Olympic and world medallist Jo Jackson is suffering from a 'truly severe and brittle' form of asthma and is waiting to hear whether an application to take a costly remedy has been successful; steroids are not an option, of course...
Aus Trials, Sydney, Day 6: Brenton Rickard dominates 200m breaststroke final with 2010 pace-setter; Ashley Callus, 31, wins 50m free on 22.09; Schipper and Rice retain titles; Hurley tests 15min; Gorman sets sole Aussie record...
No, not that. The Olympic champion of 1988 has admitted to snapping the Mercedes symbols off the cars of visiting VIPs as a girl in the GDR...
In winning the 100y back for a third successive year at NCAAs in Indiana, British world champ signs up as the 5th member of an elite club of specialists...
Aus Trials, Sydney, day 5: 4 women 4:05 to 4:07 400m free; in 51.79 in the 100 fly, Lauterstein has nothing to fear from textile transition; Yolane Kukla, 14, claims 2nd gold, 25.08, 50m free; Jones and Stoeckel seal triple triumphs...
Aus Trials, Sydney, Day 4: Rice upsets the fly crew with a 57.71 blast;; Eamon Sullivan wins 100m free in 48.52; Fraser-Holmes, 18, wins 400 medley ahead of two 16-year-olds; Goodman and Evans provide new distance hope...
As a 12-year-old, the winner of the Aussie 200m free crown at 18 this week, was on the verge of starting chemotherapy for bone cancer ... when better news arrived...
French swimmer in road accident; Jaked suits launched in Rome with a claim that they enhance performance; pool water no risk to pregnant women and their unborn, Danish research suggests; Spain signs partnership with UNICEF ...
Teenagers respond well to disappointment at Aussie trials and the 30-something of the hour gets back in for more the morning after realising his dream of swimming like Dolphins can swim once more...
Alain Bernard, Coralie Balmy and Hugues Duboscq help highlight World Water Day in a French Night of Water show this weekend in aid of Unicef projects and child welfare around the world; focus on clean drinking water...
Roll up, roll up... anyone want to save a vintage art deco pool once graced by the likes of Wilkie and Neil Cochrane from convertion to a shopping mall? Now's your chance ...
Aus Trials, Day 3: a false start by Yolane Kukla, 14, served to highlight relay vulnerability; Seebohm wins 100m free and back; Jones takes 21st crown; and ... he's back - Geoff Huegill, 31, a Dolphin once more; Rickard retains 100m title...
The former world sprint free world record holder was at the helm in 100m free heats at Aussie trials Thursday morning despite a 5th hip op; excellence in North Baltimore; Bernard plans a longer-term approach to London 2012 in 'transition year'...
An out-of-date FINA points table has caused consternation in Japan, where the federation has had to take the cash from Ryo Tateishi and hand it to Hidemasa Sano in the wake of the Japan s/c nationals...
Aus Trials, Day 2: Australia witnessed a star ascending today in Sydney. The name is Yolane Kukla. She is 14 and the 4th woman ever to break 26sec over 50m 'fly in a textile suit. Quicker than Jenny Thompson. And Off to Delhi in October ...
Chef de Mission for England expresses confidence in England sending a full team to the Commonwealth Games despite wider concerns over security and the slow pace of progress on facility construction ...
Aus Trials, Day 1, Sydney: Blair Evans got past five Olympic team members to win tight 200m free final in 1:57.38; Hurley retains 400m crown; Rice boils on 2:10.07 in 200 medley after booking relay berth; D'Arcy makes Dolphins return...
Former Swiss head coach says hard work beckons in the wake of nationals that saw no national records and only two qualifiers for Budapest 2010 Europeans; Munoz on buoyancy; Duboscq satisfied with handling of new suits...
National youth coach takes top job; David Crocker moves from basketball role in New Zealand and sports admin in Australia to performance role at SAL; Thompson may play a role; Nugent keen to engage Sweetenham and Lawrence...
A useful reference point for how times in the 2010 long-course season in 'textile' suits compare with what went before shiny suits: a list the world records as at January 31, 2008, then an all-time top 10 range comparison...
