PARIS — The stunning stat that tells the ongoing story of Olympic swimming’s evolution is, on the surface, a testament to Australian speed. It’s the story of Ariarne Titmus, the “Terminator” of world ...
These days it's Mark Spitz who has to worry about swimming with the sharks. He's hoping his new Missoula Aquatic Club swim cap will help out with that. At 58, Spitz - whose nickname was "The Shark," ...
MISSOULA - Nine-time Olympic gold medal swimmer Mark Spitz is scheduled to visit Missoula next weekend. Spitz will meet with Missoula's youth swim teams at Splash Montana at 4 p.m. on July 11. Spitz's ...
With the kickoff of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro imminent, the time was right to pull out this groovy 1972 portrait from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. It shows the ...
Winning an Olympic gold medal is already rare, and winning eight or more is nearly impossible. Even so, across all eras of the Games, a handful of competitors have achieved this. These athletes left ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mark Spitz has rounded on Olympics chiefs for failing to invite him to Beijing for swimmer Michael Phelps' quest to break his record gold medal haul in the pool. The American ...
Gary Hall Sr. won medals at three consecutive Olympic games, an unprecedented feat for the 1970s. But as he told Olympic.org this week, that didn’t even make him the most decorated member of his ...
Olympic Gold Medal swimmer Mark Spitz is suing Procter & Gamble, claiming the consumer products giant failed to obtain his permission to include him in marketing materials for Crest toothpaste, ...