It never got old.

They are snippets in time, unforgettable snapshots that gloriously capture the soaring euphoria and gut-wrenching agony of the games we love, not to mention the randomness of a moment that might’ve gone unnoticed otherwise.

On that sunny morning two decades ago, in the hours and minutes and seconds before everything changed, sports was playing its usual role in the fabric of life.

Coming into the Olympics, Alice Dearing made a huge impact in the debate over ways to make swimming a more diverse sport.

For all the focus on Caeleb Dressel, Australia’s Emma McKeon could leave the Tokyo Olympics with more swimming medals than anyone.

After an Olympics with plenty of free time, Simone Manuel has finally gotten back to racing.

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

For the first time in more than a century, Britain claimed relay gold at the Olympic pool.