“I don’t underestimate anybody, especially Khalil Rountree,” Prochazka said. “He has really good, dynamic starts, good kicks, ...

Plunge into water at near-freezing temperatures, and your body goes into extreme distress. Your skin screams signals of pain. You can't breathe, because your chest is cramping up. Talking is nearly ...

Swimming is a cool activity, right? For many the image of paradise is being surrounded by a cloud of sunscreen while lazing by the ocean or pool before slipping into the water to escape the sweltering ...

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BUTLER, Tenn. (WJHL) — Donald Winters probably broke a world record Tuesday, but the 66-year-old went through several minutes of agony in the process. “The first, oh, three-fourths of it went real ...

Qing Li always wanted to compete in the Olympics. The 35-year-old grew up surrounded by swimming greats and even got to meet a few Olympic swimmers before she turned 10. From a young age, Li competed ...

Sharon Prahl was 21 when death nearly took her. She was biking cross-country with a friend in 1986 when she hit a rough patch and flipped her bike, fracturing her skull and injuring her spine. In the ...

A 50-year-old endurance athlete is swimming beneath an ice sheet in Antarctica to raise awareness of climate change. On Monday, Lewis Pugh plunged into a river formed beneath a rapidly melting ice ...