PARIS — In the men’s 100-meter breaststroke final here at the 2024 Olympics on Sunday, eight world-class swimmers glided through a pool … and not a single one would have finished better than eighth at ...
NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the games head to our latest updates. Swimming is producing electric moments at the Paris Olympics. But the races aren’t ...
NANTERRE, France — The atmosphere for Olympic swimming is electrifying. The times? Not so much. Through the first four days of competition in the portable pool at La Defense Arena, no world records ...
Building a private bamboo swimming pool with a decorated living room required more patience than we expected. Long days of hand work slowly wore us down, and fatigue led to small mistakes that ...
The concerns about the status of the competition pool inside La Défense Arena have gotten louder each day of the Olympic swimming competition. While there have been five Olympic records, no world ...
This project set out to build a private swimming pool using bamboo, paired with a decorated living room space. What looked ...
Is the depth of the Paris Olympics pool preventing world records from being broken? Here, an underwater view shows (from left) South Africa's Kaylene Corbett, Ireland's Mona McSharry and South ...
Why have the Paris Olympics brought so many exciting swimming events — but not so many world records? It turns out that the pool's depth is just... NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For ...