Stephen Smith is a managing editor for CBSNews.com based in New York. A Washington, D.C. native, Steve was previously an editorial producer for the Washington Post, and has also worked in Los Angeles, ...

Katie Ledecky swam the 13th-fastest time ever in the 800-meter freestyle, only she wasn’t racing the 800. She still had 700 meters to go. The American swimming star challenged her own unmatchable ...

Sweden's Sarah Sjoestroem pulled off the sweep in the short-distance freestyle events at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Sjoestroem took first place in the women's 50-meter freestyle ahead of Australia's ...

Canadian Summer McIntosh won the 400m freestyle — the first of her two head-to-heads with Katie Ledecky — to open her bid to win a record-tying five individual gold medals at the World Swimming ...

With seven out of the eight finalists from last year’s Paris Olympic Games competing, this race will offer an early glimpse into what the field could look like at the 2028 LA Olympic Games. The 2025 ...

Singapore, Singapore - July 29: World Champion Katie Ledecky of USA competing in the Women 1500m Freestyle Final Swimming event on day 19 of the Singapore 2025 World Aquatics Championships at WCH ...

The NJSIAA Swimming Meet of Champions is set for this upcoming weekend. At Gloucester Tech, the top swimmers in New Jersey will compete in the preliminary round on Saturday, March 1 before the big ...

From Summer McIntosh shattering three world records last month to Gretchen Walsh and Katie Ledecky lowering their own world records in May, the times have only gotten faster since the Paris Olympic ...