International Review: Fast Times in Italy, Austria, Canada14 August 2001AUG. 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...
Rosolino, Fioravanti Win Again on Fifth Day of Italian Trials14 April 2001LIVORNO, ITALY, April 13. WHAT'S a world record worth? If you're an American and you set an individual mark at this year's Goodwill Games in Brisbane come September it's 50 big ones (dollars, that is, not Big Macs!). And if you're Italian Olympic gold medalist Massi Rosolino it&#...
Rosolino Wins 200 Free at Italian World Championship Trials10 April 2001LIVORNO, ITALY, April 10 -- Massi Rossolino grew "old and gray" chasing Aussie Ian Thorpe and Dutchman Pieter van den Hoogenband to their world records at last fall's Sydney Olympics, but the Italian freestyle star hasn't given up the ghost yet. Yesterday in the second day of the Italian Nat...
Records Continue to Fall at Med Games07 September 2001TUNIS, TUNISIA, Sept. 6. RECORDS fell faster than you can say "Thorpedo" on the third and fourth days of competition at the 15th Mediterranean Games here. Celebrating the Games' 50th year -- they began rather modestly in Alexandria, Egypt a half-century ago -- the competition in general, and swi...
World Champs July 24: Prelim Results23 July 2001By Craig Lord FUKUOKA, Japan. July 24. THERE were only two major casualty of the third morning of racing at the Messe Marine pool in Fukuoka: Therese Alshammar and Massimiliano Rosolino, neither because they failed to qualify. Therese Alshammar, the Swede who finished second behind Inge de Bruijn ov...