The last survivor of the American team that competed in Hitler’s 1936 Games in Berlin, she went on to become a wartime pilot and an aeronautics instructor.

Rare are athletes who walk away from their sport at the peak of their powers. Frequently, retirement calls when an athlete – regardless of sport – competes at a percentage of the excellence ...

Now, McIntosh is the clear-cut No. 1 female swimmer in the world for the first time. She won three gold medals at the Paris Olympics and then three further golds at the Short Course World ...

To many, Katie Ledecky already held the title of greatest female Olympic swimmer before swimming a single lap in Paris. By the time her Games were done, she had left zero doubt. Ledecky captured four ...