Olympic 200m breaststroke silver medallist Michael Jamieson miscalculated and had to rely on a swim-off to make it through to the 100 metres final on the second day of action at the British Gas International in Leeds...
Ricky Berens set an American s/c 200 yards freestyle record in a time trial during a 500y race at the 2013 ST TXLA American Short Course Championships tonight in Austin, Texas...
Dutch double Olympic sprint champ Ranomi Kromowidjojo stamped her authority on the 100m free at the British Gas Intl in Leeds; Siobhan-Marie O'Connor clocks 2:10.53 200IM to beat Hannah Miley, 2:11.59; Jaz Carlin on 8:24 800m free ...
Reports that came out in Australia when the Australian Olympic Committee opened its new HQ in Sydney, have John Coates talking about jail for doping offences (in pro sport) in the same breath as the Stilnox saga and the fear of parents ...
News Round-Up: Laure Manadou, the 2004 Olympic 400m freestyle champion for France, has terminated her 2nd pregnancy on medical grounds; Arena and Brazil's Cesar Cielo have parted company after three years...
Part 1 of a chat with Michael Jamieson as he prepares for his first test of racing on the back of an altitude camp; Olympic silver medallist looking or boost on way to world champs as he heads to Leeds for the British Gas International...
Bill Smith, the 1948 London Olympic Games gold medalist in the 400m freestyle and 4x200m free for the US, has passed away; his best years coincided with war; coaches called the 19 year old Hawaiian “the greatest swimmer who ever lived”...
Editorial: That Adam Brown's school days and all the promise that went with them should have led to him wondering if he will have to quit the pool in the absence of support should cause Britain to think again...
The 2013 British Gas International, over four days from Thursday in England, will feature a shoal of world-class swimmers; read what Kromowidjojo, Meilutyte, Halsall and Miley have in mind for the meet and the years ahead ...
John Atkinson, the Brit taking the helm of Canadian swimming as High Performance Director, has placed improvement from trials to world titles as a priority this year at the start of the next chapter in the country's Vision 2020 plan...
Sun Yang apologises and returns to coach Zhu Zhigen today after an acrimonious split following the coach's criticism of the Olympic 1500m free champ and the champ's call for the coach to be replaced...
As the International de la Méditérranée comes to a close in Marseilles, Britain's Fran Halsall takes two more wins, ahead of Natalie Coughlin in 100m free and 50m 'fly, and Olympic champ Nathan Adrian blasts 48.11 win in 100m free...
Francesca Halsall takes a brace of victories at the Marseilles intl in France, on 58.37 on 'fly to take helm of early world ranks, and 24.91 in free dash; Nathan Adrian pips Olympic champ Florent Manaudou 21.75 to 21.83 in 50 free...
Mireia Belmonte, double Olympic medallist for Spain at London 2012, put a tumultuous post-Games season behind her with two wins and a 3rd place finish on day 1 at the 2nd Meeting International de la Méditérranée in Marseilles ...
Olympic sprint medallist Cullen Jones, 29 tomorrow, has confirmed to a local paper that he will race on and bid for a place on the US squad for Rio 2016; will stay put in Charlotte as long as coach David Marsh remains...
Guest writer and coach Mike Thompson considers the impact of a forum called The Coaching Excellence Series, introduced by Ben Titley, the Brit coach at the helm of the Ontario excellence centre in Canada...
Marseilles Intl: Mireia Belmonte takes on 11 events, Fran Halsall down for 50 and 100m on 3 strokes; Coughlin challenges; Olympic champs Florent Manaudou & Nathan Adrian lead sprint shoal; Camille Lacourt to rumble with Liam Tancock ...
Dawn Fraser was awarded "Australia's greatest female sportswoman of all time" award and then she went and spoiled it all by saying something stupid like "ban 'em for life" in the wake of the Stilnox saga...
Editorial: more than 40 years after electronic timing was judged superior to the human eye, there is no shame in saying that the official on deck can't see what's happening below the bubbles; don't tinker with the stroke, turn the cameras on...
News Round-Up: Lionel Horter, Frence boss, wants to get Gaul's "forgotten coaches" back in the fold; Australia tackles the gender gap in sport - what's the picture in world swimming; Brazil's dreams of a woman medallist at Rio 2016 ...
