Leon Marchand, the swimming champion who turned out to become one of the Paris Olympics' biggest stars - winning four gold ...

PARIS—The promise of a swim in a cleaned-up Seine was an enticing bribe for Parisians forced to put up with the throngs of tourists who descended on their city for last year’s Olympics. But floating ...

French swimming superstar Léon Marchand won gold in the 200m individual medley at the world championships on Thursday, a day after smashing the world record. Marchand did not match his previous ...

SINGAPORE — Léon Marchand of France won gold in the 200-meter individual medley at the swimming world championships on July 31 — and it had a Texas flavor to it. American swimmer Shaine Casas claimed ...

Armed with swimsuits, caps and goggles, rural French children are gaining access to swimming lessons close to home at an unlikely venue: a retrofitted trailer truck. The mobile aquatic centre adopted ...