By John Lohn MELBOURNE, Australia, April 1. THANKS to Jessica Hardy, history wasn't made in the 50 breaststroke tonight. With Leisel Jones chasing a sweep of the breast events, Hardy

By John Lohn MELBOURNE, Australia, April 1. HE had the world-record holder and top seed to deal with, but Gerhard Zandberg didn't have a problem mining gold in the championship

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