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BERLIN, Germany, November 14. THE first day of finals at the FINA World Cup stop hosted in Berlin featured five world records, upping the total for...
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BERLIN, Germany, June 25. DURING preliminary heats of the second day of swimming at the German Long Course Nationals, Britta Steffen eclipsed Libby Trickett's world record in the women's 100 free.
Steffen clocked a time of 52.85 to beat Trickett's 2008 standard of 52.88. Steffen, however, completed the time in a much different way ...
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BARCELONA, Spain, June 7. THE final day of long course meter swimming at the Mare Nostrum Barcelona stop featured several more meet standards taking a tumble.
Anastasia Zueva clipped the meet record in the women's 50 back with a time of 27.82. That performance beat Sophie Edington's 27.83 set last year. Daniela Samulski placed second in...
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ANGERS, France, December 6. AT the French Short Course National Championships, Coralie Balmy took down the women's 200 freestyle world record.
Balmy clocked a swift time of 1:53.18 to blast by the 1:53.29 set by then-Libby Lenton in 2005. The time also broke the European and national record of 1:53.48 set by Laure Manaudou in 2007.
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ANGERS, France, December 6. THE second night of swimming at the French Short Course National Championships featured a pair of world records falling by the wayside.
Amaury Leveaux scorched the men's 50 fly with a time of 22.29, which shattered Matt Jaukovic's world record of 22.50 set during the 2008 Sydney World Cup stop. Spain's Ra...
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SYDNEY, October 27: It was the start one magnificent career and the end of another at the Telstra Swimmer of the Year Awards in Sydney tonight with Beijing golden girl Stephanie Rice became the sixth female winner of the coveted Telstra Swimmer of the Year Award at a glittering function at Darling Harbour and the end of another with the surprise re...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 29. THE big news last week, when the psych sheets were unveiled for the U.S. Olympic Trials, revolved around which athletes were entered in which events. Among the notable news was Natalie Coughlin's decision, despite her American-record status, to not contest the 100 butterfly. Her absence, as she focuses ...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, June 10. WE'VE reached the homestretch of
SwimmingWorldMagazine.com's 32-week Olympic Preview Series. Just a handful of events to go as Beijing creeps closer. There are actually less than two months until the action gets under way. This week, we jump into relay action once again, taking a glance ...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, April 15. THE second half of
SwimmingWorldMagazine.com's Olympic Preview Series, which will lead into this summer's Beijing Games, gets started with the first look at a relay event. With lineups hardly set for relay action, this preview of the women's 400 medley relay will take into considera...
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MANCHESTER, England, April 13. MARLEEN Veldhuis put her stamp on the women's 50 free event over short course even further when she lowered her world record in the event at the F...
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MANCHESTER, England, April 13. AFTER snatching the 50 fly world record in surprising fashion earlier in the meet, Australia's Felicity Galvez was unsurprising with her 100 fly g...
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MANCHESTER, England, April 11. THE United States' contingent of Margaret Hoelzer, Jessica Hardy, Rachel Komisarz and Kara Denby knocked half-a-second from the world record in th...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, April 1. This week's installment of
SwimmingWorldMagazine.com's Olympic Preview Series, the 15th in a 32-week package, takes a look at the women's 200 individual medley. The event has changed dramatically in recent days, thanks to Australian Stephanie Rice setting a world record at her Olympi...
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SYDNEY, Australia, March 27. IT may have taken a year since she first set the unratified world record in the 100 free with a 52.99 leadoff of the mixed 400 free relay at the Duel in the Pool last year, but Libby Trickett finally owns the global standard outright. Meanwhile, Eamon Sullivan went off in the 50 free for the second world record of the...
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PHOENIX, Arizona. March 21. FIVE instructional DVDs from Australia and a compelling book about the first woman to cross the English Channel are among the 11 items debuting today in the Swim Shop.
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PHOENIX, Arizona, March 19. THE Wednesday edition of
The Morning Swim Show starts off with a look at some of the fastest women in the pool, then reminisces with a swimming legend.
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Host Brent Rutemiller an...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, March 18. THIS week's installment of our 32-week Olympic Preview is the fastest yet. We're off to the women's 50 freestyle, the one-lap sprint that determines the fastest woman in water. The event features youngsters and veterans, but there doesn't seem to be a downright favorite.
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, February 19. THE original plan was to move into the breaststroke this week. However, with Katie Hoff lighting it up at the Missouri Grand Prix over the weekend, we decided to go in another direction. As we continue our Olympic Preview Series,
SwimmingWorldMagazine.com will take a look at the women's ...
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SYDNEY, Australia, February 12. IN a four-city debut, Speedo has launched its new suit called the LZR RACER, after being much-hyped for weeks heading into the announcement today. Thus far, the suit has been introduced in Sydney and London.
Swimming World senior writer John Lohn is in attendance at the New York launch and will have a repo...
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