MELBOURNE, Australia, April 1. IN an exciting back-and-forth battle, Croatia knocked off Olympic champion Hungary, 9-8, in extratime for the men's water polo gold at the FINA World Championships. Samir
By John Lohn MELBOURNE, Australia, April 1. ONE day after a report in the French newspaper L'Equipe stated that Ian Thorpe had turned up an adverse analytical finding in a
By John Lohn MELBOURNE, Australia, March 31. MICHAEL Phelps' bid for an eighth gold medal at the World Championships was taken out of his hands this morning when the United
By John Lohn MELBOURNE, Australia, March 31. THE defending champion and already with the 200 I.M. gold in her pocket, Katie Hoff led qualifying in the longer medley event. The
By John Lohn MELBOURNE, Australia, March 31. HIS seventh gold medal is within his grasp. Six-for-six heading into the final day of the competition, Michael Phelps led qualifying for the
MELBOURNE, Australia, March 31. THE relay names were just announced for the preliminaries of the 400 medley relay and Ian Crocker has been listed for the butterfly leg. That means
EAST MEADOW, New York, March 31. WITH the fifth-and-final day of action complete, the USA Swimming Spring Championships have come to a close in East Meadow, N.Y. Women's 1500 freestyle
By John Lohn MELBOURNE, Australia, March 31. WHEN will the record-breaking assault end? Hopefully, it won't. The wrecking ball that has been taken to the sport's record book continues to
By John Lohn MELBOURNE, Australia, March 31. ALTHOUGH the United States turned in another spectacular evening, winning gold medals in four events, Australia provided the home crowd with something to
By John Lohn MELBOURNE, Australia, March 31. KATE Ziegler waited, waited and waited. Ultimately, her patience paid off. Defending her championship in the 800 freestyle, Ziegler overpowered France's Laure Manaudou