One week after she set a short-course world record in the 1500-meter freestyle, Katie Ledecky added the global standard in the 800 freestyle to her lengthy list of achievements on Saturday night. The ...

Gretchen Walsh beats the 50m freestyle world record set by training partner Kate Douglass earlier this month by 0.04 seconds ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gold medalist and new world record holder Australia's Ariarne Titmus, right, hugs USA's Leah Smith after the women's 400m ...

Exciting Brisbane teenage swim star Sam Short has gate crashed his way into the Australian All-Time Top Ten Short Course Rankings with a stunning 800 metres freestyle swim at the Brisbane Aquatic ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Jordan Crooks of the Cayman Islands became the first swimmer to break 20 seconds in the 50-meter freestyle at the world short course championships on Saturday. Crooks broke ...

(CNN) -- Ever since she burst onto the scene as a teenager at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Katie Ledecky has dominated women's long-distance swimming, leaving world records and gold medals in her ...

China's Li Bingjie broke the women's short course 400-metre freestyle world record at the Chinese qualifiers for the world championships on Thursday, shaving nearly three seconds off the previous mark ...

Australian Mollie O'Callaghan broke the 200m freestyle short course world record by a significant margin for the second time in a week. O'Callaghan, the Olympic 200m free gold medalist, clocked 1 ...

Australia's Kyle Chalmers set a short-course world record in the men's 100m freestyle as he clinched gold at the World Cup in Kazan, Russia on Friday. Oct 29 (Reuters) - Australia's Kyle Chalmers set ...

HANGZHOU, China (AP) — Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus broke a second world record in three days, winning gold in the women's 400-meter freestyle at the world short-course swimming championships.