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Column by John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, October 12. THIS year marks the 10th year of competition this decade, and as a way to celebrate that anniversary,
Swimming World will be publishing the results of its Swimmer of the Decade balloting in the December issue. The process asked various
Swimming World contributors to suppl...
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ISTANBUL, Turkey, September 10. WORLD record holder Marleen Veldhuis of The Netherlands has released a statement withdrawing from the European Short Course Championships this December according to Zwemsite.nl. There is talk that she will focus on the Swimcup taking place in Eindhoven.
The team scheduled to compete at the European Short Course Ch...
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MONTE CARLO, Monaco, June 14. GERMANY's Paul Biedermann clipped the European record in the men's 200 free during the final session of the Mare Nostrum circuit in Monte Carlo.
Biedermann clocked a time of 1:44.88 to not only crush his national record of 1:46.00 set at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but also to beat Pieter van den Hoogenband&#...
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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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Guest editorial by John Craig
PHOENIX, Arizona, June 4. THERE's a big dichotomy right now between the official Masters records in the younger age groups and the unofficial ones. As the rules stand, in order to set an official FINA Masters world record you must do it in a Masters meet, or at least in a meet sanctioned by a Masters orga...
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MONTPELLIER, France, April 23. THE first man under 47 seconds in the men's 100 free is France's Alain Bernard after he scorched the sprint event during semifinals at the French Long Course Championships held in Montpellier.
Bernard ripped off a scintillating time of 46.94 to erase the 47.05 set by Australia's Eamon Sullivan during th...
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EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, December 7. RANDALL Bal nearly added another world record to his 50 back standard from earlier in the Eindhoven Cup when he blasted the 100 back with a time of 52.59. That performance finished just shy of Aaron Peirsol's global standard of 52.54 set at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Joeri Verlinden opened the last ...
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RIJEKA, Croatia, December 4. A total number of 40 nations have entered 530 athletes – 281 men and 249 women, with a total of 1,487 individual and 70 relay entries – for the 12th European Short Course Swimming Championships to take place in Rijeka, Croatia next week (Dec. 11-14). If there are no last-minute cancellations, this is a new record entry....
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PHOENIX, Arizona, December 3. ALMOST two years to the day since Tito Morales penned the following article for
Swimming World, Michael Phelps was
named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year yesterday.
We thought it worthwhile to let our rea...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, November 19. THE November issue of LEN Magazine is now available as a PDF download for $8.95 in the Swim Shop.
Click here to download your copy.
LEN Magazine is the official publication of LEN, the Ligue Europeenne Natation, the governing body o...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 24. OLYMPIC silver and bronze medalist Larsen Jensen is today's guest on
The Morning Swim Show discussing topics as wide as his experiences at the Olympics and hitting the campaign trail for John McCain.
Jensen, who won silver in the 1500 free in 2004 and bronze in the 400 free in 2008, talks about racing in ...
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By John Lohn
BEIJING, China, August 14. ALAIN Bernard has his vindication. The man who was tracked down by Jason Lezak on the anchor leg of the 400 freestyle relay, thus watching a gold medal turn to silver for his nation, has his gold medal. Bernard, the former world-record holder in the event, held off Australian Eamon Sullivan to win the 100 ...
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By John Lohn
BEIJING, China, August 13. WELCOME to a new realm in sprinting.
In back-to-back semifinals of the 100 freestyle this morning, France's Alain Bernard and Australia's Eamon Sullivan exchanged world-record performances to set up a dazzling championship final. More, the first sub-47 performance in the history of the event cou...
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By John Lohn
BEIJING, China, August 12. ALWAYS one of the most anticipated events on the program, the men's 100 freestyle got off to a roaring start with five individuals breaking the 48-second barrier, including world-record holder Eamon Sullivan. Fresh off his 47.24 leadoff in the 400 freestyle relay, the Australian cruised through his pre...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, August 6. BY popular demand,
Swimming World returns with another special media round table after the success of the
first edition. Last week, our panel discussed the Jessica Hardy case and some of the ramifications of the NCAA's decisio...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, July 8. NOW that the United States Olympic Trials have come to an end, our 32-week Olympic Preview Series heads into its final stages. This week, we take a look at the men's 100 freestyle, an event that has changed significantly – from a speed standpoint – during the past year. Where 47-point was formerly t...
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Updated June 9, 2008
PHOENIX, Arizona, June 6. FROM time-to-time, when enough strong meets are going on during the same weekend across the world,
Swimming World likes to lump them together as if they were in the same meet. Here are the most updated available times from across the world. The top three finishers from each meet are...
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EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, June 8. SEVERAL meet records fell during the final day of swimming at the Dutch Nationals held in Eindhoven.
Tom Vangeneugden won the 1500 free with a top time of 15:29.11. Sharon van Rouwendaal then set a meet record in the women's 1500 free with a time of 16:48.17.
In previous preliminary action, Femke Heemskerk ...
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EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, June 7. FEMKE Heemskerk added the women's 100 back national record to her 200 IM standard from a day ago at the Dutch Nationals held in Eindhoven. Meanwhile, Pieter van den Hoogenband ripped off a strong time in the 200 free.
Heemskerk, swimming as the leadoff for her winning 400 medley relay team, clocked a time of...
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EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, June 6. PIETER van den Hoogenband popped a time of 22.21 to win the men's 50 free at the Dutch Nationals held in Eindhoven during the first morning of finals.
The time moved him up into the top 15 in the world this year as he continues his march towards another Olympic run.
In the women's 50 free, Marleen Veldh...
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