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.

Gabrielle Rose shines at the US Olympic Trials in Indianapolis at the age of 46, 28 years after her first Olympic Games, becoming an example of resilience and love of sport.

Three years on from the devastating loss of form and confidence that turned Simone Manuel's Tokyo Olympic dream into a nightmare, the US swim star has found "healing" at the US Olympic swimming trials. It's not a venue known for promoting peace of mind —a meeting where only the top two finishers in each final can secure the longed-for Olympic berth and some of the best swimmers in the world are destined to be disappointed.

With a world record in the 100m backstroke, Regan Smith clocked 57.13 at the US Olympic Swimming Trials on Tuesday, challenging Australia's Kaylee McKeown just six weeks before the Paris Games.

Recently crowned world record holder Gretchen Walsh booked her ticket to the Paris Olympics on Sunday by winning the women's 100m butterfly in an impressive time of 55.31 seconds.

American transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has lost her appeal against World Aquatics' ban on her competing in the women's category, following a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Distance swimmer Kensey McMahon has received a four-year ban after testing positive for the blood-boosting drug vadadustat last July. The American protested her innocence, but an independent arbitrator found her "unable to establish through concrete evidence that her violation was not intentional".

Swimming sensation Katie Ledecky has revealed she was left "speechless" after being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by United States President Joe Biden.

Paralympic swimming legend Jessica Long is aiming for more success at the upcoming Paris Games after a challenging journey from a Siberian orphanage to an extraordinary career in the pool.

Anthony Nesty is set to make history again after being named as the first black coach to lead the United States Olympic swimming team at Paris 2024.

United States swimming selectors have named five Tokyo 2020 Olympic medallists in their initial squad of 36 for the Pan American Games in Santiago.

USA Swimming say that a relay incentive programme for competitors at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, has been developed.

The schedule for next year's United States Olympic Team Trials in swimming has been revealed, with events set to be held over nine days and 17 sessions from June 15 to 23 2024 in Indianapolis.

The United States Olympic swimming trials for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris are set to be held at an American football field which once staged the Super Bowl.

USA Swimming does not plan to send a team to compete at the re-arranged Summer World University Games in Chengdu later this year, it has been revealed.