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A Year After Shark Took Her Leg, She's in Paralympics

Swimmer Ali Truwit was snorkeling days after graduating Yale when shark attacked her

(Newser) - The first step for swimmer Ali Truwit was overcoming her fear of the one place she'd always felt safe—the water. Having just graduated Yale, she and a friend were snorkeling off Turks and Caicos on May 24, 2023, when a shark charged and bit Truwit's lower left...

Swimmers' Two Medals Take US to Milestone

That's 3K medals in Olympics overall for American competitors

(Newser) - When Katharine Berkoff won bronze in the women's 100-meter backstroke at the Paris Games, she became the owner of the 600th Olympic medal earned by a US swimming athlete ever. The victory also took the US to another historic milestone: medal No. 3,000, collected in the Summer and...

American Swimmer Surprises Herself With World Record

'I didn't know I was going that fast,' says Gretchen Walsh of UVa

(Newser) - The University of Virginia's Gretchen Walsh set a world record in the women's 100-meter butterfly Saturday night at the US Olympic swimming trials, per the AP . The 21-year-old posted a time of 55.18 seconds in a semifinal heat in Indianapolis, eclipsing the mark of 55.48 set...

Katie Ledecky Ties a Big Michael Phelps' Record

With 15 individual world swimming titles, the same number he holds

(Newser) - Katie Ledecky is now tied with Michael Phelps for the most individual world swimming golds at 15, USA Swimming announced Tuesday amid the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. Ledecky won gold in the 1500-meter freestyle, also making her the first woman to win 20 World Championships gold medals....

US Transgender Swimmers Get Some New Rules

Panel to decide if transitioned athletes like Lia Thomas have unfair advantage at elite level

(Newser) - A panel of three medical experts will determine whether a transgender swimmer has an unfair advantage over other female competitors before they are accepted at the elite level, according to a new policy from USA Swimming . The panel will consider "prior physical development of the athlete as a male...

Ledecky Wins First-Ever Olympic Gold in Women's 1500
Ledecky Finally Tastes Gold
Jul 28, 2021 12:23 AM CDT

Ledecky Finally Tastes Gold

Hours after failing to medal, US swimmer claims first-ever gold in women's 1500

(Newser) - When Katie Ledecky finally saw that familiar number next to her name, the emotions flooded to the surface at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. She tumbled over the lane rope to give her runner-up teammate a hug. She let out an uncharacteristic scream toward the American cheering section in the mostly...

Alaska Has an Olympic Champion in an Unexpected Sport

Lydia Jacoby pulls off stunning swimming upset

(Newser) - Alaska is renowned for its majestic natural beauty. The snowy peaks. The glistening glaciers. The sparkling fjords. An Arctic paradise, for sure. Swimming? That’s never been much of a thing in the 49th US state. Until now. Seventeen-year-old Lydia Jacoby pulled off a stunning victory in the women’s...

US Swimmer Going for Gold: No Vaccine for Me

Michael Andrew among unvaccinated athletes facing stricter protocol at Olympics

(Newser) - USA Today dubs Michael Andrew the "biggest Olympic name yet" to reveal he is not vaccinated against COVID-19. The 22-year-old Team USA swimmer—a gold medal favorite who holds the US record in the men's 100-meter breaststroke and posted the fastest time in five years in his...

Young US Swimmers Grew Into Olympians During Shutdown

Women's squad bound for Tokyo includes 10 teenagers

(Newser) - No one knew what the makeup of the US Olympic swim team would look like on the other side of the pandemic. The answer became clear over the weekend at the trials in Omaha. It's young: 10 members of the women's team are teenagers, replacing veterans of past...

Swim Coach to Girl, 13: 'I Have a Friend Who Wants to Get Laid'

USA Swimming named in civil suit over its issued warning

(Newser) - USA Swimming CEO Tim Hinchey was informed that a swim coach had sent sexual messages to a 13-year-old girl he was coaching, though the coach was never suspended and continued to work with young kids. "Well I have a friend who wants to get laid also. You come thru...

Brazil Lets Ryan Lochte Off the Hook

Criminal case dismissed against swimmer over false robbery report at Rio Olympics

(Newser) - A Brazilian court has dismissed the criminal case against US swimmer Ryan Lochte, who had been charged with filing a false robbery report during the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The court confirmed in a statement this week that it tossed out the case after determining that Lochte's...

Ryan Lochte to Be Slapped With 10-Month Suspension
Lochte in Line
for Long Suspension
Sep 8, 2016 1:19 AM CDT

Lochte in Line for Long Suspension

IOC, USA Swimming will ban him for 10 months

(Newser) - Ryan Lochte has been hit with a 10-month suspension for his behavior in Rio, sources tell USA Today , CNN , and other outlets. The punishment handed down by the International Olympic Committee, the United States Olympic Committee, and USA Swimming also includes a ban from 2017's world championship meet in...

One for the Ages: Phelps Nabs 23rd—and Final?—Gold

Swimmer achieves legend as he closes out his 5th Games

(Newser) - Standing atop the medal podium for the 23rd time, Michael Phelps teared up, bit his lip, and gave a little nod. This was how he really wanted to go out. On top of his game in the water. Totally content away from the pool. "It turned out pretty cool,...

Phelps Stunned in Final Solo Race
Phelps Stunned
in Final Solo Race
OLYMPICS
Aug 13, 2016 1:19 AM CDT

Phelps Stunned in Final Solo Race

He was in Olympic swimming's 1st 3-way tie for 2nd

(Newser) - Michael Phelps is used to being in a league of his own. So it was strange to see him, after what he insists was his final individual race as an Olympian, crowding onto a medal stand with two other swimmers. And it wasn't even the top step. In a...

Brock Turner Gets Lifetime Ban From USA Swimming

Effectively ending his Olympic dreams

(Newser) - Brock Turner may have received just a six-month sentence (of which he'll likely serve only three) from a judge for raping an unconscious girl behind a dumpster, but he won't get the same leniency from USA Swimming, USA Today reports. The organization, which oversees all professional swim...

Michael Phelps Engaged to Former Miss Calif.

Nicole Johnson 'said yes,' swimmer tweets

(Newser) - Michael Phelps has taken the plunge and gotten engaged. The 18-time Olympic gold medalist announced on Twitter he's marrying Nicole Johnson, who was Miss California in 2010 (after the Golden State gave the world Carrie Prejean ) and has dated Phelps on and off the past few years. Phelps...

Rampant Sex Abuse Dogs USA Swimming

Coaches have attacked young athletes amid years of limited oversight

(Newser) - In an environment of little oversight, leading swim coaches across the US have taken advantage of a power dynamic to abuse their athletes for decades. In an in-depth piece at Outside , Rachel Sturtz recounts the story of Anna Strzempko, a former top swimmer who has reported repeated rapes by her...

USA Swimming Punishes Michael Phelps

The swimmer is forced to withdraw from world championships

(Newser) - USA Swimming has suspended Michael Phelps for six months, forced him to withdraw from next year's world championships, and taken away his funding from the sport's national governing body as a result of the Olympic champion's second DUI arrest. The sanctions announced today won't keep Phelps...

Michael Phelps Charged With DUI

It's his second charge in 10 years

(Newser) - Michael Phelps was charged early today with driving under the influence, reports TMZ —the second such charge the swimmer has faced in 10 years. Sources tell the site he was pulled over in his native Maryland, reportedly going 84mph in a 45mph zone, and that he "bombed" his...

Lochte Injured by Overexcited Fan

Swimming champ out with another 'freak injury'

(Newser) - Swimming champ Ryan Lochte will be out of the pool for a while because of a hazard on land—an overexcited fan. When a teenage girl ran at the swimmer in Florida over the weekend, he caught her and he hit his knee on the curb when they both toppled...

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