DES MOINES, Iowa, April 15. FORMER United States Olympic Committee (USOC) President and International Olympic Committee Vice President Robert H. Helmick died this morning in Des Moines, Iowa, at the

SAINT ETIENNE, FRANCE, April 14. KING Peter showed up but Inky stayed home on Day 2 of the French Nationals, which are doubling as that nation's World Championship Trials. Holland's

By Josh Jeffrey DURBAN South Africa, April 14. ALENA Popchanka, Ryk Neethling, and Roland Schoeman set the pool alight last week at the South African National Swimming Championships, held March

By Erik Hankin MIAMI, Fla., April 14. WITH drowning the number one cause of childhood fatalities in Miami Dade County, the Nadadores of South Florida Masters Swim Team is doing

SAINT ETIENNE, FRANCE, April 13. SOME fast swims by a pair of American-trained male collegians and a world-leading women's 400 free highlighted Day 1 of the French Nationals/World Championship Trials

By Phillip Whitten FORT WORTH, Texas, April 13. AN internal U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) task force recommended yesterday a radical new governance structure that would reduce the organization's volunteer leadership

WELLINGTON, NZ., April 13. HANNAH McLean broke her own national record twice — first in prelims, then semifinals — at the New Zealand National Championships in the capital of Wellington.

By Stephen J. Thomas SYDNEY, April 12. RUSSIAN born super-coach Gennadi Touretski was cleared today of three charges relating to his alleged behavior on a Qantas flight while returning to

ORLANDO, April 12. FOLLOWING the conclusison yesterday of the five-day 2003 NCSA Junior National Championships, NCSA headman Bob Gillett named the 2003 Junior National All-Star Team: BOYS Distance Event Swimmer