Known as Larapinta by Aboriginal Australians, the River Finke charts its course through central Australia's Finke Gorge National Park. According to Aboriginal legend, the river was created when a ...

Finke's win was also important in the context of the team competition. He leveled the gold medal competition between the United States and Australia inside Paris La Defense Arena. Finke's gold ...

Finke’s gold was the seventh for the U.S., pulling them into a tie with Australia for the top spot in that column. Finke earlier this week took silver in the 800m freestyle, an event he also won ...

His gold, coupled with the women’s 4×100 medley relay world-record swim Sunday meant the Americans won the gold-medal count against Australia. Had Finke not delivered, the U.S. would have ...

Though not as dominant as at Olympics past, Team USA’s swim program — which also topped Australia in the overall ... s 1,500-meter freestyle, Bobby Finke went out fast (with an ...