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Fetched: August 28th, 2008, 5:57pm CDT
Views, stats and reflections on China's work, the state of world swimming and a period in the history of the sport that stands out like a tidal wave in a relative millpond
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Fetched: August 24th, 2008, 8:12am CDT
Timekeeper shows sequence that led to seventh gold medal for Superfish
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Fetched: August 21st, 2008, 11:26pm CDT
The triumphs, tricks and testing times of the coach of the greatest Olympian ever; Bowman's last interview before leaving Beijing for Baltimore
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Fetched: August 21st, 2008, 11:26pm CDT
Highly unlikely that finals can be run to suit the American audience next time round: prime time US coincides with the dawn chorus in Rome
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Fetched: August 21st, 2008, 11:26pm CDT
Sprinter beats distance ironman for a place on the International Olympic Committee's athletes' commission
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Fetched: August 21st, 2008, 12:48am CDT
Highly unlikely that finals can be run to suit the American audience next time round: prime time US coincides with the dawn chorus in Rome
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Fetched: August 21st, 2008, 12:48am CDT
Beijing-With the rain coming down, and the skies overcast, it made for tougher conditions for the men's inaugural 10KM Open Water event.
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Fetched: August 21st, 2008, 12:48am CDT
Maarten van der Weijden (NED) was just 20 when he was diagnosed with acute lymphatic leukaemia. Given only a slim chance of survival, his treatment included chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant. Now 27, he is Olympic 10k champ
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Fetched: August 21st, 2008, 12:48am CDT
Beijing-Held in the Shunyi Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Park, about an hour from Beijing, the inaugural 10 Open Water event got under way this morning.
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Fetched: August 19th, 2008, 4:12am CDT
The head of the Greek Olympic Committee is in no doubt that the case of Yiannis Drymonakos is part of a crime that transcends sport
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Fetched: August 19th, 2008, 4:12am CDT
Comment: Janet Evans views proceedings at a distance; Matt Biondi blogs from his bedroom; the creation of a FINA Olympic Champions Club is long overdue
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Fetched: August 18th, 2008, 5:08pm CDT
54 world l/c records and 22 world s/c records have fallen since Feb 16. Since 1980, the record for numbers of world long-course records set in one year was 33, in 2000, the year in which the full bodysuit was launched granted license by FINA. Beijing: 25
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Fetched: August 18th, 2008, 5:08pm CDT
Korea's "Marine Boy" rivals Superfish in the league of big endorsements following gold in the 400m freestyle in Beijing
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Fetched: August 18th, 2008, 5:08pm CDT
Speedo scooped the pool, its LZR performance almost as dominant of that of Phelps. But by Rome 2009 technological explanations for big drops in standards will not apply
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Fetched: August 18th, 2008, 5:08pm CDT
Money Men, merchandisers and marketeers. Everyone wants a piece of Phelps Inc. A day after Supefish won the last of his pieces of eight, the guess is that he will be worth beyond $100m by London 2012
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Fetched: August 18th, 2008, 5:08pm CDT
To quit or to swim on, that is the question. Hackett may plough on until the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, 2010
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Fetched: August 17th, 2008, 6:11am CDT
52 world l/c records and 22 world s/c records have fallen since Feb 16. Since 1980, the record for numbers of world long-course records set in one year is 33, in 2000, the year in which the full bodysuit was launched granted license by FINA
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Fetched: August 17th, 2008, 6:11am CDT
The 100m champion adds 50m crown0.01sec ahead of Dara Torres, 41 and a silver medal winner at her fifth Olympic Games
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Fetched: August 17th, 2008, 6:11am CDT
The Tunisian who lost his world title last year after failing a dope test for a substance taken to keep him awake for exam work at college clocks 14:40.84
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Fetched: August 17th, 2008, 6:11am CDT
Australia take last gold of the meet for women; USA follows through on 3:53.20 American record; China 3:56.11 Asian record; Britain locked out with Euro record of 3:57.50
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Fetched: August 17th, 2008, 6:11am CDT
Victory for the USA ahead of Australia and Japan concludes the Bob Bowman symphony. The masterpiece is complete
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Fetched: August 15th, 2008, 11:53am CDT
Brazilian keeps world record holder Sullivan at bay by 0.41sec
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Fetched: August 15th, 2008, 11:53am CDT
Rebecca Soni (USA) ended Leisel Jones's dream of the breaststroke double when she took down the world record in 2:20.22, a best time by 2.4sec
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Fetched: August 15th, 2008, 11:53am CDT
Defending champion on 1:54.33 to keep Arkady Vyatchanin (RUS) at bay, on 1:54.93, a European record; Peirsol - "no regrets"
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Fetched: August 15th, 2008, 11:53am CDT
Superfish stays on target: six golds, six world records; the beauty of 0.57sec
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Fetched: August 15th, 2008, 11:53am CDT
Libby Trickett, world record holder, takes silver 0.03sec away; Coughlin takes bronze in 53.39 and approaches record US medal tally
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Fetched: August 14th, 2008, 5:43am CDT
Japanese world record holder sets Olympic record of 2:07.64; Rickard silver on lucky 2:08.88; bronze to Duboscq ion 2:08.94; Brown locked out by 0.09sec
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Fetched: August 14th, 2008, 5:43am CDT
A false-start by Pang Jiaying (CHN)l, the 200m bronze medallist yesterday, saved Libby Trickett (AUS), world record holder but on 54.10 this morning, from elimination in the 100m free
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Fetched: August 14th, 2008, 5:43am CDT
And therein lies a tale. A stunning world record that takes a vast chunk off the best time of two Chinese swimmers taking gold and silver in Olympic waters and the world of swimming is powerless to ask where it came from as it once would have done
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Fetched: August 14th, 2008, 5:43am CDT
The French sprinter claims 100m free crown in 47.21, world record holder misses his target by 0.11sec and Lezak and Cielo share bronze; Hoogie worthy fifth