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Nov 24, 2012

Denmark has split its top coaching job in two after the departure of Paulus Wildeboer in the top slot; over in sweden at s/c nationals, Hansson, 16, gets the better of sarah Sjoestrom in the 100m free...

Nov 24, 2012
Craig Lord

As the board of British Swimming accept performance director Michael Scott's resignation, parents of British Olympians take to Twitter to call on CEO David Sparkes to resign...

Nov 24, 2012
Craig Lord

At London 2012, nations boasted 82 swimmers honed in NCAA Division I. On average, the tuition grant for each of those kids is at least $20,000: a minimum $1.64 million of funding through the American system into the Olympic pool...

Nov 24, 2012
Craig Lord

European s/c Championships, Chartres, Day 3 finals: Camille Muffat sets world record of 3:54.85 in the 400m freestyle; world textile mark for Vladimir Morozov (RUS), champion of the 100m freestyle in 45.68...

Nov 24, 2012
Craig Lord

Alicia Coutts was today named the 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimmer of the Year at a gala dinner in Melbourne at the end of a stellar year in which she picked up five Olympic medals at London 2012; John Fowlie coach of the year...

Nov 24, 2012
Craig Lord

Arena, the swimwear maker, has landed another big national contract at the expense of rival brands: the Royal Dutch Swimming Federation, KZNB, has signed a partnership deal for an initial term of four years...

Nov 23, 2012

Swimmers broke four meet records, a Canadian club record and even a Jamaican record on the first day of the Canada Cup; Alia Atkinson clocks 1:04.69 in the 100m breaststroke and takes three wins...

Nov 23, 2012

News Round-Up: Michael Scott has offered his resignation as Britain's performance director at German s/c nationals in Wuppertal, Paul Biedermann and Britta Steffen take a title each; Sarah Sjostrom in good form at Swedish nationals...

Nov 23, 2012
Craig Lord

European s/c Championshipos, Chartres, day 2 finals: Lotte Friis, Rikke Pedersen and Jeanette Ottesen take gold for Denmark; Veronika Popova and Evgeny Korotyshkin win crowns for Russia; Cseh, Zevina and Scozzoli also win ...

Nov 23, 2012
Craig Lord

On Saturday, Australia will hold its annual awards at a time of review and restructure, Alicia Coutts in with a strong shout of joining the likes of Ian Thorpe, Susie O'Neill and Kieren Perkins as a multiple winner...

Nov 23, 2012
Craig Lord

Australian swimmers have been thrown a financial lifeline; a minimum war chest of Aus$10m over the next four years from The Georgina Hope Foundation Swimmers Support Scheme, formed after fed talks with Gina Rinehart...

Nov 22, 2012

French coach Philippe Lucas has signed an agreement with the Italian swimming federation to coach Federica Pellegrini, the dominant force in middle distance swimming from 2009 and 2011 who wilted on the way to London 2012...

Nov 22, 2012
Craig Lord

European s/c championships, Chartres, day 1 finals: Katinka Hosszu (HUN) takes brace of titles - 200IM, 200'fly (both in 2:05.78); a week after world 400m mark of 3:32.25, Yannick Agnel (FRA) goes 3:37.54 for 400m gold...

Nov 22, 2012
Craig Lord

Kevin Neil has resigned as Chief Executive of Swimming Australia, a move that the board of the federation accepted today in the midst of reviews into London 2012 Olympic efforts; CEO role to be examined before new appointment...

Nov 21, 2012
Craig Lord

Seven years after arriving in Shanghai with his Chinese wife to start a new life, British coach David Lyles has been honoured for his part in the achievements of six swimmers who have won 13 medals at Olympic, World and Asian levels...

Nov 21, 2012
Chuck Warner

Guest writer Chuck Warner attended the Golden Goggles gala with his daughter in New York this week and came away pondering the quiet of Frank Busch, the patience of Ryan Lochte and the vision of Chuck Wielgus...

Nov 20, 2012

The Dutch team is off to spend January at a luxury sports facility in Phuket, Thailand on the trail of training locations away from the dark, damp and dreary days of post-Christmas Europe; where;s your favourite home away?...

Nov 20, 2012
Craig Lord

Michael Phelps and Missy Franklin were crowned king and queen of America at the ninth-annual USA Swimming Golden Goggle Awards their 8 gold, 2 silver and a bronze better than second-best nation at London 2012...

Nov 19, 2012
Craig Lord

Xu Danlu is 13, she won the 800m free at the Asian Champs in Dubai on 8:22.24 and is the swiftest of her age in history; her speed suggest she may take on American 15-year-old Olympic champ Katie Ledecky at world titles in 2013...

Nov 19, 2012
Craig Lord

The "Osaka Rule", which banned drug cheats from competing at the Olympics, has been scrapped from the latest draft of the WADA Code in favour of moviong from 2 to 4 years for serious offences; back to where FINA was 10 years ago ...

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