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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...

SEVILLE, Spain, - 1992 Olympic champion Dagmar Hase ended Michelle de Bruin's dream of five gold medals at the European Championships on Thursday when she beat de Bruin in the women's 400m freestyle. De Bruin, who won the 400 IM on Tuesday and the 200m freestyle on Wednesday, looked set to claim a t...

BERLIN, GERMANY - Two swim coaches are suspected of administering drugs to minors as part of a criminal investigation into drug use in East German sports. Dieter Lindemann and Volker Frischke were hired by the German national team after unification and were recently withdrawn from their coaching pos...

HOOGIE FINISHES WITH SIX GOLDS By Craig Lord Things could hardly have gone more perfectly for Pieter van den Hoogenband, the flying Dutchman, on the last day of the 24th European championships; not only did the 21-year-old from Maastricht clock the second fastest championship victory ever in the 50m...

FRANKFURT, GERMANY - Two former East German swimming coaches charged with giving anabolic steroids to unwitting teen-age athletes were fired by the German Swimming Federation. Dieter Lindemann and Volker Frischke knowingly gave "false statements to us, their employer," federation chairman Ruediger T...

How Will The US Swim Team Fare in Sydney? The U.S. Olympic Trials are over and the US team has made the long trans-Pacific trek. How will the Americans fare at the Olympic Games in Sydney against the world's best? Swimming World has a pretty good idea and offers its predictions for gold, silver...

SEVILLE, Spain - Olympic gold medalist Alexander Popov collected his third gold medal with a smooth victory in the men's 50m freestyle on Saturday. Popov, who had already won the 100m freestyle and led Russia to victory in the 400m freestyle relay, won in a time of 22.30, the fastest in the world th...