Rowdy Gaines is a three-time Olympic gold medalist and NBC’s voice of swimming. We discuss his journey from underdog to champion, overcoming adversity, the state of competitive swimming today, and more
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Olympic Gold Medalist Ryan Lochte Inspires Future Swimming Champions | News 3 Las Vegas
The 12-time Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte hosted a swimming clinic in Summerlin to teach swimmers techniques and motivate the next generation of swimmers.
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Historic Artistic Swimming Medal For GB / Sky News
Kate Shortman and Izzy Thorpe secured a first artistic swimming medal for Britain with silver in the women’s duet.
The duo, whose mothers also used to compete as a pair in the sport, came second to China with Netherlands taking bronze.
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Hundreds Participate In NYC SEAL Swim In Hudson River | CBS New York
Hundreds of people took a plunge into the Hudson River Saturday for the New York City SEAL Swim.
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How To Swim The English Channel (As An Amateur) | The Australian
It’s a challenge only the bravest will tackle – more people have climbed Everest – and yet Australians have an undeniable pedigree when it comes to channel swimming. It took a pre-dawn swim in Sydney’s Botany Bay to find out why.
For Christian Renford, his presence in the water this morning is personal. At 49, he has spent much of his life immersed in sport. CEO of Athletics NSW, he’s a keen weekend swimmer. He is also Des Renford’s grandson, and this month he hopes to establish a record when he enters the water near Dover.
Should he reach France, he is likely to become the first third-generation swimmer to have crossed the Channel, following his famous grandfather, and then his uncle Michael Renford who completed the swim in 2007. But it’s not just his lineage that stands out. If he lasts the distance, Christian Renford, a middle-aged weekend freestyler from Sydney, will have made another mark, one that is more about resolve than genetics.
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Cleveland Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer Diana Munz Heals ACL Without Surgery | WKYC Channel 3
When one thinks of an ACL tear, surgery is usually the very next thing that comes to mind. That’s exactly what Olympic gold medal swimmer Diana Munz-DePetro, a Northeast Ohio native and resident, thought when she tore hers while skiing.
But her on-the-go lifestyle didn’t have time for surgery.
“So I did a little bit of research and found out that there could be a possible way for me to rehab it,” Diana said.
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Caeleb Dressel grilled by Bugs! | Looney Tunes presents Sports Talk with Bugs Bunny | Eurosport
Caeleb Dressel grilled by Bugs! | Looney Tunes presents Sports Talk with Bugs Bunny
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Extended Interview: Katie Ledecky On 2024 Olympics Performance, Closing Ceremony Honor And More | CBS News
CBS News correspondent Jamie Yuccas sits down with swimmer Katie Ledecky – a four-time Olympian and 14-time medalist – in Paris to discuss her impressive performance at the 2024 Games, the honor of carrying the American flag at the Olympics closing ceremonies and more.
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Teen Loses Her Leg in Shark Attack During Belize Vacation | Inside Edition
A 15-year-old is in a fight for her life after a horrific shark attack. Annabelle Carlson had just completed the dive on a popular tour. Her family says she took off her scuba gear and jumped back into the water for a swim when the shark ferociously tore into her right leg. The Colorado high school student who ended up losing her leg was airlifted to a local trauma center and then flown back to the U.S.