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Kieran Smith won bronze in the men’s 400m freestyle on Saturday, bringing Team USA’s medal count to three.

Olympic swimmer Caeleb Dressel took home two gold medals from Rio in 2016. Dressel explains how his philosophy of being one with his environment helps him excel.

Former U.S. Olympic swimmer Klete Keller has been charged in federal court in connection to the U.S. Capitol riot last week.

Fifteen year-old Anastasia Pagonis’ vision impairment has progressively worsened over the years. In 2018, she lost her vision, but she did not let that stop her zest for life. She turned to what she knew and loved — swimming. Pagonis’ passion for swimming developed as she battled vision decline between the ages of five and 15 during therapy. Now, she’s...

The woman who was sexually assaulted by ex-Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner and later read a powerful statement at his sentencing has revealed her identity.

A man from Massachusetts swam across a well-known lake in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom Thursday, despite a big mobility challenge that made the feat even more impressive. Former U.S. Marine Mike Welsch of Shirley swims waterways around the Northeast, aiming to both motivate and inspire. “This is gorgeous,” the long-distance swimmer said before he conquered Lake Willoughby in Westmore. “It’s just...

After a two-day search by local and state police for a possible missing swimmer in a Cape Cod lake, no victim was found, authorities said Wednesday. Crews began searching Scargo Lake in Dennis Tuesday after a report of a possible man in distress just before 4 p.m., Yarmouth fire officials confirmed.

A person was severely injured Sunday after being struck by a boat while swimming off the coast of Wareham, Massachusetts. Wareham police responded to Bourne Cove around 11:45 a.m. Sunday after receiving a 911 call for a person struck by a boat while swimming. A responding officer found a victim on the shoreline who had sustained extensive injuries from a...

A 9-year-old Brooklyn boy died during a class trip to a water park in New Jersey Tuesday, authorities said.

If summer is making you itch, then Minuteclinic Nurse Practitioner Patricia Baginski is here to help. Here are her tips for tick bites, poison ivy, and more:

It’ll be a hot weekend all over. On Cape Cod, the water is the place to stay cool — as long as you’re willing to swim with the sharks. Light House Beach in Chatham is a popular spot for vacationers. They’re greeted with a sign warning them about sharks. It’s enough to keep many of them from venturing too far...

Beachgoers rushed to save a swimmer in distress in Revere Beach before emergency responders were able to arrive at the scene.

A swimmer in distress at Revere Beach was pulled from the water Tuesday, and witnesses say the situation went from bad to worse.

Police and fire personnel ended a search of Ponkapoag Pond in Canton, Massachusetts, following a report of a swimmer who went under on Tuesday afternoon. State police said they were assisting Canton Fire with a report of a swimmer seen going underwater sometime around 3 p.m. The state police dive team and air wing were requested to the scene.

Family members on Tuesday identified the swimmer whose body was recovered from a Medford, Massachusetts, lake as a high school senior from the same town. Relatives confirmed to NBC10 Boston that Apurba Devkota, 18, drowned in Upper Mystic Lake on Monday while swimming with friends.

A teenager who went missing in Mystic Lake has died.

A 19-year-old man is dead after going underwater in a lake in Wilmington, Massachusetts, and not coming back up.

A teenage swimmer has died after going underwater in a lake in Wilmington, Massachusetts. The Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday night that a 19-year-old male went underwater while swimming in Silver Lake with relatives. He did not come back up.

An appeals court on Wednesday rejected a former Stanford University swimmer’s bid for a new trial and upheld his sexual assault and attempted rape convictions.

A bridegroom has been credited with saving a struggling swimmer just moments after his beach wedding on the Gulf Coast last week. Zac and Cindy Edwards had just gotten married at Orange Beach, Alabama, and were taking wedding photos when a woman came up and said someone was struggling in the surf, WALA-TV reported. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class...