SEOUL, South Korea, December 29. INTERNATIONAL Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President Kim Un-Yong of South Korea, one of the most powerful figures in international sports, was summoned to Seoul by

By Chaker Belhadj TUNIS, Tunisia, December 27. IN a great day for swimming in North Africa, Ous Mellouli was voted the Tunisian Athlete of the Year at the traditional annual

SANTIAGO, Chile, December 27. I (Sara) am writing this entry due to a coaches meeting that Becca had to go to. It is going to be short and sweet because

(Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of diary entries by the Schwartz sisters — Becca, Sara and Leah — all members of the U.S. team competing in

TUNIS, Tunisia, December 26. OUSSAMA Mellouli, USC super-sophomore and North African superstar was named Athlete of the Year today by the Tunisian newspaper, Le Renouveau. In a story on the

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa. PHENOMENAL breaststroke record holder Penny Heyns was this week honoured with the Order of Ikhamanga by President Thabo Mbeki. The 29-year-old swimmer's name still echoes in swimming

By Angela Brooks LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 24. SOME of the most prominent men in Laramie have stripped off their clothes to raise money for an eight-lane competitive swimming pool. About

BEDFORD, Ohio, December 24. RUTH Wunderlich, 85, retired Spanish and French teacher for Bedford schools and an outstanding Masters swimmer, died Monday in a daughter's Chardon, Ohio, home. Wunderlich began