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World Junior Championships (Franko Grgic 14:46.09) Budapest, Day 6 Finals Men's 1500m freestyle Franko Grgic has been tipped for the top as a potential world-record holder in Europe. On 14:46.09, a World junior record of magnitude and might, the promise of great things from the fastest 16-year-old 1...

With his two-year contract with Pro Recco concluded, the career of Ratko Rudic, the most successful coach in water polo history, is over. Francesco Grillone, who edits the WaterPoloItaly.com site, reports that—as expected—the 72-year-old Rudic will retire as head coach for the Biancocelesti. After b...

By Craig Lord ANTWERP, Belgium, Dec. 16. MARTINA Moravcova, trained in the US and racing for Slovakia, stole the show on the final day of the European Short Course Championships with a fifth successive victory in the 200m freestyle. Her longing for longevity and determination to keep the 200 meters ...

By Rich McEvoy (rmcevoy@uswp.org) Cosenza, Italy (June 7, 2001) – Followers of the Italian Men’s NationalWater Polo Team flocked in groves to the swimming stadium in Cosenza, Italy tonight hoping to watch their team play its final warm-up game against theUnited States Men’s National Water polo Team ...

World Championships: U.S. Men Fall to Serbia; Hungary Upends Croatia There will be a new World Champion this year in Singapore, with 2024 champ Croatia knocked out in Sunday’s quarterfinals by Hungary. Still in the hunt, though, is the reigning Olympic champion Serbia, which eliminated the United St...

Olympic Men’s Water Polo: Greece, Spain Win Groups; U.S. Tops Croatia for Third Greece and Spain wrapped up their groups in the final round-robin day of Olympic men's water polo play Monday, while the U.S. scored a 14-11 win over Croatia to finish third in its group. Quarterfinals are set for Wednes...

By Phillip Whitten & Michael Collins Women's 100 Back Prelims Top 16 advancing to Semi-Finals: 1. Nakamura JPN 1:00.88 2. Mocanu ROM 1:01.18 3. Maracineanu FRA 1:01.66 4. Bedford USA 1:01.70 5. Zhivanevskaya ESP 1:01.97 6. Ornstedt DEN 1:01.98 7. Zhan CHN 1:02.19 7. Inada JPN 1:02.19 --- 9. Busc...

The world of water polo includes some intriguing individuals, and one of them is Tony Karaman. Originally from Croatia, Karaman played professionally for VK Jug in Dubrovnik, where one of his teammates was Elvis Fatovic, now head coach for the Australian national men's team. [On The Record with Elvi...

Niksa Dobud, a member of the Croation Water Polo National Team, has been suspended for four years for an attempt to evade a FINA drug test. Dobud's official suspension will run from April 13, 2015 to April 12, 2019. This suspension comes on the heels of another four-year suspension by FINA regarding...

Photo Courtesy: Qatar Swimming DOHA, Qatar, August 28. The Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu completed a 10-medal, 7-victory, 3-world record run in Doha tonight as the first stop of the FINA World Cup circuit came to close. FINA WORLD CUP MONEY LIST LIVE STREAM Subject to geoblocking LIVE RESULTS HEAT S...

TUNIS, Tunisia, Sept. 5. TWO newcomers to the rarified ranks of the gold medal podium position and a veteran European champion were the newsmakers on Day 2 of the Mediterranean Games' swimming competition here today. Italy's Michele Vancini, who dropped his pr in the 200 breast to 2:14.79 at...

LIVORNO, ITALY, April 11. OLYMPIC gold medalist Massi Rosolino (200 IM), he of the astronomical human growth hormone levels, won his second event in two days at the Italian Nationals/World Championship Trials, stroking to an easy 3:47.21-3:49.76 triumph over Emiliano Brembilla in the 400 meter frees...

2000 UPS International Cup June 27-July 2, 2000 u.s. water polo national aquatic center los alamitos, ca Day Five Results-July 1, 2000 Australia....12 Team UPS......6 Italy.....5 USA.......8 Yugoslavia...4 Croatia......6 Scoring: Australia: Marsden 2, Kovalenko 2, Boyd 1, Miller 1, Franklin 1, Woods...

By Phillip Whitten and Michael Collins SYDNEY, September 20. Women's 100 Free Prelims Top 16 advance to semi-finals: 1. De Bruijn NED 54.77 2. Torres USA 55.12 3. Thompson USA 55.22 4. Moravcova SVK 55.42 5. Muller RSA 55.45 South African Record 6. Alshammar SWE 55.49 7. Voelker GER 55.54 8. Rol...

Photo Courtesy: Xinhua/Fei Maohua NANJING, China, August 17. THE hosts had the top swim of the night as the Chinese downed the World Junior Record in the mixed 400 free relay to kick off the Youth Olympics Games. Russia's Anton Chupkov also took down a WJR during the men's 100 breast semis. Schedule...

2000 UPS International Cup June 27-July 2, 2000 u.s. water polo national aquatic center los alamitos, ca Croatia 1-1-1-4--7 Team UPS 1-1-1-0--3 Yugoslavia 5-4-3-2--14 Italy 1-2-1-4-- 8 USA 0-3-1-3--7 Australia 2-2-3-0--7 Game 1: Scoring: Croatia: Dogas 2, Stritof 2, Sanc 1, Kobescak 1, Oreb 1 Team U...

VALETTA, Malta, July 6 -- IT'S a long long way from Irvine to Malta but Milorad (Michael) Cavic didn't mind the journey one bit. The Irvine Novaquatics' sprinter-flyer, who was the fastest high schooler in America this past season in the 50 free, captured his first major international go...

VALENCIA, Spain. Dec. 17. Italy's Massi Rosolino won his fourth title, Martina Moravcova won her second and third, and Yana Klochkova won DM200,000 (US$90,400) on the final day of competition of the 2000 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Valencia, Spain. Rosolino, 22, added the 200...

With a spot in the Olympics on the line Sunday at the Zwemcentrum Rotterdam, Toni Popadic—the backup goalie for the Croatian men’s water polo squad—delivered perhaps the biggest save of his national team career. Russia was leading 15-14 in third place match at the Olympic Games Qualification Tournam...

After 14 days and almost 100 matches, the FINA World Water Polo Championships are now concluded. It was a fantastic tournament for the Italian men and American women, who each romped undefeated to gold at the Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center. It’s the first World Championship title in almo...