News Round-Up: "I'm still really self conscious about everything that's happened and about people's perceptions of myself and what went on," - Magnussen; Franklin flying in Federal Way; Bolles boys on the march; Swiss marks for Räuftlin...
At the Amiens leg of France's Golden Lanes Circuit, Lotte Friis goes 16:01.41 pace setter over 1500m free to take the helm of the first-quarter world ranks and Stravius clocks 53.70 and 1:59.87 respectively over 100 back and 200 IM...
Olympic medallists Ryosuke Irie, Kosuke Hagino and Takeshi Matsuda helped Japan conclude a strong show on the last day at NSW state titles in Sydney; Irie and Hagino top Stravius and Grevers' season bests 100 back; Matsuda No2 world ranks 100 'fly...
News Round-Up: Cesar Cielo (BRA) clocks 22.20 in 50 free at the Southern Zone-South Sectional Champs in Florida; enrik Christiansen, 16, sets new Norwegian s/c junior records of 7:52.56 and 15:02.11 over 800 and 1500m free...
Rusada, the Russian anti-doping agency, has spent the week saving the Russian swim federation's bacon under the waiver on four strikes and you're out: Moskvina, 6 years; Andreyeva 18 months; Lovtsova, 2.5y; Ustinova warned...
Japan teammates Ryosuke Irie, Kosuke Hagino and Aya Terakawa set the pace for the rest of the world at the helm of the first quarter rankings with impressive early season efforts at NSW titles in Sydney today...
Are you getting ready to swim championship competition, asks our guest writer. Want to learn from a legend? Then look no further than Rick DeMont, the era of Mike Burton and the heartening tale in the midst of a sad one ...
Japan's Takeshi Matsuda and Kosuke Hagino shot to the helm of the early 2013 world rankings with solid victories in their respective events at the NSW State titles Down Under today; wave of solid times shuffle early world rankings...
At his first outing since the Stilnox saga apology, Australian sprinter James Magnussen posted a strong 48.90 in the 100m free heats on day 1 of the NSW State Open Championships in his home pool at SOPAC in Sydney...
Sabadell coach Fred Vergnoux tells Spanish reporter Àngels F̀̀abregues that double Olympic silver medallist Mireia Belmonte is almost back to her 2012 form but explains why a home world titles will be hard for her and Spain...
A team of 24 young Brits has been selected to race at the European Junior Championships (EJCs) to be held in Poznan, Poland from July 10-14; "We are taking a smaller, more medal focused group," says Mark Perry...
It's 40th years since the first of Kornelia Ender's 23 solo world records in the pool. In 2:23.01 over 200m medley in East Berlin at the outset of a period in which thousands of athletes were systematically doped...
Anti-doping: athletes suspected of taking banned drugs should be allowed to take lie detector tests to try to prove their innocence, anti-doping chiefs will hear today at the Tackling Doping in Sport conference in Twickenham, London...
The German Swimming Federation (DSV) has eased standards for qualification for the World Championships in Barcelona; head coach Henning Lambertz says swimmers must not put everything into selection and then fall into a post-trials trough...
Back in his youth, when asked what he wanted from the sport, Michael Jamieson wrote down "2:08"; two Olympic cycles later, he took silver in the 200m breaststroke in 2:07.43 at a home Games; a tale of perseverance ...
Freestyle is what Federica Pellegrini is known for but she turned over for the Trofeu Milano and clocked 2:10.99 in her first long-course 200m backstroke race; Paltrinieri on 15:06.66 1500m; Cseh, 1:58.49 200 'fly; Fratus 22.23 free dash...
Triples for Carlin (adds 400m free to 800m and 1500m wins) and Roebuck; a brace apiece for Meilutyte and Ervin; great strides for James Guy as the British Gas International in Leeds concluded after four days of action...
Olympic champ Ruta Meilutyte at helm of the 2013 world rankings with a dominant 1:06.75 in the 100m breast at the British Gas Intl in Leeds; Michael Jamieson on 2:10.43 to lead 200 breast ranks; Ranomi Kromowidjojo on 24.56 50 free...
Jazmin Carlin, coached by Bud McAllister, former mentor to Janet Evans, clocked 16:18.80 in the heats of the 1500m free at the British Gas International this morning; that's the second-best heats time ever beyond the World and European Champs...
In the midst of hard training and a multi-event programme, World s/c, Commonwealth and European l/c champion Hannah Miley stormed to a 4:35.57 victory in the 400m medley at the British Gas International in Leeds...
