By John Lohn and Phil Whitten MONTREAL, Canada, July 31. ALMOST done. The 11th edition of the FINA World Championships will conclude tonight with seven finals, capped by the United
By John Lohn MONTREAL, Canada, July 31. THREE events put the finishing touches on the preliminary sessions of the World Championships. The men and women contested the heats of the
By John Lohn Photos by Peter H. Bick MONTREAL, Canada, July 30. MAKING the biggest noise in the female portion of the World Championships, Australia blasted the field on Saturday
By John Lohn Photos by Peter H. Bick MONTREAL, Canada, July 30. AFTER her overwhelming victory earlier in the week in the metric mile, the United States’ Kate Ziegler was
By John Lohn MONTREAL, Canada, July 30. THE big guns are lurking. That’s the best way to describe Sunday night’s final of the men’s 50-meter backstroke. The men occupying the
By John Lohn MONTREAL, Canada, July 30. WHEN the women’s 50-meter freestyle final is held on Sunday night, there won’t be much consensus regarding the order of the medalists. That
By John Lohn MONTREAL, Canada, July 30. A specialist in the event, Australia’s Jade Edmistone cruised through the semifinals of the women’s 50-meter breaststroke, using a 30.61 clocking to qualify
By John Lohn Photos by Peter H. Bick MONTREAL, Canada, July 30. THE upper hand has returned to Ian Crocker, and in a major way. Blowing away the field in
By John Lohn Photos by Peter H. Bick MONTREAL, Canada, July 30. GIVE her a double. Repeating her performance from last summer’s Olympic Games in Athens, Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry smashed
By John Lohn Photos by Peter H. Bick MONTREAL, Canada, July 30. THE fastest man in the world is Roland Schoeman. Dominating the field from the start, the South African
