EditorialMark Braly warms up before a water polo match at the Schaal Aquatics Center at the University of California, Davis in Davis, Calif., Aug. 1, 2022. (Nicholas Albrecht/The New York Times)
EditorialDivers warm-up for men’s synchronized 3m springboard competition at the Tokyo Aquatics Center during the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo, July 28, 2021. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialWater flies from the hair of a diver from China as he spins during his dive at the Tokyo Aquatics Center in Tokyo during the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo on July 31, 2021. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialStanding from left, Katie McLaughlin, Paige Madden and Allison Schmitt react after Katie Ledecky swam the anchor leg in the women’s 4 x 200 meter freestyle final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, at the Tokyo Aquatics Center, Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialWang Zongyuan and Xie Siyi of China, compete in men’s synchronized 3m springboard at the Tokyo Aquatics Center during the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo, July 28, 2021. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)