By Phillip Whitten IRVINE, Calif., August 4. WITH a number of the U.S. National Team members taking a breather, a new generation of hungry, young American swimmers is being given
RESEDA, Calif., USA, August 4. COMING off a four-medal performance at last week’s FINA World Championships, Kirsty Coventry has signed a four-year deal with Speedo. The three-time Olympic medalist from
By John Lohn ASTON, Penn., August 4. HAVING had a few days to settle back into the flow of daily life in the States, I figured I’d take a look
By Phillip Whitten IRVINE, Calif., August 3. WHEN Peter Vanderkaay took the next to last heat in 7:58.30, it looked as if the final, “championship” heat of the men’s 800-meter
By Phillip Whitten IRVINE, Calif., August 3. THE past three weeks have been intense ones for America's top swimmers, who had a week of pressure-cooker swimming at the World Championships
By Deena Al Shatti IRVINE, Calif., August 3. AFTER it was all over, Michael Klim and Aaron Peirsol swapped jerseys. The gesture was a good demonstration of how the atmosphere
By Phillip Whitten IRVINE, Calif. August 3. THE second Mutual of Omaha “Duel in the Pool,” pitting the world’s two aquatic superpowers – the USA and Australia – went much
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, USA, August 3. WHEN the YMCA Long Course Nationals were held in Maryland last week, there was no shortage of stellar performances uncorked in the 50-meter pool
By Glenn Mills PHOENIX, Ariz., August 2. A common technique error in backstroke is letting the hands enter too softly. If the hands enter too softly and “sit” on the
By Sue Osborne and Phillip Whitten FROM A BOAT ON THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, August 1. GERMAN open water distance ace Christof Wandratsch broke the world record for the English Channel,
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