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By Wayne Smith MELBOURNE, Dec. 10. DUAL world champion Matt Welsh yesterday criticized "nit-picking" officials after being disqualified from the World Cup 100m backstroke yesterday for allegedly surfacing a few centimetres too late. Backstrokers are permitted to swim no more than 15m underwater off ...

Respected Australian sportswriter Wayne Smith is an old school scribe who has always had a keen eye for the finer points of the game and as a clever wordsmith he tells how it is - you can smell the sweat, you can see the blood and relate to the tears. He has been around sports grounds and swimming p...

It's Brisbane's Time To Shine As Olympics Arrive Down Under For A Third Time With Tokyo about to move into full swing...how good is it to wake up this morning in the latest Olympic city, with images of Brisbane, the Gold Coast Coast and Sunshine Coast beamed around the world - the Olympics are comin...

BRISBANE, Sept. 11. AUSTRALIAN Swimming, Inc. said today it accepts Gary Hall Jr.'s praise for the Aussie system after the US star revealed he would seek approval to swim for Australia at the 2004 Olympic Games. Hall told respected Brisbane Courier Mail swimming writer Wayne Smith: "There is a r...

By Wayne Smith BRISBANE, March 20. NOT content with being Australia's No.1 Olympic sport, swimming is planning to dive into the mass entertainment market to challenge football, cricket and basketball. Australian Swimming Incorporated president John Devitt announced yesterday Australia would host...