Lezak Stars at World Cup VI in Italy13 January 2001ROME, Jan 13. AMERICAN Olympian Jason Lezak smoked a strong field to win the men's 100 meter freestyle, while Italian Olympian Domenico Fioravanti won two events on the first day of competition of World Cup VI in Imperia, Italy. the meet is the sixth stop on the ten-stop 2000-2001 FINA World Cup...
Swedes, Russians Shine on Final Day of Imperia World Cup Meet14 January 2001IMPERIA, Italy, Jan. 14. The Swedish women and Russian men dominated competition today, the final day of the two-day FINA World Cup VI meet in Imperia, Italy. The meet is the sixth venue on the ten-venue World Cup tour for 2000-2001. Sweden's Emma Igelstrom set a European record of 31.17 seconds...
Brembilla Sharp at Italian Short Course Nationals21 December 2001IMPERIA, ITALY, Dec. 21. AFTER winning a pair of golds and a bronze at last weekend's European short course Championships in Antwerp, Italian world champion Emiliano Brembilla was back in the water here today for his country's short course championships. Also competing was Italian Olympic si...
Huegill Skips to Commonwealth Record in 100 Fly in Melbourne; Moses, Lezak, Beard Win for US09 December 2001By Ian hanson, Belinda Dennett and Phillip Whitten MELBOURNE, Dec. 9. THE men's 100 metres butterfly was the race the crowd had come to see and swimming superstars Michael Klim and Geoff Huegill didn't disappoint. Huegill exploded from the blocks and had a half body length on Klim at the fir...
Britain's Zoe Baker Breaks World Record in 50m Breaststroke15 January 2002IMPERIA, Italy, Jan. 15. GREAT Britain's sprinter-extraordinaire, Zoe Baker, broke her own world record for 50 meters (short course) breaststroke. Baker's time of 30.51 seconds, swum today at the World Cup meet in Imperia, Italy, lowered the previous record of 30.53 seconds that she set at t...
Boggiatto Siblings Both Win at Italian SC Nationals22 December 2001IMPERIA, ITALY, Dec. 21. SANTA believed that several of the "little" girls and boys who swam in the final day of the Italian short course (25 meters) Championships here this evening had trained very hard year long -- so he brought them a slew of national records for Christmas. On the meet's seco...
Another World Record for Pankratov!!!04 February 1997Denis Pankratov broke his second short-course world record in less than a week. Pankratov swam a 51.93 in the 100m butterfly on the second day of the World Cup 7 in Imperia, Italy. He bettered Canadian Marcel Gery's previous standard of 52.07, set in 1990. Pankratov, who won both 100m and 200m butte...
Baker Sets WR, Poll Wins Two on Day Two of Imperia World Cup15 January 2002IMPERIA, Italy, Jan. 15. A world record in the women's 50 meter breast by Great Britain's New Zealand-based Zoe Baker highlighted the second day of competition at the FINA World Cup here this evening. In the final day of action at the sixth round of the series, Baker clocked 30.51 -- topplin...
World Cup 7 from Imperia, Italy06 February 1997Salim Iles from Algeria, won the 100m freestyle in 49.04, a national and African record. Claudia Poll of Costa Rica, won the 200m-400m-800m freestyle and finished second in the 100m freestyle. Just days after his 400m I.M. world record (pending FINA ratification) Marcel Wouda of the Netherlands, mad...
Russians Dominate First Day of Imperia World Cup Meet14 January 2002IMPERIA, Italy, Jan 14. CHINA's Yang Yu swam the fastest 200 free of the 2001-02 season as the World Cup Series splashed back into action here this evening. The Chinese sprinter, whose pr is 1:55.50 from the Arena Meeting in Berlin two years ago, touched in a world-leading 1:56.05, taking the No...