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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 ...

Colorado Springs, Colo., Dec. 29. DENNIS Pursley, who has guided the U.S. National Swimming Team to number one in the world, has been named winner of the U.S. Olympic Committee's Chair's Coaching Award . Pursley, who has guided U.S. Swimming's National Team since 1989, will receive his h...

Americans Lenny Krayzelburg, Neil Walker and Jenny Thompson each set a short course world record on the second, and final day of competition of the FINA World Cup meet in College Park, Maryland. Krayzelburg blasted the 200m backstroke in 1:52.47, just squeaking by the old mark of 1:52.51 set by Spai...

By Emily Sampl BOULDER, Colorado, July 3. WITH the Fourth of July holiday falling tomorrow in the United States, there are few major meets taking place on American soil this weekend. However, there are three meets to keep an eye out for overseas: Sweden’s national championships, Denmark’s national c...

EDMONTON, Canada, March 19. A TRIO of Sydney Olympic veterans, including 400 IM bronze medalist Curtis Myden, head a team of 16 Canadians who will comprise the Maple Leaf nation's swimming team at this summer's World Championships in Fukuoka in late July. The team was selected at last week&#...

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, DEC. 28. WHILE his country is mired in financial insolvency and teters on the brink of economic ruin, one Argentine is definitely on the 40-karat gold standard. He's 22-year-old sprinter Jose Martin Meolans, who at last week's Brazilian Nationals -- which also double...

By James Parrack LONDON, Jan. 30. As Mark Foster reclaimed the world 50-metres freestyle record for Britain at the final World Cup meet in Paris on Sunday, FINA, the world governing body, gave a further boost to British swimming by confirming Manchester as one of the hosts for a re-vamped series nex...

Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 25. UNIVERSITY of Nebraska head swimming coach Pablo Morales announced Monday morning that he has received two letters of intent for the 2002-03 season, and interim diving coach Jefferson Bro announced that he has received one letter of intent for the 2002-03 season. Nebraska rec...

By Bill Bell MISSION VIEJO, June 24 -- A stirring back-to-back double by St. Petersburg's Robert Margalis highlighted the final day's competition at the 24th annual TYR Swim Meet of Champions at the Marguerite Recreation Center Pool here today. Margalis is a strapping University of Georgia s...

EDMONTON, Canada, Nov. 19. SWIMMERS from seven nations won gold medals on the second and final night of competition at the FINA World Cup 3 Swimming Meet, held in Edmonton. Slovakia’s Martina Moravcova, a double silver medalist at the Sydney Olympics, extended her undefeated streak on the World Cup ...

How Much Do You Know About Black Swimmers? Test Your Knowledge. -- February 20, 2002 PHOENIX, Feb. 24. ON Feb. 20, swiminfo posted a quiz in honor of Black History Month: "How Much Do You Know About Black Swimmers? Test Your Knowledge." The quiz, largely created by the International Swimming Hall of...

By Craig Lord FUKUOKA, Japan, July 25. IAN Thorpe blasted FINA, the international governing body for swimming, last night for failing to test for erythropoietin (EPO), the blood-boosting drug at the World Whampionships in Fukuoka. The IAAF, the international governing body for track and field, will ...

BRISBANE, Aug 31. SWIMMING'S world governing body FINA has finally approved the use of blood tests to detect erythropoietin (EPO), one of the most dangerous banned drugs in sport. The chairman of FINA's sports medicine committee, New Zealand doctor David Gerrard, said today the first tests w...

Triple breaststroke world record-holder Penny Heyns of South Africa was an easy winner in the women's 100m breaststroke and American Chad Carvin repeated his triumph in the 400m free on the first day of competition of World Cup II, held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Canada took the four-lap event in...

CANET, SPAIN, June 8. FOR all you aging world champions out there who believe you just don't get "no respect" from your federations when it comes to international team selection, take heart: FINA has a deal for you. According to a report in today's La Gazetta Dello Sport, the Italian sports ...

Scott Tucker flew down to Rio de Janeiro for Thanksgiving to enjoy some southern hemisphere summer sun, check out the action at Ipanema and, oh yeah, compete at the FINA World Cup III meet. It was a good decision. The Auburn University graduate, known primarily as a freestyle sprinter, walked away w...

VICTORIA, British Columbia, April 6. IN addition to selecting its senior teams for the premier international meets of the year, Swimming Canada has selected junior teams for two important development events. Canada’s teams for the Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Maui, Hawaii, and the Youth Olymp...

By Ian Hanson MELBOURNE, Oct. 23. OLYMPIC gold medalists Michael Klim and Grant Hackett and backstroke wonderboy Matt Welsh have been joined by national age group star Ashley Anderson and comeback queen Lori Munz on the Telstra Dolphins Australian swimming team for the FINA World Cup in Melbourne, D...

SANTA CLARA, June 30 -- Has Anthony Ervin lost it? The Cal junior-to-be, who in his short career among the world's elite sprinters the past two years already has produced an Olympic gold medal, three NCAA titles and an American record, has now lost the last two major 50 frees he's swum: and ...

LONDON, Oct. 30. NEW Olympic chief Jacques Rogge has asked "clean" athletes to help in the fight against doping. In an exclusive interview for BBC Sports news, Rogge called on athletes to blow the whistle on those they suspect of using drugs. The International Olympic Committee president said that c...