US distance swimmer Diana Nyad abandoned her fourth attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida on Tuesday after battling lightning storms and swarms of jellyfish for more than two days, according to her cre

On the first day of the rest of his life, Michael Phelps found old habits are hard to break. He popped out of bed around 6 in the morning Sunday, as if it were another normal training session.

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Michael Phelps brought his Olympic swimming career to a close in style here Saturday, winning a record 18th gold medal as the United States stormed to victory in the 4x100m medley relay.

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Michael Phelps spent the day thinking about all the things he's doing for the final time at the pool. It turns out that included one last win over Ryan Lochte.

Phelps finally got a gold all his own a

Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian of all time on Tuesday, winning a record 19th medal in the pool as China's swimming sensation Ye Shiwen grabbed her second gold of the Games.

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A bloody movie theater massacre cast a shadow over this corner of Colorado, but the golden Olympic performance of local teenager Missy Franklin has proved a light in the darkness.

The 17-year-old hig

Michael Phelps, trying get his sputtering Olympic campaign in gear, cruised into the semi-finals of the 200m butterfly on Monday as team-mate Ryan Lochte prepared for an assault on the 200m free.

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Ryan Lochte of the United States won the gold medal in the 400m individual medley on the opening day of the Olympic swimming meet here Saturday.

Brazil's Thiago Pereira took silver while Japan's Kosu

While girls her age flaunt their jewellery and dresses and gear up to attend weddings and family functions, 14-year-old A.V. Jayaveena toils hard at a swimming pool.

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In major deviation from Olympic convention, the finals of all swimming events were staged in morning at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Reason: American television network NBC wanted to broadcast the eve