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Top New Zealand swimmer Trent Bray has tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone. The 26-year-old former Commonwealth Games and world short-course silver medalist vowed to fight the case, saying he had "never put any substance of this nature into my body." Bray said he would continue trainin...

By  Dave Crampton Swimming New Zealand is the only federation worldwide that has announced this week that it will be holding Olympic trials this month. In an announcement today, Swimming New Zealand said the New Zealand Open Championships, due to start in Auckland on March 31, will be held but with ...

Imperia, Italy - The heros are tired. Jenny Thompson and Ian Thorpe, respectively in event 1 and 2, 100 free and 200 free, secured themselves an easy victory with times considerably slower compared to those that had highlighted previous World Cup meets: 54.41 for Jenny, 1:45.87 for Ian, maximum resu...

Commentary by Dave Crampton, Swimming World Contributor. Sophie Pascoe smashed two more para swimming world records in a record-breaking frenzy on the third evening of the New Zealand short course championships in Auckland. In the space of an hour, swimmers lowered eight world, open, or age group ma...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, January 30. FORMER swimming great Danyon Loader and national record holder Kelly Bentley have joined the High Performance coaching ranks with Swimming New Zealand. Loader, the double Olympic gold medallist, and Bentley, a world championship representative, have taken up roles ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand. Dec. 6. NEW Zealand swimmer Trent Bray today won the fight to clear his name of doping allegations after almost a year of legal battles. The Court of Appeal upheld a District Court finding that too much time had elapsed before a urine sample submitted by Bray was tested. The s...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, April 8. WORLD swim star Lauren Boyle led an outstanding start with five Commonwealth Games qualifying performances on the opening night of the State New Zealand Open Championships with Commonwealth Games qualifying performances in Auckland tonight. Boyle smashed her own natio...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, May 23. AUSTRALIAN 17-year-old Ami Matsuo corralled her third title of the meet with a close call finish in the women's 50-meter free to close out the Oceania Championships today. Matsuo put together a strong finish to her special meet here in Auckland as the Aussie won the wo...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, May 20. HOST New Zealand took the most gold medals on the first day of the Oceania long course swimming championships, taking six wins to Australia's five. The meet is featuring some of the rising stars from countries in the southern Pacific Ocean. New Zealander Matthew Stanle...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, May 22. NICHOLAS Groenewald closed out a men's backstroke sweep for Australia at the Oceania Championships. The 16-year-old posted a 2:03.56 in the men's 200-meter back. He'd already won the 50 and 100 the previous two days here in Auckland. New Zealand's Bradlee Ashby placed ...

CANCUN, Mexico, March 3. THE first meeting of the FINA Bureau in 2014 took place in Cancun (MEX) on March 1-2, immediately after the organisation of the successful FINA World Water Polo Conference. The main decisions taken by the FINA Bureau include:  Appointment of the two new members of the Execu...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, April 9. TOP performers Lauren Boyle and Glenn Snyders added further Commonwealth Games qualifying performances on the second night of the State New Zealand Open Championships in Auckland tonight. Boyle clocked the sixth fastest time in the year this year to dominate the 800m ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, May 21. THE international rivalry between Australia and New Zealand's age group competitors is certainly heating up at the Oceania Championships in Auckland. Australia's Ami Matsuo, a World Championship relay medalist, tracked down her second gold of the meet with a 55.18 in t...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, April 11. IT proved a fairytale finish to the State New Zealand Swimming Championships in Auckland tonight, when the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay team bettered the Commonwealth Games standard in the final event. The quartet of Samantha Lee, Samantha Lucie-Smith, Ellen Quirke...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, April 15. NEW Zealand is putting a major focus on the Pan Pacific championships this summer, allowing its small international racing squad to be in peak form to race the best from the United States, Australia, Japan, Canada and other countries in August. Swimming New Zealand a...

By Emily Sampl BOULDER, Colorado, May 22. ANOTHER busy weekend of swimming awaits, with some of the top names in the sport scheduled to compete at the Mel Zajac Jr. International Canada Cup meet and Speedo Grand Challenge in Irvine. Here are the top five headline meets taking place over the next few...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, April 12. Boyle earns reward for year of swimming brilliance Outstanding performances over the past 12 months by Auckland swimmer Lauren Boyle has been reflected at the State Insurance Swimming New Zealand Awards tonight. Boyle earned four major awards including the overall Sw...

SYDNEY, Nov 22. AUSTRALIAN former world champion Hayley Lewis announced her retirement on Wednesday, abandoning her dream to compete at a fourth Olympics. The 27-year-old Lewis, who made a comeback to compete at last year's Sydney Olympics after taking time off to have a baby, said she decided t...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, April 10. TWENTY-one year old Mitchell Donaldson came of age as a swimmer tonight, adding the spark for a relay to better the qualifying time for the Commonwealth Games on the penultimate night of finals at the State New Zealand Open Championships in Auckland tonight. Donaldso...

Five international recruits have signed with the Florida State Seminoles. The Seminoles signed 11 swimmers in total. Swimming World looked into the Florida State recruiting class. Manuella Ribas Andrade Andrade is from Curitiba, Brazil and currently resides in Jacksonville, Florida. She specializes ...