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  Jukic's Effort Comes Up Short

  Posted: July 31st, 2008, 4:02pm CDT by Craig Lord

  Austrian's European record will not count: pool too short
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  Beijing Form Guide: Women's 200-800m Free

  Posted: July 31st, 2008, 4:01pm CDT by Craig Lord

  Countdown to 08/08/08: SwimNews continues its preview to the Games with a look at how the seascape has changed in the past year, who is still in the race, who is out and where the medals are likely to go. Today: Women's 200m-800m Freestyle
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  Jones Relies On Luck - And Diet - Of The Irish

  Posted: July 31st, 2008, 4:01pm CDT by Craig Lord

  Irish broth has been the breaststroke champion's fuel for the past month and now she's hungry to break her world records; Galvez case highlights the downside of that suit and its availibility
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  Six Captains For The USA

  Posted: July 31st, 2008, 4:00pm CDT by Craig Lord

  Respect for seniority lies at the heart of the USA team philosophy: in a squad vote at camp in California, the choice was Beard, Coughlin, Torres, Vendt, Lezak and Hansen - with 18 Olympic Games experiences between them
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  Beijing Form Guide: Women's Sprint Free

  Posted: July 30th, 2008, 1:06pm CDT by Craig Lord

  Countdown to 08/08/08: SwimNews continues its preview to the Games with a look at how the seascape has changed in the past year, who is still in the race, who is out and where the medals are likely to go. Today: Women's Sprint Freestyle
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  Manaudou Out To Prove Herself

  Posted: July 30th, 2008, 9:30am CDT by Craig Lord

  The Olympic champion is happy not to enter the 400m free in Beijing with the fastest time - but she wants her crown back, and more besides
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  Gaul's Girls And Boys Take Peak At Future

  Posted: July 30th, 2008, 9:29am CDT by Craig Lord

  French team visit 45,000m² site just 500m from the grand Stade de France where the Centre Aquatique Olympique will be built at Aubervilliers in time for 2012 European Championships (bid)
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  Love On Ice For Sullivan And Rice

  Posted: July 30th, 2008, 3:42am CDT by Craig Lord

  A leading US coach once told me 'if it was up to be, relationships between swimmers would be barred outright'. For the sake of performance in the Olympic pool, the Australian world record holders have called time-out on matters of the heart
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  Draganja Takes It Steady

  Posted: July 30th, 2008, 3:42am CDT by Craig Lord

  The world s/c record holder did not join the Croatian team when it took its first dip in the Water Cube in Beijing this morning ...
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  World Turns Beyond Beijing Focus

  Posted: July 30th, 2008, 3:27am CDT

  The pressure to raise standards continues apace beyond the Olympic arena. At the US Open - Usher, 2:10.67, 200m breaststroke; Descenza, 2:07.26, 200 'fly; La Tourette, 14:59.49, 1.500m free
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  Beijing Form Guide: Men's 200m-1,500m Free

  Posted: July 29th, 2008, 12:09pm CDT by Craig Lord

  Countdown to 08/08/08: SwimNews continues its preview to the Games with a look at how the seascape has changed in the past year, who is still in the race, who is out and where the medals are likely to go. Today: Men's 200-1,500m Freestyle
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  Kitajima Backs Beijing Village Tucker

  Posted: July 29th, 2008, 10:09am CDT by Craig Lord

  Japanese fears that China would not be able to cope with its culinary demands have been put to rest by the double Olympic champ but Ai Shibata is missing her bathtub
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  GB Team Settles In At Osaka

  Posted: July 29th, 2008, 8:40am CDT by Craig Lord

  Brit squad happy with facilities and welcome in Japan; relay plight of Jess Sylvester highlights the thorny issue of selection policies and final decisions on quartets
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  Hackett Ready To Join Triple Crown Club

  Posted: July 29th, 2008, 6:56am CDT by Craig Lord

  I think I'm swimming faster than I was in Sydney and Athens and I've just got to get up and do it. To win I'm going to need to swim faster than those times ... physically, I feel like I've done everything - the 30-lap defending champion
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  Beijing Form Guide: Men's Sprint Freestyle

  Posted: July 28th, 2008, 3:42pm CDT by Craig Lord

  Countdown to 08/08/08: SwimNews begins its preview to the Games with a look at how the seascape has changed in the past year, who is still in the race, who is out and where the medals are likely to go. Today: Men's Sprint Freestyle
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  Australia Does Its Swim Parents Proud

  Posted: July 28th, 2008, 3:56am CDT by Craig Lord

  The Dolphins will have mum and dad in the crowd in almost every case, courtesy of a commitment by the Australian Olympic Committee
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  Warming Up In The Hot House

  Posted: July 28th, 2008, 3:51am CDT by Craig Lord

  The Water Cube, which breathes like a greenhouse, is starting to get a little more crowded as teams arrive in the host Olympic city to test the waters ahead of racing from August 9
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  Gould: Suit Has Changed Swimming Forever

  Posted: July 28th, 2008, 3:46am CDT by Craig Lord

  Aussie legend joins chorus of descent in bodysuit debate; Nike-backed China gives swimmers choice of what suit they will wear at a home Games
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  Bearded Kitajima Tests Water Cube

  Posted: July 27th, 2008, 3:43am CDT by Craig Lord

  Olympic champion who sparked a swimwear contract revolt in Japan dips his toe in Beijing pool
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  Jukic: 2:23.90 Euro Record 200m Breast

  Posted: July 26th, 2008, 5:03am CDT

  Mirna Jukic (AUT) has broken the European 200m breaststroke record that had stood to Agnes Kovacs (HUN), the 2000 Olympic champion
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  Bodysuit Divorce: Magnini Splits From Arena

  Posted: July 26th, 2008, 12:26am CDT by Craig Lord

  There are those who feel that the suit issue is tired and insignificant. They are wrong. Listen to what the swimmer - not the media but the swimmer - says in a release from his former sponsor
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  Sullivan In Cotton Wool But Ready To Rock

  Posted: July 25th, 2008, 2:18pm CDT by Craig Lord

  Coach Grant Stoelwinder: 'We have a team physiotherapist and massage specialist in Kuala Lumpur and they will work on Eamon to loosen up the back. It will be intense treatment. He won't be doing too much training up there ... he is in pretty good shape'
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  Lohberg Critically Ill

  Posted: July 25th, 2008, 2:09pm CDT by Craig Lord

  The coach to Dara Torres has been told that he may have weeks, if not days, to live
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  Clenbuterol At Heart Of Hardy Case

  Posted: July 25th, 2008, 1:06am CDT by Craig Lord

  Updated file: Hardy talks of a living 'nightmare' and proclaims her innocence; substance will make the breaststroke ace's chances of being cleared at appeal somewhat remote, given the precedence in the sport: three Chinese bans
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  German Charges At Peace As Final Squad Confirmed

  Posted: July 24th, 2008, 11:18am CDT by Craig Lord

  Team of 26 heads to Beijing after Syria sends approval for El-Masri to switch to the country of his birth, Conrad addition is confirmed and Bernhardt drops her claim to a berth
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  Grevers: A Giant Gathering Momentum

  Posted: July 24th, 2008, 11:17am CDT by Craig Lord

  At 6ft 8in and 240lbs, Matt Grevers (USA) is the biggest of Aaron Peirsol's rivals in Beijing. Over at the Chicago Sun Times, columnist Rick Telander tells a great tale under the headline: 'He's not an unknown here: local swimmer has been making waves for
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  Coughlin and Gao Have Hearts Of Gold

  Posted: July 24th, 2008, 11:17am CDT by Craig Lord

  Here's a heartening example of how sportsmen and women can, and do, help others less fortunate than themselves, with US swimmer Natalie Coughlin and Chinse diver Gao Min among those doing their bit
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  Spitz: Phelps To Teach His Rivals Biggest Lesson Ever

  Posted: July 24th, 2008, 11:10am CDT by Craig Lord

  The 1972 legend says of the pretender to his Olympic record haul: 'I think you're going to see the biggest schooling for his competitors in the history of sports'
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  Schipper Ready To Smoke In The Smog

  Posted: July 24th, 2008, 11:10am CDT by Craig Lord

  The Aussie world record holder on 'fly says that stronger asthma medicine and vitamins are the solution to fighting any problems that asthma sufferers may encounter at the Games in polluted Beijing
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  Agent Backs Hardy; Appeal To CAS Looms

  Posted: July 24th, 2008, 11:10am CDT by Craig Lord

  Fastest route to freedom for US breaststroke ace is a direct snap appeal to the Court of Arbitration for a final and binding decision. If the case goes against her, US will have just one swimmer in the 100m breast and 50m free in Beijing