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Column by John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, July 20. THE swimming portion of the World Championships is just days away, so it's time for some predictions on what will shake out in Rome. The task won't be an easy one, considering the suit charade that has thrown the sport for a major loop. But, we'll give it our best shot and see...
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IRVINE, California, May 24. ROSE Bowl Aquatics' Jason Lezak provided some serious fireworks on the final day of the Janet Evans Invitational as he threatened the American record in the men's 100 free over long course meters.
In another head-to-head battle, Lezak smashed California's Nathan Adrian. Lezak took a run at Michael Phelps&...
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IRVINE, California, May 23. THE second evening of long course meter swimming at the Janet Evans Invitational featured a pair of battles between Olympians Tae Hwan Park and Ous Mellouli.
Trojan teammates Park and Mellouli put on a show in the men's 200 free with Park coming out on top, 1:47.43 to 1:47.58. Zoltan Povazsay, also of Trojan, pla...
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IRVINE, California, May 23. THE first evening of long course meter swimming at the Janet Evans Invitational featured a star-studded cast of Olympians found throughout the night's schedule.
Trojan's Katinka Hosszu opened the first night with a quick 2:11.47 for the women's 200 IM win. Stanford's Elaine Breeden finished second in ...
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SHAOXING, China, April 8. ZHANG Lin continued his strong outing at the Chinese National Long Course Championships held in Shaoxing, China with another Chinese record.
In the men's 200 free, Zhang clocked a time of 1:45.83 to break the Chinese record and become the first man from China under 1:46. The swim broke his previous standard of 1:46...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, February 25. TODAY'S live edition of
The Morning Swim Show featured a preview of this week's Big 12 and Pac-10 swimming and diving championships, as well as an interview with the newest national high school record holder.
In case you missed our live show (airing each weekday at 10:30 a.m. MST), you can watch the ...
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SEOUL, South Korea, February 11. AFTER spending six weeks training at the University of Southern California, Olympian Tae Hwan Park has returned to South Korea to focus on the World Championships this summer, according to
The Korea Times.
"I am very glad to see so many people early in the morning," Park told
The Korean Times<...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, February 6. PREMIUM subscribers to
Swimming World Magazine get special access to various content items compiled as part of each issue. February's issue was no different as
Swimming World worked to provide in-depth items to flesh out the print reporting.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, February 5. FOLLOWING a recent trend of international athletes moving to the states for at least some sort of temporary training, Brazilian Thiago Pereira stated his plans to train in the U.S. for a short period of time.
"My goal is to spend some time abroad and gain some experience. I hope to get some good workouts...
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LOS ANGELES, California, January 5. KNOWN for his desire to learn from a variety of coaches as well as experiencing different cultures, world-traveling South Korean Tae Hwan Park has moved to the U.S. to train according to the
Korean Times.
Park, who won the gold medal in the 400 free at the Beijing Olympics, will train with Dave Salo at...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, December 1. WHILE one of the honorees in the
Swimming World Magazine World Swimmers of the Year was a no brainer, the other came down to a much more competitive vote according to our expert panel in the December issue of
Swimming World Magazine.
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PHOENIX, Arizona, November 28. HEADING into the weekend, when
Swimming World will announce the American and Swimmers Choice awards before honoring the World Swimmers of the Year on Dec. 1, we are proud to announce this year's Pacific Rim Swimmers of the Year. These awards are the center piece of our celebratory December issue of
Swim...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, September 16. TODAY'S edition of
The Morning Swim Show features an interview with one of the members of the NCAA swimming and diving committee, which recently voted to allow high-tech suits in collegiate competitions.
Skip Foster, the assistant to the athletics director at the University of Florida, talks about the e...
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By John Lohn
BEIJING, China, August 12. SUPERMAN did it again.
Winning his third gold medal of the Games, and in his third world-record time, Michael Phelps blasted the competition in the 200 freestyle. Taking charge from the start, Phelps built a sizable lead on the first lap and continued to open up on his way to a clocking of 1:42.96, well...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, August 10. THIS special Sunday edition of
The Morning Swim Show recaps an exciting first finals session of swimming at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Host Peter Busch and
Swimming World senior writer John Lohn, who is covering the meet in Beijing, analyze the two world records and surprising wins by Tae Hwan Park and ...
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By John Lohn
BEIJING, China, August 11. SWIMMING in the first semifinal of the men's 200 freestyle was not a good place to be. Seven of the qualifiers for tomorrow's championship final came from the second semifinal, featuring a much more stacked field than the preceding heat. Not surprisingly, Michael Phelps was in the second heat.
C...
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