BROADWATER, Australia, April 25. AFTER five kilometers of racing, it’s rare to find a three-man battle for an open-water championship. But, that’s exactly what transpired last week at the Australian
BETHESDA, Maryland, April 25. THE Terrapin Masters set a U.S. National Masters record in the 4×100 meters (short course) medley relay at the Albatross Open Masters meet in Bethesda on
By John Lohn HAVERTOWN, Penn., April 25. IN three days, Brendan Hansen will join an exclusive group of sports figures when he's inducted into the Delaware County Athletes Hall of
BOCA DEL RIO, Mexico, April 25. TWO is always better than one. At least that’s what the Jacobo brothers proved last week during the Mexican National Championships. The siblings, who
By Hideki Mochizuki YOKOHAMA, Japan, April 24. KOSUKE Kitajima finished a disappointing Japanese Nationals Sunday with a victory in the 100-meter breaststroke, an event in which he’s the reigning World
ESTORIL, Portugal, April 24. MICHAEL Phelps, currently gearing up for this summer’s World Championships in Montreal, is one of the finalists for World Sportsman of the Year, as selected by
By Hideki Mochizuki YOKOHAMA, Japan, April 23. DAY Three of the Japanese Nationals, also the countryfs World Championship Trials, opened with Ai Shibata winning her third gold medal of the
By Oene Rusticus AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, April 22. THE Dutch Nationals kicked off on Thursday and in the absence of several Olympians, many new swimmers surface. Several nice times appeared on
By John Lohn HARBIN, China, April 22. ON the penultimate night of the Chinese Spring Nationals, held Thursday, Wang Haibo established a national record in the 50-meter breaststroke. Already the
By Hideki Mochizuki YOKOHAMA, Japan, April 22. THE second day of the Japanese World Championship Trials, like the first, didn't produce any national records. But, a handful of solid times
