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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...

By Hideki Mochizuki YOKOHAMA, April 22. WITH three international meets on the line (World Championships in Fukuoka, East Asian Games from May 21-26 in Osaka and World University Games in Beijing), the 77th Japanese National Swimming Championships ended today with another three national record fallin...

By Takahisa Ide and Hideki Mochizuki YOKOHAMA, JAPAN. April 19. THE first of four days of competition at the Japanese Championships/ World Championships Trials began today at the Yokohama International Pool, host pool of 2002 Pan Pacific Championships. Unlike the Trials in some other nations, the Ja...

TOKYO, April 23. Five more national records, as well as a world record, highlighted the final day of competition at the Japanese National Championships in Tokyo. Mai Nakamura set a world mark in the women's 50 meter backstroke during prelims, stroking 28.67 seconds for the one-lap sprint. The ti...

By Hideki Mochizuki YOKOHAMA, Japan. April 20. DAY TWO of the 77th Japanese National Championships/Fukuoka World Championship Trials brought disappointment among coaches and Japanese swimming media gathered in Yokohama, as results fell far below expectations. Some coaches and officials are fearful t...

PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain - The U.S. Swim Team won three more medals, including one gold, at the World University Games. The U.S. has won 14 medals, including nine golds, in the first three days of the six-day competition. Japan is second with nine medals, three gold. Courtney Allen (Monument, Colo.)...

LENNY AND PENNY MAKE IT A DOUBLE By Stephen J. Thomas American Lenny Krayzelburg took down the 200m backstroke world record by 0.80 while South African Penny Heyns continued her amazing run to break her 200m breaststroke world record for the second time in two days. Both swimmers have established wo...

LENNY AND PENNY MAKE IT A TREBLE!!! By Stephen J. Thomas The hottest pair in swimming went for world records today in specially organized time trials over 50m. Racing from lane 4 against the clock, both Krayzelburg and Heyns broke the respective world records. Penny Heyns of South Africa swam the 50...