News Round-Up: in Brazil Cesar Cielo clocks 21.58 in 50FR heats; Thiago Pereira takes 100 'fly by 0.03sec and Gabriel Souza the 200BR by 0.06sec; Martin Naidlich (ARG) sets 15:10 SA record in 1500m; US Olympic trials host city to be named...
News Round-Up: Femke Heemskerk (NED) was the star of the first of finals at the Maria Lenk Trophy, Brazil's world-titles qualifier in Rio, a 1:58.14 in the 200m free; French fed confirms team names for worlds, Universiade and Med Games...
After a 21.72 blast in the semis of the 50m free, Vladimir Morozov clocked 21.81 for the Russian sprint crown ion the curtain-closing session of the seven-day meet in Kazan. Alex Popov's 21.64 from 2000 lived to fight another day...
After a dispute with the Russian swim federation, Arkady Vyatchanin, the national record holder and best l/c backstroke specialist from his country in the past decade, will skip Barcelona world titles as he switches to another nation...
The Australian Sports Commission has allocated Aus$8m to elite swimming Down Under; couple that with backing of $10m from the Georgina Hope Swimmers Foundation and Swimming Australia will doubtless manage somehow...
Olympic silver medallist Evgeny Korotyshkin leaps to helm of 2013 world ranks with 51.53 victory in the 100m 'fly at Russian nationals; Vladimir Morozov thunders inside 22 on a best of 21.72 in the 50 free semis; Sedov, 16, on 22.38...
Katinka Hosszu's marathon for Alex Dale Oen at the Bergen Swim Festival concludes with 7 podiums; Danie Gyurta and Michael Jamieson on 2:06s s/c 200 breast in tight tussle of honour; next year's meet in the new 50m pool of Dale Oen's dream...
Vladimir Morozov broke 48sec for the first time with a 47.93 victory in the 100m freestyle at Russian nationals and world-championship trials in Kazan today; Lobintsev on 48.17; Izotov on 48.18; Morozov the first Russian in textile inside 48...
