Seven out of ten is Michael Phelps' self-rating when it comes to his Olympic swan song preparations right now; but something in Shanghai 'relit the fire' - "I'm excited. It's the most excited I've been since going to Beijing," he says ...
Chloe Yoo, a 12-year-old Australian has a best of 59.64 over 100m free; even more special than the time itself is the way she did it - 29.48, 30.16 ... perhaps young Chloe has been peering across the lanes and picking up tips from James Mangnussen...
News Round-Up: Dutch school girl pops a promising performance in Amsterdam at the start of a long journey; Pellegrini and Magnini have had eyes for each other for the past five years, they tell an Italian magazine...
The fastest man ever over 100m free until the short dawn of shiny suits has backed the fastest blue ribband sprinter ever in textile to take the London 2012 crown this summer; Ashley Callus retires...
News Round-Up: In Madrid, Mireia Belmonte (ESP) clocked 2:00.99 in the 200m free and 4:44.13 over 400m medley but the 200m butterfly goes to Otylia Jedrzejczak (POL) 2:10.14 to 2:10.48; Orsi suffers tendinitis; Harrison home to Ireland...
Mark Spitz reckons that - just as he had by the time he hit the comeback trail in the early 1990s aged 41 - Ian Thorpe, Janet Evans et al have lost their edge and won't be able to find it; but tell that to Torres and Boomer - and Quick up in pool heaven...
World 100m freestyle swimming champion James Magnussen says he sent alarm bells ringing in his rivals' ears with an untapered 48.05sec in Adelaide last month - and will aim to peel once more at NSW state titles in Sydney this week. ...
News Round-Up: 1500 legend says his twins will swim but he may not make 5am starts; on this day in 1956, East and West Germany agreed to send a joint team to the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne; what we can learn from fish...
