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Fetched: March 6th, 2010, 2:18pm CST
The Olympic and world breaststroke champion talks to SwimNews about her transition to and rise with her coach in California; about cutting back to one session a day; and about that blast in Beijing
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Fetched: March 6th, 2010, 2:18pm CST
The Austin Grand Prix witnessed some swift efforts on day two, with Matt Grevers clocking 53.05 in the 100m backstroke and Rebecca Soni, off one session of training a day this season, a 1:06.43 in the 100m breaststroke.
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Fetched: March 6th, 2010, 1:32am CST
The Monte Carlo round of the Mare Nostrum Tour on June 5-6 boasts a fine line-up, including Jones, Rice, Bernard, Kitajima, Mellouli, Soni, Coughlin and Peirsol, while China, Germany, Hungary and Russia will send "national teams"
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Fetched: March 6th, 2010, 1:32am CST
In a morning 16-lapper, Olympic 200m free champ gets 2010 racing underway with metronomic 8:31.07 effort, then goes 4:05.57 in afternoon 400m free to take helm of warly 2010 world ranks
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Fetched: March 6th, 2010, 1:32am CST
First Kenyan to make Olympic and world swim finals joins coach Andrea Di Nino's squad of world-class 'fly swimmers, Milorad Cavic, Evgeny Korotyshkin and Peter Mankoc
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Fetched: March 6th, 2010, 1:32am CST
The Olympic 200m free champ gets her 2010 race campaign underway in Berlin today at a meet that will see her race 100, 200, 400 and 800m; Alberto is doubtless looking down with a stopwatch in his hand, says Italian ace
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Fetched: March 4th, 2010, 11:22pm CST
World champ lays down strong early season marker to get inside Caulkins milestone; Sutton on 4:07 400 free, Hoff on 4:10; Cielo on 22.13 to Weber-Gale's 22.24; Vanderkaay on 3:50; Coughlin comeback starts with sub 59sec 100 fly
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Fetched: March 4th, 2010, 11:22pm CST
The new Brazilian club to which the Olympic 50m champion is said to have signed up to has no money to pay him but Cielo's presence will help to raise the funds the club is committed to paying him, says director
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Fetched: March 4th, 2010, 11:22pm CST
Senior coach accused of filming youth swimmers watching pornography attempts suicide, resports in Austria say
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Fetched: March 4th, 2010, 11:22pm CST
In our countdown of memories from the past decade, we consider outstanding Olympic action from the past decade with a look at three of the best Olympic races at each Games and the best single performances, men and women
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Fetched: March 4th, 2010, 6:47am CST
World-class aces from ADN Project put on a show to raise money for charities; check out Cavic's fab website
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Fetched: March 4th, 2010, 6:47am CST
Lethal Leisel is ready for battle: tells mum 'you're not going to Delhi'; puts London 2012 firmly on the map; notes that a return to textile is not going backwards as far as she is concerned
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Fetched: March 4th, 2010, 6:47am CST
Local show boasts greatest Olympian of all-time and hints at another fine aspect of the sport of swimming; Frame in the frame once more - 1991 world champ makes comeback; Jukic will not defend Euro crown
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Fetched: March 4th, 2010, 6:47am CST
Seven Waves That Washed Through: In our countdown of memories from the past decade, we look at some of the big themes and moves that shaped the sport
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Fetched: March 4th, 2010, 6:47am CST
Coach Dave Durden describes the 6ft 6in sprint ace as having "kinesthetic awareness"; Cielo may leave long-term coach, Brazil speculates; Guehrer strips off; action in Italy; Madrid spends big bucks on youth project
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Fetched: March 3rd, 2010, 6:43am CST
Coach Dave Durden describes the 6ft 6in sprint ace as having "kinesthetic awareness"; Cielo may leave long-term coach, Brazil speculates; Guehrer strips off; action in Italy; Madrid spends big bucks on youth project
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Fetched: March 3rd, 2010, 5:11am CST
The world's top two women marathon swimmers grace our latest In the Arena: How Rivals Square Up feature. Larisa Ilchenko (RUS) goes 20km a day; Keri-Anne Payne endured 18x800m off 10 mins. Not for the faint-hearted
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Fetched: March 3rd, 2010, 5:11am CST
In our countdown of memories from the past decade, we consider the coaches who have helped shape the sport of swimming.
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Fetched: March 2nd, 2010, 2:56am CST
Suit Wars: TYR antitrust case looks set to peter out after tentative rulings in favour of Speedo, USA Swimming and Mark Schubert
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Fetched: March 1st, 2010, 7:16am CST
Stephanie Rice has become the first Olympic champion to send Commonwealth Games a warning over security arrangements in Delhi. Today she tells the Australian media: I won't risk my life for Games gold
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Fetched: March 1st, 2010, 7:16am CST
In Nice, Alain Bernard, Olympic 100m free champion, showed that he was still feeling the effects of a three-week altitude training camp in Pretoria, South Africa: he clocked 50.20 over 100m free
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Fetched: March 1st, 2010, 7:16am CST
On the clock, the Japan s/c Open was a far cry from events a year ago, when 26 Japanese records fell at the two-day meet - but some were ready to buck the trend of slower times at the start of the new textile era
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Fetched: February 27th, 2010, 4:04am CST
At Nice, Olympic champion clocks 22.74 in the 50m free; Cesar Cielo to make top-flight race return at Austin GP next month; Erika VillaƩcija takes on 5km challenge in Spain
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Fetched: February 26th, 2010, 9:15am CST
The Olympic champion is back in France to race over 50m and 100m today and Sunday in the wake of a training camp in Pretoria with coach Denis Auguin, who says this will be "a test of whether he can train 70km a week without exploding"
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Fetched: February 26th, 2010, 9:15am CST
The dominant woman backstroke sprinter of the past decade returns to competition at Austin next month - and to an event somewhat changed since last she graced the race pool
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Fetched: February 26th, 2010, 9:15am CST
In approving the return of 3.2 million euros of state money to a national sports budget that had previously been cut, the Italian Senate, noted that the funds "are not (to be) used to plug the holes in the World Swimming Championships"
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Fetched: February 26th, 2010, 9:15am CST
Melissa Belote Ripley, double backstroke champion and medley relay champion for the US at the 1972 Olympic Games, has launched an appeal for the return of her three medals after a theft at her home
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Fetched: February 24th, 2010, 10:01pm CST
'At greater speeds resistance has a greater effect, so suit characteristics which reduce resistance or drag will be more advantageous at faster speeds' - Commonwealth 100m free champion in 1978, lawyer and swim coach
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Fetched: February 21st, 2010, 9:21am CST
Duel Day 2: great racing and a plus for both nations - but no doubting the winners of the first GBR - GER duel for 37 years; Tancock brings hosts home to victory with a 48.6 split in the 4x100m relay
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Fetched: February 21st, 2010, 9:21am CST
German ace has shed 1.5kg over winter but "during the race, I thought I have to lose more because you really feel everything with your body ... you even feel the parts of the body that are fine and [those] which are not"