SAINT ETIENNE, France, April 19. A gold medal and third national record for France's Laure Manaudou plus a third gold and third national mark for Denmark's Louise Ornstedt highlighted the

By Phillip Whitten COLORADO SPRINGS, April 19. DR. WADE Exum, US Olympic Committee Director for Drug Control from 1991 to 2000, claims that the USOC covered up over 100 positive

SAINT ETIENNE, France, April 18. ONE of the oldest sayings in swimming goes something like this: "It's not what you do in qualifying that counts; it's what you do in

TIANJIN, China, April 17. TWO of China's top female swimmers posted impressive world-class times on the second day of competition at the Chinese National Championships/World Championship Trials in Tianjin. Xu

TIANJIN, China, April 15. VETERANS dominated the first day of competition at the Chinese National Swimming Championships and World Championship Trials, being held in the northern industrial city of Tianjin.

SAINT ETIENNE, France, April 17. SOMEDAY, someplace Pieter van den Hoogenband is going to lose a 100 meter freestyle race. It happens. In fact, it did happen two years ago

By Josh Jeffrey RAVENNA, Italy, April 17. ITALY held its national championships, which doubled as the World Championship Trials, earlier this month in Ravenna, near Bologna on the Adriatic coast.

By Josh Jeffrey MADRID, April 16. SPAIN, host country of this summer's World Championship meet, held its National Championships April 10th-13th in Madrid. Spanish crowds have always been able to

SAINT ETIENNE, France, April 16, ATTN: MICHAEL PHELPS That gold medal you figured is yours for the taking in the 200 butterfly this summer at Barcelona? The one that you

SAINT ETIENNE, France, April 15. A host of national records — including a pair of 1500 meter freestyle marks by Romania's Sylvia Paduraru and France's Laure Manaudou — highlighted the