BLOEMFONTEIN, December 27. NATALIE DU TOIT, 20, a disabled swimmer, was named South Africa's top Sportswoman of 2002 at the annual Sports Media banquet in Bloemfontein on Friday. The selection
CORDOVA, Argentina, December 23. WORLD Short Course 50 meter freestyle champion Jose Meolans of Argentina was assaulted, along with his family and fiancee last Saturday, when two armed youths broke
SEOUL, South Korea, December 23. SOUTH Korea will host a stop on the 2003-04 FINA World Cup tour, according to an announcement by the Korea Swimming Federation (KSF). The meet
BADEN-BADEN, Germany, December 23. FIVE-time European champion Franziska van Almsick has been voted Germany's Athlete of the Year in the annual poll by that country's sports journalists. Van Almsick, 24,
By Oene Rusticus EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, December 22. OLYMPIC champion Pieter van den Hoogenband had just returned with his team from Australia (a 30-hour flight), but he still set some
KIEV, Ukraine, December 23. YANA Klochkova, Ukraine's multi world and Olympic champions, was voted that country's "Athlete of the Year" in a nationwide poll conducted by the association of sports
By Stephen. J. Thomas SYDNEY, December 23. AN Australia-wide survey has found that swimming is the sport most people Down Under are interested in. The survey has found that Australians
CANBERRA, Australia, Dec. 23. MARK Regan, head coach of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Swimming Program, today announced his decision to resign after seven years at the Institute. Internationally
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., December 22. MEET records by Joey Montague (200 fly) and Chad Carvin (1650 free) — plus excellent 200 back wins by Josh Davis and Hayley McGregory and
IRVINE, Calif., December 22. MICHIGAN State's Spartans swamped U Cal Irvine in a dual meet at the Anteaters' Student Aquatic Center Thursday, winning the women's meet, 130-94 and the men's