Olympic historian Michael Loynd details how swimming champion Charles Daniels “passed the torch” to Duke Kahanamoku, bringing the art of swimming to the world stage. Learn more about Charles Daniels ...

You could call it a stroke of swimming genius. U.S. Olympian Katie Ledecky has galloped away with two more gold medals in the 800 meter and 1,500 meter women’s freestyle swimming events at the 2024 ...

Keep reading to learn more about each stroke and how they're swam, plus which muscles are worked. This powerful stroke requires a swimmer to move up out of the water and back down in a smooth, almost ...

Freestyle is a complicated stroke because it’s the resting stroke that everybody seems to do differently. Some people look like they’re flailing with pizzaz, some people look so elegant that there is ...

The October 2021 edition of Swimming World featured an image of rising star David Popovici on the cover. His teeth clenched, the Romanian teenager splashed water at the end of a race, clearly pleased ...

Newly commissioned second lieutenants of Bravo Company, at The Basic School, float to conserve energy during the four-minute water tread portion of Marine Corps Water Survival Training Program ...

There are 14 different freestyle races in the Olympics, more than any other stroke. Jim Bahn If you want to beat Michael Phelps in a race, you should probably just give up. Or, you can try to figure ...

Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Jeffrey Rock swims the Navy physical readiness test at Florida Keys Community College pool at Naval Air Station Key West, Florida, May 1, 2014. (Mass Communication Specialist ...

Lauren Kalmanowicz wanted to do something special for Senior Night. So, the Susquehannock swimmer did what she does best. The backstroke. But she didn’t swim in the expected places. Not in the medley ...

Our YMCA swim lessons beginning June 1 are designed to build confidence, develop skills, and create a fun, safe experience for every swimmer. Each session runs for 3 weeks, with 2 classes per week (6 ...