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By Phillip Whitten LAUSANNE, Switzerland. Jan. 29. SLOVAKIA'S Martina Moravcova was easily the dominant swimmer on the 2000-2001 FINA World Cup tour which ended yesterday in Paris. The Southern Methodist University grad, who still trains in Dallas, finished first in eight events, earning $32,000...

Palermo, Sicily - The USA Women's Water Polo team arrived in Palermo, Sicily, site of the 2000 Women's Olympic Qualification Tournament and a date with history. Men's water polo is, along with soccer, the oldest Olympic team sport, having been on the Olympic program since 1900. "This Oly...

AUG. 13. ALESSIO Boggiatto was in a quandry. The Italian medley specialist, who struck gold in the 400 IM at last month's World Championships in Fukuoka for his first major international title, so loved his precious bauble he decided he needed a matching medal. But where to get it? The next Worl...

NEW YORK, N.Y., April 20. THE honors keep on pouring in for Kim Black. Today the Georgia senior was named the Verizon Academic All-America Fall/Winter Women¹s At-Large Team Member of the Year, as announced by Verizon and the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). She was also name...

By Craig Lord FUKUOKA, Japan, July 25. THE 2001/2002 World Cup series will mark a change in format. Gone will be the stroke categories. In their place there will be a much simpler system, in which there will be just two winners - one man, one woman. Each will be judged on the FINA points table, the ...

KUALA LAMPUR, Malaysia, February 6. ONE of the most prestigious sport awards ceremonies is moving from South America to southeast Asia next month, as Brazil pulls out of hosting duties for the Laureus World Sports Awards. The gala will now be held in Kuala Lampur, the capital city of the island coun...

BRIDGEPORT, Pennsylvania, January 23. THE Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) mourns the loss of former Director of Membership Services and Knox College water polo alum Lexie Kamerman following a terrorist attack in Kabul, Afghanistan last evening. Employed as a Student Development Specialist a...

BEIJING, China, March 19. SUN Yang’s fortunes appear to be reversing after a troublesome past five months, as the Chinese swimming federation has lifted the ban prohibiting the double Olympic champion from official training and competition. After serving seven days in jail in November for driving wi...

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - USA Swimming announced it will host a stop on the FINA World Cup circuit on Dec. 1-2, 1998 in College Station, TX. The U.S. has never participated in the World Cup, which has traditionally been held in Europe, Asia and South America. "I think it opens a whole new world of comp...

NETANYA, Israel, March 7. THE Middle East continues its progression to becoming a major mecca for international competitions with the announcement that Israel will be the host of next year’s European Short Course Championships. The meet, scheduled for January 2015, will be the first major internatio...

Commentary by Jeff Commings PHOENIX, Arizona, June 16. A lot of things can be taken from FINA’s press release today about the 2014 World Cup, from the new sponsor to the shortened schedule. As for me, I’m not concerned that Eindhoven and longtime host Berlin were removed from the list of World Cup s...

Canadian swimmers won four women's and three men's events yesterday on the second, and final, day of the world cup meet in Edmonton, Alberta. It was the second of twelve stops on the World Cup tour that will continue in South America, Asia, Australia and Europe. Jessica Deglau, the Pan American Game...

MOSCOW, July 16. JACQUES Rogge, a sailor and surgeon with a squeaky-clean reputation, was elected today to succeed Juan Antonio Samaranch as president of the International Olympic Committee. Belgium's Rogge is known for staying out of trouble and building a consensus. IOC delegates overwhelmingl...

By Doug Mariboe AMY BALCERZAK (Sharon, Pa.), a former All-American swimmer and valedictorian at The Peddie School, capped off three months of FINA World Cup Short Course competitions by capturing first place points and prize money in the 100 and 200-meter breaststroke events and the 200m individual ...

BELCONNEN, Australia, January 22. SWIMMING Australia is proud to announce two new appointments to the Swimming Australia Board. On behalf of the swimming community, President Mr John Bertrand AM would like to congratulate Mr Simon Rothery and Mr Bevan Slattery on their appointment to the Swimming Au...

Taking a giant step to fulfill the Olympic dream that eluded him in 1996, Chad Carvin set an American record in winning the 400 meter freestyle at the World Cup meet held at the University of Maryland in College Park. Carvin, of Laguna Hills, Calif., clocked 3:42.16 for the quarter mile, eclipsing J...

Commentary by Pamela Roberts With a little more than two weeks into 2014, I think we have all recovered from extravagant holiday parties and either ditched the New Year’s resolutions or put some serious thought into how to realize them. It’s time for 2014 to start and swimming-wise, this should be a...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, January 22. THE team of Spain, 2013 world champion, got its second victory in the 2014 edition of the FINA Women’s Water Polo World League, after defeating Great Britain in one of the games of the third round of the European preliminaries held on January 21. In the other match...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May 8. FINA has announced that six potential hosts have been lined up to bid for the 2018 and 2020 FINA World Short Course Championships. The six nations will head to Lausanne to begin pleading their cases on Tuesday. Russia and the UAE do not have cities initially listed, but...