European Championships, Debrecen, Day 1 finals: Paul Biedermann (GER), on 3:47.84 in the 400m freestyle, and Katinka Hosszu (HUN), on 4:33.76 in the 400m medley, claimed the first two titles up for grabs at the seven-day meet...
If Team Norway will have felt a depth of sorrow like no other as the European Championships got underway in Hungary today, sadness came too in the shape over schism in the ranks of the Israeli team, an accusation of discrimination levied and denied ...
For world champion Jeremy Stravius, the European Championships may be the highlight of his post-world-title Olympic season on backstroke, a chance to prove himself capable of bouncing back after finishing 3rd at French trials...
News Round-Up: "I've never taken being pushed around very well ... I'm not going to take any rubbish from anyone" - Magnussen; Braun joins Torres and West in 40-something club at trials; tales from Mount Isa...
"Maybe I could be confident in who I am and what I am and just try to just move forward. If I was wet cement before, now it's dry and I'm a boulder and I'm going to start rolling downhill" - Anthony Ervin, 2000 Olympic champ back for more...
News Round-Up: Bowman on shadow boxing, with Phelps, Lochte, Magnussen and Cielo; Brazil offers $50k to any London 2012 champions; Skinner to leave GBR; Petria Thomas swims for MS cause; Olympic perspective from Davenport ...
At least 21 solo European titles will not be defended when racing gets underway at the continent's long-course showcase championships in Debrecen, Hungary, on Monday...
Olympic silver medallists in the marathon at Beijing 2008, Keri-Anne Payne and David Davies pulled out at half-way of a LEN open water cup 10km in Eilat today - just as they had planned to do; wins for Bolshakov (RUS) and Risztov (HUN)...
The CEO of Swimming New Zealand Mike Byrne is reported to have cleared out his office in readiness for quitting after an independent review of the sport in his country recommended that the entire board resign and CEO role overhauled...
Jason Dunford, a pioneer of African swimming, has moved back to Europe and the ADN Swim Project after completing a masters degree in Earth Systems at Stanford - and a masters in life courtesy of coach Skip Kenney...
News Round-Up: coach Skip Kenney, 69, is waving goodbye to Stanford after 33 successful years; those avoiding Heathrow Airport; Neethling and Le Clos behind Virgin's SWIM; a tale of two Yannicks; Kitajima tops bill at Seven Hills meet in Rome...
South Korea's Australia-based Park Tae-Hwan and 10 Aussie Olympic teamsters, including champions Leisel Jones and Stephanie Rice will join Canadian Brent Hayden and 9 other Canadian teamsters at the Mel Zajac Jr meet May 25-27...
"You need to be the ruthless one - you need to get in and you need to do it and if that means swimming through jellyfish and swimming past dead animals and things ... everyone has their 'Jaws moment' - Keri-Anne Payne, world 10km champion...
The latest edition of SwimNews Magazine is now available: the changing face of NCAAs; the life and times of Sarah Sjostrom, James Magnussen and Jessica Hardy; Julia Wilkinson's Olympic diary, where goggles came from - and more...
News Round-Up: Germany's top team and Federica Pellegrini (ITA) are among those who will race at Europeans but there'll be no Yannick Agnel and Camille Muffat (FRA) ; Poland's London 2012 squad takes shape; US fights the fat...
Germany's Olympic trials ended with Martin Grodzki, of Berlin-Reinickendorf, adding the 1500m freestyle, 15:10.47, to his schedule at London 2012; no FINA A cut in the women's 800m freestyle; 13 men, 5 women make solo cuts...
One count remains as an Olympic target for the greatest Olympian: the tally of 18 medals overall belongs to Larisa Latynina - now 78 and of late to be found giving a USA Vs USSR gymnastics medal to Phelps in New York The Cold War no longer part of th...
Ryan Lochte, gear-change with a 1:57.63 meet record in the 200m medley on the last day of action at the Charlotte Grand Prix changed gear with a 1:57.63 victory at the Charlotte GP, the time 3rd best in the world, in 2012, taper yet a dream...
As several more added their name to the German London 2012 team on day 4 of trials in Berlin, Britta Steffen set up the defence of her second Olympic crown with a 24.92 victory in the 50m freestyle...
Olympic champion Rebecca Soni extended her lead at the helm of the world rankings with a 2:22.22 victory over 200m breaststroke at the Charlotte Grand Prix, a meet marked by strength at a time of training...
