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
By John Lohn MELBOURNE, Australia, March 31. THE Commonwealth Games champion in the 50 backstroke, Great Britain's Liam Tancock continued his superb efforts in the dorsal events this week by
By John Lohn MELBOURNE, Australia, March 31. SHE was the unexpected silver medalist in an absolutely loaded 100 freestyle field and her 50 freestyle is shaping up splendidly, too. Collecting
By John Lohn MELBOURNE, Australia, March 31. MAKE it 6-for-6 for Michael Phelps, packaging one of the greatest – if not the finest – weeks this sport has ever seen.
By John Lohn MELBOURNE, Australia, March 31. THE stage is set for a little bit of history to go down tomorrow night. Swimming in the second semifinal, Leisel Jones moved
By John Lohn MELBOURNE, Australia, March 31. SHE was the bridesmaid the past two World Championships, grabbing silver medals in the 200 backstroke. This time around, Margaret Hoelzer got married.
By John Lohn MELBOURNE, Australia, March 31. IT wasn't quite outside smoke, but close enough. Racing out of Lane Seven in the championship final of the 50 freestyle, American Ben