By John Lohn MONTREAL, Canada, July 26. THERE were four preliminaries held on the third morning of the World Championships. Here’s a recap of the action in the men’s 50
By John Lohn Photos by Peter H. Bick MONTREAL, Canada, July 25. LABELED as the next standout female from the United States, Katie Hoff earned the first world championship of
By John Lohn Photos by Peter H. Bick MONTREAL, Canada, July 25. HE’S the undisputed king of the event, a distinction made possible by his status as reigning Olympic and
By John Lohn Photos by Peter H. Bick MONTREAL, Canada, July 25. THE world-record holder in the event and only woman in history to crack the one-minute barrier, the United
By John Lohn MONTREAL, Canada, July 25. THAT’S more like it. Swimming in the semifinals of the 200 freestyle, Michael Phelps looked like the athlete we’ve been accustomed to watching,
By John Lohn MONTREAL, Canada, July 25. THE final of the women’s 100 butterfly was an Australian party, as Jessicah Schipper and Lisbeth Lenton sped to the gold and silver
By John Lohn Photos by Peter H. Bick MONTREAL, Canada, July 25. REVENGE is sweet, and Brendan Hansen now knows the taste. Popping the second-fastest time in history, behind only
By John Lohn Photos by Peter H. Bick MONTREAL, Canada, July 25. FROM high school phenom to world-record holder. That’s the route Jessica Hardy has traveled during the past few
By John Lohn Photos by Peter H. Bick MONTREAL, Canada, July 25. HE did it again. A night after slashing the world record in the 50-meter butterfly, South Africa’s Roland
By John Lohn and Phil Whitten MONTREAL, Canada, July 25. THE evening session of Day Two features a quartet of championship finals, two each for the men and women. Here