After integration, many cities in the South decided to just shut pools down rather than let Black people in, including Tallahassee. During the summers of 1964-1967, the city commission closed public ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — After being told she could not swim in Barton Springs Pool during her Austin High School senior picnic, Joan Means Khabele took matters into her own hands. Joan Means Khabele’s ...

The Olympic Channel published a mini documentary to their YouTube channel on the women's 100m butterfly final from the 1960 Olympics in Rome. The episode is a part of their new series "On the Line," ...

Tragedy & Triumph at U.S. Trial... 60 Years Ago By Bruce Wigo Every U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials, since they were first held in 1904, has always seen favorites fail and underdogs rise to the occasion.

If you came of age in Chattanooga any time since the middle of the 20th century, chances are good that you'll instantly recognize the waterfront location in the accompanying photograph. Mark Kennedy ...

POTTSVILLE – The Ivyside Swim Club property at the base of Sharp Mountain is for sale. The private club’s pool, which was last opened in 2022, had been a place for members to swim and socialize for ...

The successful defence of her title in Paris made her the first Australian woman to go back to back in an individual swimming event since Dawn Fraser in the 1960s. Titmus also bagged two silvers and a ...