Editor’s note: This article is part of our “Origin Stories” series, focusing on the backstories of athletes and topics around the Summer Olympics. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — After the 2022 World ...

She was a girl then, a woman now. Five years ago, Regan Smith put her hand to her slack-jawed mouth in shock when she saw what she’d done in the pool. Tuesday night in Indianapolis, in her reunion ...

U.S. swimmer Regan Smith is an Olympic medalist, a world record holder, a world champion and even an adoring cat owner. But the 22-year-old former Stanford swimmer might best describe herself as a ...

Regan Smith reacts after winning the women's 200-meter backstroke event at the U.S. national championships swimming meet in Indianapolis, Wednesday, June 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) ...

Regan Smith will compete in her second Summer Olympics next month with a new mindset, one that will hopefully help the 22-year-old American swimmer earn her first Olympic gold medal. Smith’s journey ...

Regan Smith was edged out by longtime rival, Kaylee McKeown, on Tuesday in another high-profile Australian victory over the USA at the 2024 Olympics. McKeown took gold in the women’s 100-meter ...

A day after winning a silver medal in the 100-meter backstroke, Lakeville’s Regan Smith was back in the pool at the Paris Olympics in heats of the 200 butterfly. Swimming against one of her chief ...

Along with Douglass, Regan Smith finished second in the 200-meter butterfly final, and the U.S. women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay team earned silver Natasha Dye is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE ...

Regan Smith has had it tough in his career, and that’s understating it from starting his Cup career with Ginn Racing, a team that turned out to be a scam. His first career win was robbed from under ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. – In the mountains or in the desert, every day starts the same way. Regan Smith goes to swim practice and collects a sheet of paper from coach Bob Bowman, listing a detailed ...

This world record was five years in the making for Regan Smith. What an up-and-down journey it's been. Bouncing back from a close-but-no-Olympics call in her first race, Smith set a world record in ...

NANTERRE, France — With six Olympic medals over two Games, American swimmer Regan Smith has the kind of hardware that would make any Olympic hopeful or daydreaming wannabe envious. "If I had gotten a ...