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By Brooke Hanson MELBOURNE, April 22. CENTRAL Queensland teenager Craig McLennan became the first Australian 13-year-old to break the 25 second barrier for 50 meters freestyle in a swim which almost went unnoticed at the end of night three of the Tip Top National Age Group Swimming Championships in ...

By Phillip Whitten PARIS, Jan 19. CHINA's Luo Xuejuan took back the 50 meter breaststroke mark she had formerly shared, when she clocked 30.47 seconds for the event on the second day of the World Cup VII meet in Paris today. Luo, 17, lowered the mark of 30.51 set by Britain's Zoe Baker on Ja...

By Phillip Whitten STOCKHOLM, Jan 22. THE USA's Ed Moses destroyed two short course world records on the first day of competition at World Cup VIII in Stockholm. Moses, who had smashed his own world record in the 200 meter breaststroke only five days ago, lowered that mark still further today, t...

SYDNEY, Sept 10. IAN Thorpe is one of three top Australian swimmers who will not be competing at next year's short course World Championships in Moscow, Australian officials announced. The Sydney teenager, who won a record six gold medals at this year's long course World Championships in Fuk...

By Belinda Dennett and Kurt Hanson MELBOURNE, Dec. 5. AUSTRALIAN Olympians Grant Hackett, Michael Klim and Matt Welsh turned in stellar performances on the first night of competition of the Telstra FINA World Cup 5 at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre in Melbourne, Australia. In the men's ...

By Ian Hanson and Belinda Dennett HOBART, March 31. TWENTY-SIX members of Australia's 2000 Olympic team have won selection in the 44-strong Telstra Dolphins Australian team to contest this year's World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan in July. Heading the list are individual Olympic ...

By Belinda Dennett MELBOURNE, Dec. 7. AUSTRALIAN pair Amanda Pascoe and Justin Norris set new Australian records in the 800m freestyle and 200m butterfly respectively, while American swimmers won five events to highlight competition on the first night of finals action at the Telstra World Cup in Mel...

By Ian Hanson HOBART, Tasmania, Australia. March 25. THERE were few surprises on Day Two of the 2001 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships, beeing held on this island state southeast of mainland Australia. The meet also serves as the selection meet for the 2001 World Championships in Japan. Here...

By David Mason and Belinda Dennett BRISBANE, QLD., Australia. March 21. HISTORY was once again rewritten tonight at the 2002 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships when Ian Thorpe became the first man to win back-to-back 100m, 200m and 400m trebles. Last year he joined John Konrads as the only ma...

By Ian Hanson FUKUOKA, Japan. July 17. THE Telstra Dolphins Australian Swimming team touched down in Fukuoka for the Ninth FINA World Championships today, with all eyes on the team's superstar, Ian Thorpe. Airport and World Championship organizers provided a tight security line for a smooth arri...

MELBOURNE, April 12. OLYMPIC silver medalists Leisel Jones and Kirsten Thomson are among a host of international-level athletes who will join a record 1600 swimmers for next week’s Tip Top Australian National Age Swimming Championships at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre. Jones (Redcliffe Lea...

By Ian Hanson SYDNEY, June 6. OLYMPIC stars Ian Thorpe, Michael Klim, Matt Welsh, Grant Hackett, Petria Thomas and Leisel Jones will spearhead Australia's best swimmers into Melbourne next week for the 2nd Telstra Swimming Grand Prix Meet. The cream of Australia’s swimmers will compete for over ...

PERTH, Australia. Aug. 4. AFTER the excitement of Grant Hackett's awesome world record in the 800m freestyle yesterday, today's competition at the Australian Short Course Championships in Perth was relatively anti-climatic. Still, there was no lack of world-class performances. Men's Even...

By Phillip Whitten STOCKHOLM, Jan 23. AMERICA'S Ed Moses completed his sweep of the men's breaststroke world records today, cracking his own mark in the 100 meters, while Sweden's Emma Igelstrom lowered the women's 50 meter breaststroke standard on Day Two of the World Cup VIII meet ...

By Belinda Dennett HOBART, Tasmania, Australia. Mrch 29. THE MAN of the moment, Ian Thorpe, became the first person since John Konrads in 1959 to win Australian national titles in the 100m, 200m, 400m, and 800m freestyle after blowing away a field which included six Olympic medalists in a dramatic 1...

By Ian Hanson SYDNEY, Dec. 5. THE 2001 Qantas Skins kicked off with a bang at the Sydney Aquatic Centre tonight with Australian pair Elka Graham and William Kirby skinning some of the world's best swimmers to collect AUS$6,500 (US$3,250) and AUS$6,000 (US$3,000) respectively. Graham and Kirby le...

By Beinda Dennett and Ian Hanson MELBOURNE, June 16. AUSSIE swim stars Ian Thorpe, Clementine Stoney and Jim Piper all continued their great swimming from the Mare Nostrum European tour with victories on the first day of finals at the Telstra Grand Prix in Melbourne. Less than 24 hours after flying ...

By Ian Hanson MELBOURNE, April 19. CAMPBELLTOWN'S Amanda Pascoe continued her outstanding form in preparation for this year’s World Swimming Championships in Japan with a gold medal swim in the 400 meter freestyle on the opening night of the Tip Top Australian National Age Group Swimming Champio...

By Phillip Whitten BERLIN, Jan. 26. ED Moses lost one of the world records he set only days ago in Stockholm, but the Curl-Burke swim star continued to improve on his 200 meter mark, taking it where no man has gone before -- indeed, where no other man has even thought of going before. Ukraine's ...

(This is the third edition of THE DOLPHIN DAILY, newsletter of the Australian National Team - the Telstra Dolphins - at the 9th FINA World Swimming Championships, Fukuoka, Japan.) By Ian Hanson SINGAPORE, Thursday, July 12. OPEN WATER TEAM HEADS OFF TO FUKUOKA The Australian Open Water Swim Team has...