A few hundred red and white tiles—embedded on the underside of a concrete slab bridge in Broad Ripple Park—is what’s left of the old Broad Ripple Pool, a former crown jewel of the Midwest and site of ...

The 1984 U.S. Olympic swim team needed less than one minute to pick up its first two gold medals. In the 100-meter freestyle – the first swimming event of the Los Angeles Games – American teammates ...

When a group of white and African American integrationists entered a St. Augustine, Fla. segregated hotel pool in 1964, the hotel manager poured acid into it. AP Photo Summers often bring a wave of ...

As the 2024 Paris Olympics reach audiences around the world, there will be plenty of focus on the water. From swimming to diving to open water and water polo, aquatics athletes will be on display. It ...

When I was a small child, my mother often brought me along when she taught physical education at a small women’s college, run by nuns who were happy to have a young married woman to handle fencing ...

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Australia has a rich history of swimming within the culture of the country. Kids are required to take swimming lessons at a ...