On September 26, five-time Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown blasted a new short course meters 100 backstroke world record. Swimming a 54.56, McKeown undercut the previous record by a significant three ...

Teaching fast swimming is a complex challenge, requiring an individualized approach for every athlete. No two swimmers are alike, so coaching methods should be adaptable rather than a ...

A team of researchers has beaten its own record for the fastest swimming soft robot, drawing inspiration from manta rays to improve their ability to control the robot's movement in the water. A team ...

It was just two years ago that a tiny robotic manta ray became the world's fastest-swimming soft-bodied robot. Well, one of its descendants has now smashed that record – and it uses less energy than ...

Audrey Derivaux was far from the fastest swimmer entered in the women's 400-meter individual medley at U.S. Olympic swimming trials. She was seeded in the third of six heats in an event where the ...

NANTERRE, France (AP) — Katie Ledecky fired the first salvo in her duel with Ariarne Titmus, posting the fastest time the preliminaries of the women’s 400-meter freestyle Saturday as the swimming ...

Manta rays are elegantly shaped. They swim by flapping their fins like enormous wings, and their gills filter for plankton with the utmost precision. These creatures have now inspired human ...

The speed shown in pools across New Jersey was unreal this year. And with the state tournament and Meet of Champions just around the corner, there’s still plenty of fast swimming to come. But before ...