique "French touch" for medal winners this summer.

With some of America’s biggest stars deciding to stay home, Claire Curzan and Hunter Armstrong have claimed the spotlight at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Katie Ledecky’s 13-year unbeaten streak in the 800-meter freestyle is over.

Anthony Nesty has made more history with his selection to lead the U.S. men’s swimming team at the Paris Olympics.

American swimmer Katie Ledecky's legacy keeps growing.

Katie Ledecky has won the women’s 1,500-meter freestyle with ease at the swimming world championships on a day that saw fellow American Ryan Murphy triumph in the men’s 100 backstroke.

American freestyler Katie Ledecky has never gone home with anything other than a gold or silver medal in the Olympics or world championships dating from the 2012 London Games.

Chase Kalisz has become the seventh American swimmer to make six world championship teams.

In a sport still struggling to diversify, Anthony Nesty is a significant presence on the pool deck at the U.S. national championships.

Katie Ledecky will concede that a few things have changed over her long career at the top of swimming.

Katie Ledecky has joined an elite club, earning her sixth trip to the world championships with a dominating victory in the 800-meter freestyle at the U.S. nationals.

Olympic star Caeleb Dressel has returned to the competition pool after a layoff of nearly a year.

A change of scenery worked out just fine for Katie Ledecky.

Detained WNBA star Brittney Griner was front and center at The ESPYS.

Katie Ledecky has extended her record haul of medals from the world swimming championships to 22 with her latest 800-meter freestyle win.

Italy’s Thomas Ceccon has set a world record in the men’s 100 backstroke and Katie Ledecky has claimed yet another gold at the swimming world championships in Budapest.

Katie Ledecky has started the United States’ medal collection at the world swimming championships with a gold by reclaiming her title in the women’s 400 meters.

President Joe Biden praised Team USA for bringing a bit of unity to a pandemic weary nation as he hosted a White House celebration Wednesday with about 600 athletes from this year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing and the coronavirus-delayed Summer Games held in 2021 in Tokyo.

A swimming legend is joining the University of Florida program as a volunteer coach.

American star Caeleb Dressel still has a shot at five gold medals.

Katie Ledecky made more history for the U.S. in the pool.

The willingness of athletes, led by Simone Biles, to talk about the pressures they face as elite athletes on the Olympics stage, has forced a look at how NBC presents the Games to the public.

Caeleb Dressel has won his third gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics with a world record in the 100-meter butterfly.

Caeleb Dressel is expected to be the star of Day 7 at the Tokyo Games as he seeks his third gold medal in Friday night coverage of the Olympics.

Caeleb Dressel got his first individual gold medal, the Chinese women put together a record-setting relay and American Sunisa Lee won the women’s all-around gymnastics gold.

Zhang Yufei had a much busier morning than she was expecting at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

Caeleb Dressel lived up to the hype in an Olympics where many of the U.S. favorites have faltered.

The U.S. women's swimming team is pocketing plenty of medals at the Olympic pool.

Katie Ledecky will be the first to concede that her standards are almost impossible to meet, especially at this stage of her stellar swimming career.

The Australian swimmer known as the Terminator who took down Katie Ledecky at the Olympics has done it again.

Katie Ledecky got her first gold medal of these Olympics, while Simone Biles pulled out of another event she came into the Games favored to win.

Finally, a gold medal in Tokyo for Katie Ledecky.

Day 5 of the Tokyo Games features another busy day at the Aquatics Centre with five swimming finals and the men’s diving synchronized springboard final.

Alaska, of all places, has an Olympic champion at the pool.

Simone Biles and Team USA seek their third consecutive gold medal in women's gymnastics in Tuesday's team final.

Races often end in a blur for Canada’s Maggie MacNeil because she wears glasses outside the pool but doesn’t use contacts or prescription goggles when swimming.

Katie Ledecky strolled onto the deck first, which meant she was headed to the second spot on the medal podium.

Ariarne Titmus and Luka Doncic made memorable Olympic debuts.

Caeleb Dressel got started on his quest for six gold medals in swimming, while Katie Ledecky found herself in a very unusual position: Second place.

Katie Ledecky opened her Olympic program as the top qualifier in the 400-meter freestyle, setting up a showdown with Ariarne Titmus of Australia.

Chen Lijun kept China’s perfect record in weightlifting intact with victory in the men’s 67-kilogram class at the Tokyo Olympics.

Two of America's biggest stars begin their Tokyo Games on Sunday.

Chase Kalisz knows what’s coming: Pain, and lots of it in the 400-meter individual medley that gets swimming underway at the Tokyo Olympics.

A debate is brewing between former gold medalist Maya DiRado and some American swimmers over U.S. medal threat Michael Andrew’s decision not to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus on the eve of competition at the Tokyo Olympics.

The Tokyo Games have arrived at last, after a yearlong delay.

There won’t be any reaction shots of excited, shocked or crying family members in the stands at the Tokyo Olympics.

We lost a lot last summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of those things was the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

The stars shined on the next-to-last night of the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha.

The stars shined on the next-to-last night of the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha.

Katie Ledecky’s most grueling night at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials resulted in two more victories.

The Lilly King Show is headed to Tokyo.

Lilly King always seems to back up her big talk.

Katie Ledecky touched the wall far ahead of everyone else at the U.S. swimming trials.

Katie Ledecky won the 1,500-meter freestyle at the Pro Swim Series meet with the world’s fastest time this year.

Katie Ledecky won the 200-meter freestyle at the TYR Pro Swim Series meet with the world’s fastest time this year.

Outside of it, the Olympic champion is pushing herself in a new endeavor to boost the profile of women’s sports. AdShe’s aiming to defend her 100 free title at the Tokyo Olympics, delayed for a year by the coronavirus pandemic. When Stanford closed its facilities last March, Manuel and training partner Katie Ledecky found a backyard pool to work out in. He failed to make it out of the preliminaries, finishing 32nd in the 100 free and 25th in the 100 breaststroke. Blake Pieroni won the men’s 100 free in 49.19 seconds.

Irvine is hosting about 240 swimmers — a mix of national team members, collegians and high schoolers — competing outdoors under strict safety guidelines at a time when COVID-19 is surging again in many parts of the country. Ryan Lochte, seeking to make his fifth Olympic team at age 36, is competing at the U.S. Open site in Sarasota, Florida. Swimmers enter the complex through a designated spot and follow a progression from the warm-up pool, competition pool, warm-down pool and exit. The number of swimmers who can be in the same lane training at the same time is limited to a maximum of four. Multiple sessions are being staged to keep the number of swimmers at the complex at one time lower.

Adam Peaty of Great Britain celebrates after breaking a World Record 56.88 in the Men's 100m Breaststroke Semifinal on day one of the Gwangju 2019 FINA World Championships at Nambu International Aquatics Centre on July 21, 2019 in Gwangju,A couple of milliseconds make a world record of a difference. Swimming phenom Adam Peaty beat his own record time for the men's 100-meter breaststroke early Sunday, becoming the first man to finish the race in under 57 seconds. The 24-year-old Brit clocked in at 56.88, nearly two seconds ahead of his opponents, in the event's semifinals at the 2019 World Aquatic Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. He is scheduled to compete in the final round of the men's 100-meter breaststroke Monday. "I've come here to win a world title, and that's tomorrow, and that's still my main focus," he said.