PARIS, July 31 (Reuters) - Evergreen Swede Sarah Sjostrom's late decision to enter the women's 100 metres freestyle at the Paris Olympics paid off in spades as she trumped a top-quality field to ...

American Kate Douglass holds off 200m Olympic champion Mollie O'Callaghan to win the 100m freestyle at the 2025 World ...

A leading Australian swimming coach has led criticism of Pan Zhanle’s stunning 100m freestyle world record after saying the Chinese swimmer’s performance in the pool was “not humanly possible”. Brett ...

You can follow The Athletic's Olympics coverage here (click 'follow' in the top right hand corner). And for rolling news from around Paris on the first day of the Games, click here. We’re all set for ...