Gunnar Bentz

This is Hungary’s first medal in the 200m butterfly, and Phelps set the previous Olympic record in 2008.

The U.S. swim team picked up four medals for a second straight night on Tuesday, headlined by Katie Ledecky’s win in the women’s 1500m freestyle. Erica Sullivan secured a silver medal in the same final, while Alex Walsh and Kate Douglass finished second and third respectively in the women’s 200m individual medley. Ledecky made history as the first-ever women’s...

In ESPN the Magazine’s June 12 World Fame Issue, Olympian Ryan Lochte reveals he contemplated committing suicide following his highly public scandal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Last August, the 32-year-old swimmer falsely claimed that he and Team USA swimmers Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and James Feigen were robbed at gunpoint at a gas station in Brazil. He was admittedly...

Bob Costas and host Seth Meyers talk about Ryan Lochte’s lie that he and three other swimmers were robbed in Rio. Costas marvels at the Lochte’s use of “over-exaggeration” instead of admitting that he made a false statement.

The first ever triathlon gold for the U.S., a big upset for a British diver, and an Olympic modern pentathlon record in swimming. Click through for some notable statistics from Day 15 of the 2016 Rio Olympics.

The International Olympic Committee has set up a disciplinary commission to investigate the incident involving Ryan Lochte and three of his U.S. swimming teammates at a Rio de Janeiro gas station.

A stunning loss for American wrestling, a U.S. taekwondo star competing in record fifth Olympics and fallout over US swimmers’ robbery scandal. Click through for some notable statistics from Day 14 of the 2016 Rio Olympics.

U.S. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte apologized Friday for his behavior surrounding an incident at a Rio de Janeiro gas station, saying he should have been more “careful and candid” about how he described what happened after a night of partying with his teammates. But he didn’t explain why he embellished details of an encounter with armed security guards and called...

American swimmer Ryan Lochte took to social media to apologize for his behavior at the Rio Olympics, but he did not admit to lying about an armed robbery he described in Rio earlier this week. Lochte’s tale of the robbery in Rio unraveled after his teammates were detained by Brazilian authorities and interviewed Thursday afternoon. Lochte told authorities that he...

American swimmer Ryan Lochte and three of his Olympic teammates were not the victims of an armed robbery, the city’s civil police chief said Thursday, adding that people in Rio deserved an apology for having their reputation “dragged in the mud.” He got that apology later Thursday from the United States Olympic Committee, which called the incident a “distracting ordeal...

Two Americans swimmers in Rio were removed from their flight to the United States by Brazilian authorities Wednesday and had their passports temporarily confiscated amid an investigation into the alleged robbery of the swimmers during the Olympics, authorities said. Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger were awaiting takeoff when they were removed from their plane and briefly held at the airport,...

The Americans finished off the final night at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium by equaling their biggest medal haul in the last three decades. So much for all those dire forecasts.