By John Lohn MELBOURNE, Australia, March 26. WITH favorite Natalie Coughlin still recovering from the championship of the 100 butterfly, Australia's Emily Seebohm, a 14-year-old sensation, managed the fastest semifinal
By John Lohn MELBOURNE, Australia, March 26. THE defending champion, Roland Schoeman left no doubt as to who's the top dog in the world when it comes to the one-lap
By John Lohn MELBOURNE, Australia, March 26. ALTHOUGH Australian Leisel Jones remains the favorite for tomorrow night's final, the United States' Tara Kirk delivered a statement during the semifinals of
By John Lohn MELBOURNE, Australia, March 26. COULD the United States be gearing up for a one-two finish in the championship of the men's 100 backstroke? From the results of
By John Lohn MELBOURNE, Australia, March 26. IT had the potential to be a special race, and the outcome produced just that. Reversing their finish from two years ago, Australia's
By John Lohn MELBOURNE, Australia, March 26. WHEN it mattered most, Brendan Hansen delivered. Behind Japan's Kosuke Kitajima in the preliminary round and semifinals, Hansen took it up a notch
MELBOURNE, Australia, March 26. DURING the second-to-last diving event of the FINA World Championships, the Chinese duo of Wu Minxia and Guo Jingjing led wire-to-wire with a gold-medal tally of
By John Lohn MELBOURNE, Australia, March 25. CAPPING the second morning of preliminary action were the heats of the women's 1,500 freestyle. Out of that 50-minute timeframe, the fans who
By John Lohn MELBOURNE, Australia, March 25. THE preliminary action of the men's 100 backstroke was a jam-packed affair, setting the stage for a pair of sensational semifinals during the
By John Lohn MELBOURNE, Australia, March 25. BARRING a major upset, a toppling that would go down as one of the biggest in the sport in recent years, Aussie Leisel