No world records have been set in swimming at the Olympics so far and in the men’s 100m breaststroke final, not a single competitor would have finished better than eighth at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Welcome to FTW Explains, a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. This is FTW Explains: The Olympics. There's a lot of buzz about the depth of the pool at the ...

The swimming events are often crowd pleasers at any Olympics for many reasons, as the sport offers a lot of medals and—usually—world records. However, at Paris 2024, swimmers have struggled to ...

There has been plenty of rain, sweat and tears shed at the Paris Olympics this week. But the pool at the heart of La Defénce Arena has suffered a drought of world records that has athletes and ...