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Guest Commentary by Casey Barrett French study reveals: Take a little, take it at night, never fail a test… See your results soar. The next time you hear someone proclaim innocence by pointing to all the drug tests they have passed, try not to laugh. If a cheater is versed in the latest in the dark ...

Olympic Perspective from the Past for the Present generation coming to terms with a shift from Tokyo 2020 to 2021 that offers hope not finality This weekend, Swimming World is trawling back in history to find some of the stories of the past that contribute to our series in search of perspective for....

By Phillip Whitten PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain, July 7. The weather may be balmy on this beautiful Balearic isle, but the waters were turbulent at the state-of-the-art Son Hugo Aquatic Complex, where six more world marks were shattered on the fifth day of the European Masters Swimming Championships. Wo...

Alfred Nakache, born Nov. 18, 1915 in Constantine, French Algeria, was a French Olympic swimmer and water polo player. He is one of only two Jewish Olympians to compete in the Olympic Games after surviving a concentration camp during the Holocaust. Alfred Nakache will be inducted into the Internatio...

By Phillip Whitten & Michael Collins SYDNEY, Sept. 21. No world records were set on the sixth night of competition at the Sydney Olympic Games, but the US dominated competition at the Aquatic Centre. The Americans took home 8 out of a possible 12 medals on the night - 1 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze. Eve...

Leonie Beck, of Germany, and Marc-Antoine Olivier, of France, topped the FINA Marathon Swim World Series in Doha today as Europeans claimed five of the six podium places in a show of continental open-water strength. European dominance in the 10km battles extended to six places among the top 10 women...

By Phillip Whitten and Michael Collins SYDNEY, September 16. WORLD records fell in all four final events on the first night of competition at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. In fact, five world marks fell in the four events. Women's 400 IM - FINALS GOLD - Klochkova UKR 4:33.59 WORLD RECORD! SI...

By Craig Lord ANTWERP, Belgium, Dec 14. THE first sub 50-second 100 meter fly swim is in sight! Asked how much pain he felt, Thomas Rupprath, of Germany, found the strength to smile and murmur "too much" after he had clocked a world record of 50.26 seconds to beat the man who had held the standard a...

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 ...

NICE, France, July 12. CAMILLE Muffat, the reigning Olympic champion in the 400 freestyle, announced her retirement today via the French sports newspaper L'Equipe, ending a career that spanned more than a decade at the elite international level. The announcement comes a week after Muffat suddenly wi...

The third day of competition at the French long course nationals in Limoges showed some promise for the country’s men’s distance freestyle program while the legacy of the late Camille Muffat continued in the women’s 200 free. Damien Joly provided a boost for France’s distance freestyle with a strong...

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...

By Phillip Whitten & Michael Collins SYDNEY, September 17. THREE world records were washed away beneath the waves of the Homebush Aquatic Centre in Sydney on the second night of competition at the 2000 Olympic Games. In all, eight world marks have fallen victim to the unprecedented aquatic assault w...

By Phillip Whitten & Michael Collins SYDNEY, Sept. 22. The seventh, and next to last day of swimming in the Olympics produced one world record and three Olympic marks. Meanwhile, Team USA continued to dominate the medal count, winning three of five events. Women's 200 Backstroke Final Gold - Moc...

Yohann Ndoye Brouard will look to end his breakthrough year at swimming's top table with further silverware in Melbourne as a home Games in Paris moves ever closer. Yohann Ndoye Brouard On Promoting Diversity & Overcoming Tough Challenges To Triumph The Frenchman won his first international title at...

By Phillip Whitten & Michael Collins SYDNEY, Sept. 19. It's the half-way point of the swimming portion of the Olympics. Excitement is still at a fever pitch and every event seems to be a new world or Olympic record, produce a surprise winner, or hold a special story. Tonight's competition at...

By Craig Lord FUKUOKA, Japan, July 23. IT was a night of celebration in Fukuoka, courtesy of a world record of 59.94 seconds by Roman Sloudnov, of Russia, in the second semi-final of the 100m breaststroke, and two European records in the 200m butterfly. The first of those went to Germany's Annik...

By Michael Collins & Phillip Whitten SYDNEY, September 16. OLYMPIC records were set in two events during prelims of the first day of competition at the Olympic Games here in sunny Sydney, Australia. Australia's golden boy, Ian Thorpe, cracked Russia's Evgeny Sadovyi's 1992 mark of 3:45.0...

By Phillip Whitten & Michael Collins SYDNEY, September 20. On the fifth night of competition, America decided to spoil the Aussie party. In perhaps the biggest upset in a meet with more than its share of upsets, Misty Hyman defeated both Australians: world record holder Susie O'Neill and Petria ...

British investigative reporter Andrew Jennings has been perhaps the most dogged critic of the Olympic movement under the 21-year reign of outgoing IOC President, Juan Antonio Samaranch. His books, Lords of the Rings (1992) and The New Lords of the Rings (1996) outlined the corruption within the Olym...