The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been drawn into the row over the Russian Olympic Committee's (ROC) involvement at Tokyo 2020, following critical comments of Travis Tygart, chief executive of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).

Caeleb Dressel and Emma McKeon continued their superb Olympic Games in the swimming pool as both bagged two more gold medals on the last day of finals.

Katie Ledecky earned her third consecutive women’s 800 metres freestyle Olympic gold as compatriot Caeleb Dressel lowered his own men’s 100 metres butterfly world record on the penultimate day of Tokyo 2020 swimming finals here today.

Ryan Murphy of the United States, who won swimming silver in today’s men’s 200 metres backstroke final behind Evgeny Rylov of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), told a media conference that he could not be sure the race was clean.

Tatjana Schoenmaker won the women’s 200 metres breaststroke title in a world record to secure the first swimming gold medal at these Games for South Africa on a day when Emma McKeown added Australia’s sixth gold with an Olympic record in the women’s 100m freestyle.

China held off the United States to win the women’s 4x200 metres freestyle Olympic title in a world record time as both nations secured two gold medals here today.

China crowned its latest Olympic champions in diving as Games debutants Wang Zongyuan and Xie Siyi won the Tokyo 2020 men's synchronised three metres springboard final.

Ariarne Titmus, Yui Ohashi and Tom Dean all won their second gold medals of Tokyo 2020 after another intriguing session of swimming finals which saw Katie Ledecky become a six-time Olympic champion.

Teenagers Chen Yuxi and Zhang Jiaqi maintained China’s 100 per cent record in winning the women’s 10 metres synchronised platform title at the Olympic Games, after the divers secured a dominant victory here today.

Tom Dean and Duncan Scott gave Britain their first one-two finish in an Olympic swimming pool for 113 years after powering onto the men’s 200 metres freestyle podium at Tokyo 2020 here.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has granted an additional marathon swimming quota place for Tokyo 2020, which will allow Kazakhstan's Vitaliy Khudyakov to compete in the 10 kilometres event.

Tom Daley and Matty Lee of Britain took advantage of a rare Chinese diving error to claim a superb gold in the men's synchronised 10 metre platform final at Tokyo 2020.

Australia’s Ariarne Titmus came from behind to snatch victory from five-time Olympic champion Katie Ledecky in an epic women’s 400 metres freestyle final, while Britain’s Adam Peaty retained his men’s 100m breaststroke title on a thrilling morning of swimming finals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics here today.

Kazakhstan's Vitaliy Khudyakov has registered an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport's (CAS) Ad Hoc Division here at Tokyo 2020, in a last-gasp bid to be allowed to race in the Olympic marathon swimming competitions.