Park Earns 1500 Free Gold
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 20. AFTER hanging in American Erik Vendt’s hip pocket throughout the entire race in the 1500-meter freestyle, Korea’s Tae Hwan Park began closing the gap at
Flash! Hansen Drops 200 Breast World Record for Second Time in Month
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 20. BRENDAN Hansen is so good at his chosen stroke, he can even toy with the crowd en route to setting world records. At the 150-meter
Van Biljon Snares 200 Breast Gold
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 20. SOUTH African Suzaan Van Biljon won a hard-fought victory in the 200-meter breaststroke with a 2:26.36 at the 2006 Mutual of Omaha Pan Pacific Championships
Jones Erases Meet Record in 50 Free Win
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 20. CULLEN Jones, America’s most recent heir to the sprint freestyle throne, continued his incredible summer by knocking .10 seconds off his National championship time of
Joyce Claims Sprint Free Title
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 20. KARA Lynn Joyce wound up winning the catch-as-catch-can 50-meter freestyle event with a 25.10, falling a scant .07 seconds off the meet-record time off 25.03
Flash! Phelps Lowers Own World Record in 200 IM
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 20. SWIMMING superstar Michael Phelps continued his amazing meet with his second individual and third world record overall by lowering his own global standard of 1:55.94
Myers Posts Meet Record in 200 IM at Pan Pacs
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 20. WHITNEY Myers shattered Katie Hoff’s prelim meet-record time of 2:12.45 en route to claiming the 200-meter IM crown over Hoff at the 2006 Mutual of
Ziegler Sweeps Distance Events with 800 Free Victory
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 20. KATE Ziegler, Swimming World Magazine’s Female National High School Swimmer of the Year, made it a clean sweep of the distance freestyle events at the
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Two Championship Records Fall in Final Day of Prelims at Pan Pacs
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 20. DURING the final day of preliminary competition at the 2006 Mutual of Omaha Pan Pacific Championships, a pair of meet records fell throughout fourth-day of
Exclusive: Interview with Kosuke Kitajima
By Takahisa Ide VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 21. NOT too long ago, Kosuke Kitajima was the world's premier breaststroker. Not only did the Japanese star hold world records in the