By Takahisa Ide TOKYO, June 14. KOTSUKE Kitajima came within half a seond of Mike Barrowman's 10 year-old world record in the 200m breaststroke today, the fourth day of competition

By Hideki Mochizuki and Takhisa Ide TOKYO, June 13. TWO national records were shattered today on the third day of competition of the Japanese National Championship and Trials for the

LAWRENCE, Kan., June 13. CATHY Burgess, who spent three years as an assistant and the past two years as head women's swimming coach at the University of Kansas, is resigning

By Hideki Mochizuki and Takashi Ide TOKYO, June 13. TOMOKO Hagiwara set a national record today at the Japanese National Championships and Trials for the Pan Pacs and Asian Games,

BARCELONA, June 12. THE final day of the XXIII Gran Premi Internacional Ciutat de Barcelona concluded this evening with some close, exciting and excellent racing. The meet's end also saw

BARCELONA, June 11. UKRAINIAN Olympic medalists Yana Klochkova (double gold) and Denis Sylantyev (silver) plus World Champion Oleg Lisogor recorded solid if not spectacular wins on Day 1 of the

San Francisco, Calif., June 11, 2002—USA Water Polo national team players Coralie Simmons (2001), Brenda Villa (2002), and Tony Azevedo (2001) were all honored as the recipients of the sport’s

CANBERRA, Australia, June 12. DETAILS are lacking at the moment, but reports from several reliable sources indicate that Genadi Touretski, the brilliant Russian coach who works at the Australian Institute

Los Alamitos, Calif., June 10, 2002—The U.S. women’s team will be taking on 2001 World Champion Italy in a pair of exhibition games at the USA Water Polo National Aquatic

CHARLOTTE, NC, June 9. NATALIE Coughlin ought to put in for a raise from her coach, Teri McKeever. Swimming her fourth and fifth individual races over the Charlotte UltraSwim Invitational's