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Australian Olympic Medalist Scott Miller Sentenced to Five Years In Prison For Drug-Ring Role Australian Olympic medalist Scott Miller has been sentenced to five years and six months in prison for his role as the ringleader of a drug operation in New South Wales. Arrested in February 2021 and behind...

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate. The first round of Division I conference championships concluded this weekend in the southeast as Kentucky won its first ever SEC women's swimming and diving title, and Virginia won its 12th ACC title in 14 seasons. The Cavaliers also broke an American record...

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...

By Stephen Thomas SYDNEY, December 4. IN the hiatus that has followed the pressure and tension associated with the World Championships and Goodwill Games, many of Australia's leading swimmers have been using the opportunity to take some important 'dry land' matters in hand. Several have ...

By Stephen J. Thomas Sydney, Australia - Ian Thorpe, Swimming World's Male Swimmer of the Year in 1998 and 1999, won the 100m, 200m, 400m and 1500m freestyle over the three days of the New South Wales Open (Long Course) Championships at Homebush, January 19-21, which followed immediately after the F...

Australian two-time Olympic medalist Scott Miller was arrested Monday in Sydney in connection with an alleged drug distribution ring. According to reports, Miller was arrested after the discovery of up to $2 million of methylamphetamine, or "ice," in what are reported as “commercial quantities” hidd...

by Phillip Whitten On July 1, FINA, swimming's international governing body confirmed that America's premier sprint star, Gary Hall, Jr., 23, tested positive for marijuana in an out-of-competition drug test on May 15. Hall has been provisionally suspended from competition until a hearing can be held...

First Man Ever Under 52 Seconds in the 100m Fly Canberra, Australia - Australian Swimming's "butterflying machine" Michael Klim broke the world record in the 100 meter butterfly for the second time in three days with an awesome solo performance at the AIS meet in Canberra. Klim became the first swim...

By Stephen J. Thomas SYDNEY, May 19 – In front of a crowd of over 11,000, the much-heralded clash between world record-holder, Michael Klim and second ranked Aussie, Geoff Huegill, proved to be a thrilling battle. As the swimmers mounted the blocks for the final, Klim had already qualified for the O...

by Phillip Whitten San Antonio, TX - There were several upsets, four meet records and some very fast swimming on the final day of the three-day U.S. Open Swimming Championships, held at Palo Alto College in San Antonio. The very first event of the evening saw the meet's biggest upset when Japan's Sa...

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - Australian swimmer Scott Miller, who won a silver medal at the 1996 Olympics, is contesting an allegation of drug-taking, his lawyer said. Australian media said Miller had failed a drug test for marijuana. ``It was a test made some months ago when he was out of training with a sh...

Yuan Yuan was also suspended from competing in any national or international competition for a period of four years. Coach Zhou Zhewen was suspended from coaching both nationally and internationally for a period of 15 years. Australia's Scott Miller was suspended from competing in any national or in...

By Phillip Whitten The Pan Pacific Championships, to be held August 22-29 at next year's Olympic pool in Sydney, is the pre-eminent swimming competition in the world this year, surpassing the European Championships held last month in Istanbul, and the Pan American Games held earlier in August in Win...

By Stephen J. Thomas Sydney, Australia - The Olympic pool has not gotten any slower since the Pan Pacs last August with seven new championship records and numerous national records established on the first night of the World Cup meet. The Aussies set three new championship marks: Susie O'Neill broke...

SYDNEY, Australia - 1996 Olympic silver medalist Scott Miller suffered another setback in his roller coaster swimming career when he withdrew from the Australian World Championship Trials. Miller hasn't competed in a major competition since his 100m butterfly silver medal at the 1996 Olympic Games. ...

By Stephen J. Thomas On the eve of the FINA World Cup in Sydney, Ian Thorpe added another accolade to his already overflowing awards cabinet - the 1999 Australian Swimmer of the Year. The 17-year-old Thorpe, who has already been named Swimming World's male swimmer of the year for the past 2 years, b...

South Australian State Championships: Serious Paris Medal Contender Matt Temple Lays Down Sizzling  50.60 To Claim 100m Butterfly Final South Australia’s emerging Olympic medal hopeful Matt Temple has tonight continued his world class attack on the 100m butterfly – stopping the clock in 50.60 at h.....

By Stephen J. Thomas CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA. April 25. THERE is little doubt that butterfly specialist Petria Thomas has fully recovered from her second major shoulder operation just twelve months ago. The dual '98 World Championships butterfly medalist and Atlanta 200m silver medalist left no doub...

BERKELEY, CA., Nov. 25. THE clock struck 12, Cinderella's glass slipper turned into a musty old sneaker and her Ralph Lauren Polo-designer gown became...well, you know the story. Stanford's top-seeded and top-ranked Cardinal, on the strength of (who else?) red-shirt freshman Tony Azevedo'...

By Stephen J. Thomas SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - A large contingent of over 30 elite Aussie swimmers will cross the Pacific to compete in the US Open Championships starting December 1, in San Antonio, Texas. The Aussies will be participating as part of various state and club swimming affiliations rather tha...