At the first round of the three-meet Golden Lanes circuit in Sarcelles, 2011 world 100 back champ takes 50m freestyle in 23.00 then 100 'fly in 54.17; wins for Lotte Friis and Anna Santamans at distance extremes among women...
Graz, Austria: Athletes from seven countries, including Olympic champion Cameron Van Der Burgh (RSA) and Olympic relay bronze medallist Jiang Hai Qui (CHN), are part of an international DLP Project set up by coach Dirk Lange...
Olympic champions Yannick Agnel and Camille Muffat, of Nice, and world champion Jérémy Stravius make their 2013 long-course debut in Sarcelles at the first round, over three days starting today, of a new Golden lanes mini-series of three meets...
The US experience of Olympic champion David Boudia, his coach and the US diving director, stands in stark contrast to events in Britain, where Tom Daley, Olympic bronze medallist, and CEO David Sparkes are locked in public spat...
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News Round-Up: Paulo Frischkneckt has won the support of more than 40 leading athletes in his fight to retain leadership in Portugal; Alessia Filippi makes political debut; Alex Meyer heads to Aussie 10km clash with Mainstone and Grimsey...
Olympic champions Ryan Lochte (Daytona Beach, Fla.), Missy Franklin (Centennial, Colo.) and Tyler Clary (Riverside, Calif.) head the line-up at the Arena/USA Swimming Austin Grand Prix on January 18-20...
Alicia Coutts, the star of the Aussie team at London 2012, will make her 2013 race debut in a 100m free clash with fellow 4x100m free Olympic champion Melanie Schlanger at the Victorian Open swimming championships this weekend...
FINA Bureau member Paulo Frischknecht, a former Olympic swimmer, faces a new race: a vote-off for the presidency of the Portuguese swim federation (FPN) on Saturday after December elections produced a tie in the leadership contest...
News Round-Up: Ranfagni gets good news after heart tests in Italy; Ottesen on go slow after foot break; Myrtha Pools heads into winter; Spain synchro coach heads to Mexico; Brit CEO under fire from Tom Daley's mum...
John Davis started a foundation called “The 2xtreme Dream”. Guest writer Chuck Warner asks What training is too extreme to prepare to swim fast? and what is it that drives coaches and swimmers to explore their limits? ...
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Olympic 1500m free champion of 2008 and 10km marathon champion of London 2012, Oussama Mellouli today reveals the struggle he has faced to shake off being labelled the friend of a dictator at home in Tunisia...
Lars Humer, the Kiwi who took charge of Britain's Stockport Intensive Training Centre when coach Sean Kelly fell ill in Olympic year, has been appointed head coach at Ireland's High Performance Centre at the University Arena in Limerick...
News Round-Up: US Olympic back champ Missy Franklin was described as "an emotional wreck" before her Regis Jesuit High School team raced Highlands Ranch in a dual meet; Hackett backs Melbourne 2024 Games bid; Oprah meets Armstrong...
The Club Natación Sabadell (CNS) in Barcelona, alma mater to Mireia Belmonte and home to coach Fred Vergnoux, is reducing the income of more than 90% of its staff, or 208 people, by between 30 and 50% over the next two years...
News Round-Up: James Magnussen has gone to "another level" in training after gutsy Games debut and setback at the London 2012; Florida ace gets his own TV Reality series "What Would Ryan Lochte Do?"...
USA Swimming has announced fresh details for the Arena Grand Prix Series, including $150,000 in prize money. The next stop of the series will take place January 18-20 in Austin, Texas, with Franklin, Clary and Berens in the mix...
Lord Coe invited everyone to "own a piece of Olympic history" by buying London 2012 leftovers in an auction; now an auction outfit admits that it never had some of the items that people bought, including Phelps' result sheets...
News Round-Up: Italian backstroke ace Sebastiano Ranfagni will undergo tests tomorrow that will either end or save his elite swim career; Nugent says Super series a chance to get 2013 off to strong start; Hoff takes a break...
