swimming

Regan Rathwell of Ashton, Ontario, navigated injury-riddled waters for two years, but nothing could sink her Olympic aspirations.

Carleton University engineering graduate, Yazan Al-Bawwab, carries the hopes and dreams of a nation on his shoulders. The former Raven will proudly fly the Palestinian flag in his return to the Olympic Games.

Julie Brousseau makes her Olympic debut in Paris. Perhaps it was destiny—after all, you can’t spell “Brousseau” without “eau”—the French word for water.

I’m not a very good swimmer. In fact, I’m a terrible swimmer. I’m afraid of the deep end, I’m very bad at holding my breath and I panic when I go a little deeper under water. Diving? Forget about it. But when the opportunity came for me to learn to swim like a mermaid, I […]