S.O.S.: Save Our Sport! A Call to Action

(The following Call to Action is adapted from Editor Phillip Whitten's "Editor's Note" in both the May/June issue of SWIM and the May issue of SWIMMING WORLD.) By Phillip Whitten

Esposito Shines on Day Four of French Nationals

CHAMALIERES, FRANCE, May 3. FRANCK Esposito says: "Don't write me off just yet." The 30-year-old French record-holder in the 200 fly — and European Champion in 1997 and '99 —

Article In USA Today on Title IX

USA Today has a major feature on Olympic sports, the unintended effects of Title IX on men's collegiate (Olympic) sports and the beneficial effects for women's sports. Water Polo is

Athens Fight to Hold Onto 2004 Games

By John Carr ATHENS, May 3. GREECE was struggling to convince the International Olympic Committee yesterday that Athens would be ready to host the Olympic Games in 2004. After delays

Touretski Pleads Not Guilty to Steroid Charge

CANBERRA, May 3. AUSTRALIAN swim coach Gennadi Touretski pleaded not guilty to possessing the banned anabolic steroid Stanozolol in a brief Canberra court hearing on today. The court adjourned the

Injury Ends Franzi’s Season

BERLIN, May 3. GERMAN world record-holder Franziska van Almsick will miss the rest of the 2001 season due to a damaged intervertebral disc. "It makes no sense to carry on,

All Time Yards List Posted

Bill Bell has put together an excellent list of the all time best performances in yards. It is posted in our Records subcatagory of the Results Section www.swiminfo.com/results It is