Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a symbolic swim in the River Seine on Wednesday to demonstrate its improved water quality ahead of the upcoming Olympics.

safe for athletes, highlights the city's commitment to cleaning the iconic waterway, which will host swimming

segment will take place in the Seine on July 30-31 and 5 August, with open-water swimming following

Mayor Hidalgo plans to open three public bathing areas in the Seine next year, a century after swimming

Outdoor swimming locations for the Olympics have historically posed challenges, notably before Rio 2016

In a worst-case scenario, the triathlon swimming could be canceled, and open-water swimming might be

An air quality report released on Tuesday has warned of significant air quality problems at the Paris Olympic Village. 

These 5 Aerophile, air purifiers, can clean the equivalent of the volume of 40x Olympic swimming pools

Eight Scottish athletes have received a financial boost after being selected for a sportscotland Athlete Personal Award (SAPA). The athletes, some of whom will compete at the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, will share £33,000 (€39,275) of National Lottery funding to cover additional expenses.

 -Scott Quin (Para-Swimming).

After publishing a report clearing the World Anti-Doping Agency of any wrongdoing in the handling of 23 positive tests from Chinese swimmers in 2021, the international federation warned that it would double-down efforts to prevent possible cheaters from the Asian country to win medals in Paris 2024.

Athletes for #Swimming at the 2024 Paris Games are confirmed!

few weeks ago, a decision that worsened the matter, leading up to the US Congressional hearing where swimming

This Wednesday, the Mayor of the French capital, Anne Hidalgo, will fulfil her promise to swim in the River Seine, which runs through Paris, to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the open water marathon and triathlon events of the Paris Olympics.

Heavy rainfall has caused bacteriological analysis parameters to exceed permissible levels, making swimming

in the river unsafe for human health.In other words, swimming is not advisable when it rains, even though

possible, for the time being and unless there are heavy rains, for the river to be ready for open water swimming

is expected to be used for the Olympic triathlon on 30 and 31 July and 5 August, and for open water swimming

Paris 2024 marks the return to competitive swimming for the promising athlete Shayna Jack, after having

The promising athlete Jack marks her return to competitive swimming after serving a “hellish” suspension

Titmus, Kaylee McKeown, or Mollie O'Callaghan are the most coveted names on the powerful Australian swimming

Queensland celebrate after competing in the Women’s 50m Freestyle Final during the 2024 Australian Swimming

She is the young prospect upon whom all the expectations of Finnish skateboarding are placed in the lead-up to the upcoming Paris Olympics. She is a girl, thirteen years old, named Heili Sirvio, and she is living the most significant moment of her short career as an athlete.

that consists of having breakfast, going to the skatepark, having lunch, returning, resting a bit, swimming

As Katie Ledecky gears up for her fourth Olympic Games, the swimming superstar is poised to defend her

The 17-year-old has already made waves in the swimming world with a stellar resume that includes a gold

In just 365 days, the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games will commence, starting on 16 July, 2025. This grand celebration of international student-athlete talent will unfold across the heart of North Rhine-Westphalia, marking it as the world’s largest multi-sport event of 2025.

The organising committee is also finalising arrangements for swimming, diving, and volleyball, utilising

After an emotional first day in Paris and an overnight stay in the Salle Saint-Jean of the Paris City Hall, which attracted 2,000 visitors, the Olympic Torch Relay resumed its tour of the French capital. In total, almost 500,000 people took part in this unprecedented two-day celebration.

Laura Flessel and Jean-François Lamour (fencing), Sandrine Martinet (Para-judo), Béatrice Hess (Para-swimming

In the lead-up to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach penned an Op-Ed that appeared in three major French newspapers: L’Equipe, Le Parisien, and Ouest-France over the weekend. The piece explores the upcoming Games and its significance.

Events will be held at iconic locations such as Roland Garros for tennis, and Paris La Defense Arena for swimming

As the Paris Olympics approach, the Chinese Olympic Committee has assembled a 716-member delegation, urging them to compete with pride and integrity to enhance the country's international image.

To improve competitiveness in traditionally Western-dominated sports like swimming, track and field,

Eight Palestinian athletes taking part in the Paris Olympics will be symbols of "resistance" during the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, a Palestinian minister said Sunday as the official delegation left the occupied West Bank. This will be the eighth time Palestinian athletes have taken part in the Olympics since 1996, but Olympic committee head Jibril Rajoub said the athletes had never felt so much attention.

The eight will compete in athletics, swimming, archery, taekwondo, judo and boxing.

Being in Paris on behalf of Palestine is a very important thing, and taking part in a global swimming

Twelve years on from her stunning 800m freestyle victory at the London Olympics, Katie Ledecky is headed to Paris for her fourth straight Games aiming to extend an astonishing run of sustained excellence. The American freestyle great, whose talents were once dubbed "otherworldly" by Michael Phelps' mentor Bob Bowman, brings an even-keeled approach that doesn't hide a fierce competitive streak as she vies to add to her cache of 10 Olympic medals —seven of them gold.

Ledecky has dominated distance freestyle swimming for more than a decade.

base with coach Anthony Nesty — who won a pioneering Olympic butterfly gold for Suriname in 1988.USA Swimming

has announced four swimming team captains for the Paris Olympics.

GETTY IMAGESIt's not something Ledecky ever imagined when she took up swimming as a six-year-old."

Muslim Gadzhimagomedov was crowned WBA Bridgerweight champion at the IBA Champions Night in Serpukhov. He defeated China's Zhaoxin Zhang in four rounds at the IBA Coliseum.

light-heavyweight champion, Olympic gymnastics gold medallist Nikita Nagornyy and seven-time Olympic synchronised swimming