BRASILIA, Brazil, Sept. 21. EDUARDO Fischer set a South American record in the 50m breaststroke this morning, clocking 28.31 seconds. It was the second continental standard broken thus far at

By Stephen J. Thomas SYDNEY, Sept. 21. DON Talbot, former Australian national team head coach is calling for an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations leveled at elite coaches by former

By Stephen J. Thomas SYDNEY, September 21. HE'S already the most popular athlete in his native Australia. He's equally popular in Japan, where hordes of teenage girls shadow his every

By Stephen J. Thomas BRISBANE, Australia, Sept. 21. AUSTRALIAN coach Scott Volkers could receive compensation for his ordeal of the last five months, Australian officials said today. Queensland Premier Peter

BRASILIA, Brazil, Sept. 20. FERNANDO Scherer continued his return to world-class swimming today when he set a South American record for 50 meters butterfly, winning the event at the Brazilian

DANA POINT, Calif., Sept. 19. THE Inaugural American Mile 1-mile ocean race was held on Saturday, September 14 at Salt Creek Beach in Dana Point. Seventy entered swimmers from Orange,

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Sept. 19. USA Swimming has provided information on how the $4 million dues increase approved by the House of Delegates at last week's USA-S annual convention in

BRASILIA, Brazil, Sept. 19. FOREIGN swimmers turned in the best performances on Day Two of the Brazilian national long course championships in Brasilia, this nation's capital city. Foreign swimmers are

By Stephen J. Thomas and Phillip Whitten BRISBANE, Sept. 19. SCOTT Volkers, the Australian Olympic coach who was falsely accused of sexual misconduct with three teenage girls more than 15