11 articles tagged "olympics-swimming"
Australia's Emma McKeon became the first female swimmer to win seven medals at a single Olympics with two more golds yesterday. She won the 50 metres freestyle before helping Australia win the women's 4x100m medley
Australia's Emma McKeon has won two more gold medals in Tokyo, taking her medal tally at this Olympics Games to seven — the equal most by any woman in any sport in Olympic history. The dual gold medals came in th
Caeleb Dressel got the help he needed and delivered a monumental butterfly leg himself to power the United States to a gold medal in the men's 4x100m medley relay, breaking the world record. The U.S. finished in 3:
Team Fiji’s Cheyenne Rova finished third in heat 5 of the 50 metres freestyle last night. She clocked a time of 27.11 seconds. Rova has not qualified for the semifinals at 1.32pm today. Elisabeth Norah
With two astonishing late surges, American Bobby Finke won the men's 800m freestyle swimming and Australia's Izaac Stubblety-Cook took the men's 200m breaststroke at the Tokyo Games. Reuters reports that Finke pull
Australia's Ariarne Titmus won her latest battle with five-time Olympic gold medallist Katie Ledecky as she set a Games record in the women's 200m freestyle in Tokyo. Titmus, who beat Ledecky in the 400m freestyle
Team Fiji swimmer Taichi Vakasama finished fourth in the first heat of the men's 200 metres breaststroke last night. The 21-year-old clocked a time of 2 minutes 17.35 seconds. Panama's Christianson Bernhard Ty
Alaskan teenager Lydia Jacoby upstaged her 2016 Olympic champion teammate Lily King to win a surprise gold medal in the women's 100m breaststroke. The 17-year-old accelerated over the final 25 metres to push ahead
Adam Peaty wrote his name into the history books once again as he powered to 100 metres breaststroke gold in Tokyo to become the first British swimmer to defend his Olympic title. The world record holder blew away
New Zealand has been beaten 3-2 by Honduras in their second match in men's football at the Olympic Games. Burnley striker Chris Wood who scored the winner against South Korea in the first match was on target again
American swimmer Chase Kalisz has won the USA's first swimming medal in Tokyo, holding off teammate Jay Litherland to take gold in the Men's 400m individual medley. Team USA's second medal followed closely behind w
