Tourism authorities believe the re-opening of the Seine to the public will attract tourists, especially given the scenic locations of the three public swimming areas. On Saturday, Parisians and ...

Two years ago, French teen swimmer Léon Marchand cold emailed Bob Bowman, the longtime coach of Michael Phelps, with a request. Marchand intended to go to college in the U.S. and asked if there was ...

In the small world of global swimming, coach-athlete loyalties don’t always follow international borders. NANTERRE, France — Bob Bowman is here on the pool deck, just as he has been for every Summer ...

Keaton Jones' fearless mentality growing up in the water has led him to feats including a 24-hour Alcatraz swim and breaking world records in ice swimming in France. Now, a year after graduating from ...

PARIS, July 28 (Reuters) - Leon Marchand carried the expectations of a nation on the strongest of shoulders as he stormed to gold in the 400m individual medley in a cathartic victory at his home ...

PARIS – With each of his strokes in the Olympic Games 200 meter breaststroke final, France’s Leon Marchand was greeted, accompanied really, by the crowd’s chant, both rhythmic and deafening, wave ...

Under its immaculate vault, soft light streams over a now silent pool. Once a temple to swimming, La Piscine de Roubaix has ...

A local woman has completed a solo swim from Jersey to France, a long distance swimming club has said. Rebecca Collins finished the open water challenge in seven hours and 54 minutes. The Jersey Long ...

Two missing children have been found dead in a private swimming pool in southern France. An investigation into the cause of death is ongoing, the Grasse public prosecutor's office said on Tuesday, ...

On Saturday, Parisians and tourists alike were able to swim in France’s Seine River for the first time in over a century. The river has been closed off to swimmers since 1923, when it was deemed too ...