Japan’s Tajima, 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist, Retires
By Hideki Mochizuki TOKYO, July 4. YASUKO TAJIMA, 20, silver medalist in the 400 IM at the 2000 Olympic Games in a national record 4:35.96, has decided to retire from
By Hideki Mochizuki TOKYO, July 4. YASUKO TAJIMA, 20, silver medalist in the 400 IM at the 2000 Olympic Games in a national record 4:35.96, has decided to retire from
PALMA DE MALLORCA, SPAIN. July 3. FOUR World Masters records – by swimmers from four different nations – and 16 European Masters marks were washed away on the first of
By Phil Whitten SETH BRETSCHER knew that military commitments would keep him from attending the USMS Short Course Nationals in Santa Clara in May, where he had hoped to defend
MOSCOW, July 2. RUSSIA'S new world record-holder, Roman Sludnov, and four-time Olympic gold medalist Alex Popov, head up a 27-person Russian team that will compete at this month's World Swimming
SANTA CLARA, July 1. ANTHONY Ervin has lost it? NOT! The Cal Olympic co-gold medalist showed that when it comes to the 100 free, at least, he's non-pariel as he
SANTA CLARA, June 30 — Has Anthony Ervin lost it? The Cal junior-to-be, who in his short career among the world's elite sprinters the past two years already has produced
LONDON, June 30. CONFIRMING rumors that had been swirling around Britain since last Wednesday, the British Amateur Swimming Association announced today that world short course champion and world record-holder, Mark
SANTA CLARA, June 29. AGELESS Gustavo Borges, a mainstay of Brazil's international team the last decade in the 50-100-200 frees and still going strong at the "ripe old age" of
SANTA CLARA, June 28. OLYMPIC bronze medalist Chris Thompson stroked to an easy 8:06.24-8:08.59 800 free victory over Long Island up-and-comer Brendan Nelligan here this evening in the opening night
By Phillip Whitten PHOENIX, June 29. AN investigation by swiminfo and Swimming World magazine has uncovered startling new information about the decision to cut men’s swimming at the University of