Olympics, Swimming: Alexander Dale Oen Sets Olympic Record to Lead 100 Breast Prelims
By John Lohn BEIJING, China, August 9. HE had a breakthrough swim earlier this year when he cracked the minute mark for the first time in his career. Call his
By John Lohn BEIJING, China, August 9. HE had a breakthrough swim earlier this year when he cracked the minute mark for the first time in his career. Call his
By John Lohn BEIJING, China, August 9. THE first of two showdowns between American Katie Hoff and Australian Stephanie Rice is shaping up to be stellar, unless Elizabeth Beisel can
By John Lohn BEIJING, China, August 9. HEADING into the week, Larsen Jensen figured to have his best chance at a gold medal in the 1500 freestyle, an event in
By John Lohn Beijing, China, August 9. AN Australian led the qualifying in the women's 100 butterfly, but probably not the one you were expecting. Nope, it wasn't Libby Trickett
By John Lohn Beijing, China, August 9. THE Chase for Eight has begun. The most-hyped story of the Olympic Games opened without a hitch Saturday night, as Michael Phelps cruised
BEIJING, China, August 9. TODAY, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled against Octavian Gutu's attempt to swim for the Republic of Moldova at the Olympic Games. Gutu previously
LOS ANGELES, California, August 8. ON the eve of the 2008 Olympic Games, a UCLA-based lab has admitted to an error in the timing of Jessica Hardy's test that probably
By Bruce Wigo BEIJING, China, August 9. ACCORDING to the professional odds-makers, there is very little to separate the top four men's water teams in Beijing. The favorite is the
PHOENIX, Arizona, August 8. POWERFUL performance is a goal for every swimmer. However, no matter how much or well you've trained, a great performance can be elusive if the swimmer
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, August 8. WITH Olympic swimming just hours away, the youth movement in the U.S. was in full force as the U.S. Junior Nationals came to a close. Dagny