A future Olympic gold medalist was once the slowest kid in the pool. “I hated swimming,” Allison Schmitt tells USA TODAY Sports. Schmitt wasn’t even 10, and she was ready to quit.

"To have him here, even though he's not swimming ... correspondent in Tokyo Allison Schmitt has one of her closest friends cheering her on in Tokyo. The eight-time Olympic medalist, 31, tells ...

Schmitt and Phelps have a staggering 38 Olympic medals between them. Phelps took retirement from swimming following the 2012 London Olympics and fell into depression. It became severe in 2014 when ...

In June, two other Olympic swimmers, Michael Phelps and Allison Schmitt, testified before Congress to urge lawmakers to act ahead of the Paris Olympics. “I don’t want kids growing up thinking ...

However, it was clear from the opening leg that the Aussies were in for a serious fight. Shortly after, 31-year-old Allison Schmitt, competing in her fourth Olympics, finished her leadoff leg for the ...

Michael Phelps is an American swimmer. He is best known ... Phelps Mourns the Death of His Former Olympic Massage Therapist: 'So Many Memories' Allison Schmitt Says Living with Michael Phelps ...

Once teammates, now siblings, Michael Phelps and Allison Schmitt, are a powerful ... Phelps is a renowned name in swimming. Well, with 28 Olympic medals, out of which 23 are gold, he is bound ...

Phelps and swimmer Allison Schmidt were testifying before the House subcommittee about a doping case it is probing involving Chinese swimmers ahead of the Paris Olympics in August. The pair tore ...