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From Reuter's News Service - German swimmer Sandra Voelker dominated the European Sprint Championships this past weekend. Voelker won gold in the 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 50m backstroke, 200m freestyle relay and 200m medley relay; setting two European records in the two freestyle events and a ...

From Reuter's News Service - Four time Olympic Gold medalist Dwan Fraser, of Ausralia, admitted herself into a hospital in New South Wales on Saturday suffering from chest pains. She was reportedly resting comfortably and returned to Sydney on Tuesday for further tests. Fraser, 59, was the Olympic 1...

From Reuter's News Service - Germany's Franziska van Almsick, Olympic silver medalist in the 200 freestyle in Atlanta, has reportedly split with her coach Dieter Lindemann. Van Almsick, who has worked with Lindemann throughout her senior career, will now link with Berlin coach Gerd Esser who also tr...

From Reuter's News Service - Mexican synchronized swimmer, Perla Ramierez, has filed an appeal with FINA, against her two-year suspension for the use of a banned diuretic. Ramierez was banned by the Mexican Swimming Federation two weeks ago after she tested positive at the French Open in March. Rami...

From Reuter's News Service - Australia's Ryan Mitchell set a short-course world record in the men's 200m breaststroke at the Australian Short Course Swimming Championships in Melbourne. Mitchell's time of 2:07.66 lowered the previous standard of 2:07.80, set in the same pool 3 years ago by 1992 and ...

From Reuter's News Service - Viktor Avdiyenko, who coached the "human torpedo" Denis Pankratov to 2 Olympic gold medals in Atlanta, has been appointed senior trainer of the Russian swim team. Avdiyenko, who also guided Yevgeny Sadovy to three Olympic gold medals in Barcelona, has said he worked out ...

From Reuter's News Service - Alexander Popov has been cleared by his doctors to return to the pool and begin training. After being knifed on a Moscow street in August, Popov had a check up in a Moscow clinic and can start training when he returns on Sunday to Australia, his home for nearly four year...