An Australian art gallery is facing growing pressure to remove a controversial portrait – with some of the country's elite swimmers unexpectedly getting involved in the row. Vincent Namatjira's ...

After competing in the men’s swimming division for three years, Thomas adopted a female name and joined the women’s team at UPenn. Thomas has since been smashing records, technically boasting ...

whose portrait you can now see on view at the Portrait Gallery, is tennis great Althea Gibson. Competitive swimmers Eleanor Holm (standing) and Helene Madison (seated) were both powerhouses in ...