Tag: Aquatics
Toyko 2020: Early morning marathon swimming in Tokyo
HIGHLIGHTS FROM RIO: Sharon van Rouwendaal and Ferry Weertman made it a Dutch sweep of the gold medals competing off hot and sunny Copacabana...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
July 2
1921 — The Jack Dempsey-Georges Carpentier heavyweight match at...
Russia still rules in renamed sport of artistic swimming
HIGHLIGHTS FROM RIO: One of the biggest issues in 2016 entailed getting rid of green-tinged water in one of the pools at the Maria...
AP Sportlight
June 29
1906 — Alex Smith shoots a record 295 to...
Sjöström off to Tokyo with metal plate, 6 screws in her arm
ROME — Blame the pandemic.
That’s what Swedish swimming standout Sarah...
Swimming Australia says bad treatment a decades-long issue
SYDNEY — Swimming Australia says unacceptable treatment of some swimmers is a decades-long problem amid media reports that six former elite athletes will soon...
Sweden’s Alshammar won’t swim in record 7th Olympics
ROME — Therese Alshammar’s attempt to become the first swimmer to compete in seven Olympics ended Saturday less than a month before the Tokyo...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
June 29
1906 — Alex Smith shoots a record 295 to...
Olympic trials pique viewer interest in Tokyo Summer Games
LOS ANGELES — Amid all the back-and-forth about the feasibility of holding the Tokyo Olympics during the pandemic, there are early indications of viewer...
Until golf’s Olympic return, DeChambeau didn’t dare dream it
Bryson DeChambeau grew up watching the Olympics and wishing that someday he would be able to take part.
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