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Don’t put your faith in the 10,000-hour rule – some athletes are born with talents the rest of us will never have

Can you cheat with technology at the Olympics? Not if these gatekeepers have anything to say about it. The saga of a LZR swimsuit tells everything about tech in the Olympics.

The U.S. has been historically dominant in swimming at the Olympics.

The swimsuit that Michael Phelps wore while winning eight golds medals at the Beijing Olympics is still revered around Speedo’s design center

Few athletes will be under as much scrutiny at the Paris Olympics as the swimmers from China

Phelps and fellow Olympian Allison Schmitt gave evidence in Washington DC on Tuesday evening.

At the 2022 Beijing Olympics, a distraught Alexandra Trusova won silver and promptly declared, “I will never skate again.” Swimmer Michael Phelps displayed a mix of frustration and disappointment at the 2012 London Olympics when he added a silver to his trove of gold medals. At those same games, gymnast…

The row has rocked swimming in 2024 with the likes of Adam Peaty and Michael Phelps voicing their concern about a lack of faith among athletes entering the Paris Olympics

Two former U.S. Olympic gold medalists say they've lost faith in the World Anti-Doping Agency to rid their sports of cheaters ahead of next month’s Summer Games in Paris

Watch as Michael Phelps testifies on Tuesday, 25 June, to a US House of Representatives subcommittee investigating a doping case involving Chinese swimmers ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics.