One of the first female swimsuits ever made were called, “bathing costumes.” It all began in the early 1800s. Swimwear ...

Families flock to the UK’s many beaches during hot spells for fun in the sun and to cool off in the sea but there are many ...

Some are genuinely absorbing: there's the first Olympic gold medal for swimming ever won by a British woman, Lucy Morton, at the Paris Games in 1924; Tom Daley's "microscopic" Speedos; and even ...

Seen by over a billion people a week at the show’s peak in the 1990s, the costume helped define the look and style of the era. This iconic piece is the centrepiece of "Splash! A Century of ...

When it comes to turning heads on social media, Olympic swimmer Luana Alonso is a professional. Alonso made headlines during the 2024 Paris Olympics for a variety of reasons. For starters, she ...

An Olympics fan has made one request over French diver Jules Bouyer's swimming trunks that left viewers utterly stunned.

A selection of photos from Reuters photographers showing the quiet, unusual or offbeat moments on the sidelines at the Olympic Games ...

After the Paris Olympics began in late July 2024, a meme went viral making fun of the notion that professional lifeguards are present at Olympic swimming events, calling it the most "useless" job ...

Artistic swimming—formerly known as synchronized swimming—is a wild and wonderful Olympic sport. It’s absolutely grueling for the athletes; they are expected to twist, flip, and kick in ...

Artistic swimming—formerly known as synchronized swimming—is a wild and wonderful Olympic sport. It’s absolutely grueling for the athletes; they are expected to twist, flip, and kick in perfect unison ...

Artistic swimming is a crowd-pleaser and much harder than it used to be, but it has had to make the case that it is even a sport at all. By Sarah Lyall Being an artistic swimmer at the Olympics ...