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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Butterfly or freestyle, one stroke burns more than you think. The numbers flip once you factor in time, effort, and how long ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...