Benko, Sjoberg Win Two on Day One of Rio World Cup21 November 2001RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 18. UNITED STATES swimming team captain Lindsay Benko and Sweden's Johanna Sjoberg were the standouts on the first day of competition at the World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Benko claimed a gold medal double in the 200m freestyle and 200m backstroke, while Knabe took gol...
Tucker Wins Two At World Cup III28 November 1999Scott 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...
Coughlin Breaks Another World Mark at World Cup03 December 2001By Mary Wagner (Courtesy of USA Swimming, with additional comments by Phil Whitten) EAST MEADOW, N.Y., Nov. 29. THE final night of the 2001 FINA World Cup in East Meadow, N.Y., was a night of encores for a number of U.S. swimmers. And Natalie Coughlin led the way by setting a world record in the 100...
Read moreFINA Provisionally Suspends Yuliya Efimova For Positive Test, Sergey Makov Also Suspended24 January 2014LAUSANNE, Switzerland, January 24. A week after news first broke that Russian world-record holder Yuilya Efimova tested positive for the drug DHEA, FINA has provisionally suspended the breaststroker until she has a hearing before the FINA Doping Panel. FINA released the following official statement ...