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Find Swimming News, Swim Meet Results, Swimming World Rankings, Swim Links a Calendar and more. en-us Copyright 2007 SwimNews Publishing Inc. en-us Copyright 2007 SwimNews Publishing Inc. http://www.swimnews.com/Banners/swimnews350.gif http://www.swimnews.com http://www.swimnews.com/Ranking.html Latest World Rankings Fri, 09 May 2008 13:42:07 GMT http://www.swimnews.com/Ranking.html 2008-05-09T13:42:07Z http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6104 We don't write much on open water here in the civilised world of pool swimming but here's a tale of courage, determination and dedication that's well worth taking the time for: back from cancer, Maarten van der Weijden is a world champion Thu, 08 May 2008 19:29:44 GMT Craig Lord and Helen Gorman http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6104 Craig Lord and Helen Gorman 2008-05-08T19:29:44Z http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6103 Pierre Lafontaine will lead a group of seven coaches at the helm of the Maple shoal, with as Tom Johnson as head coach and Jozsef Nagy and Jan Bidrman among the staff Tue, 06 May 2008 14:35:28 GMT Craig Lord http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6103 Craig Lord 2008-05-06T14:35:28Z http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6102 Head coach Orjan Madsen reveals news at a team-building seminar with 13 home coaches and Olympic staff coaches and athletes in Potsdam; Olympic plans laid out Mon, 05 May 2008 19:54:45 GMT Craig Lord http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6102 Craig Lord 2008-05-05T19:54:45Z http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6101 Brazil will stage its final Olympic qualification trials in Rio from tomorrow until Sunday. The meet is decisive for all but the 11 athletes who have already booked their tickets to Beijing Mon, 05 May 2008 11:01:09 GMT Craig Lord http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6101 Craig Lord 2008-05-05T11:01:09Z http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6100 Grant Hackett's 10km dream is over as he ends outside top 10 and gets DQ'd; at the helm - Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS), 0.3sec ahead of David Davies (GBR), and, 6sec back, Thomas Lurz (GER) Sun, 04 May 2008 19:50:20 GMT Craig Lord http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6100 Craig Lord 2008-05-04T19:50:20Z http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6099 Top two from Melbourne 2007 repeat their one-two finish at the 5th FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships in Seville; Du Toit fourth and on her way to the inaugural 10km Olympic marathon swim in Beijing in August; big open water names must try agai Sat, 03 May 2008 16:43:50 GMT Craig Lord http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6099 Craig Lord 2008-05-03T16:43:50Z http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6098 Gary Hall Jr speaks out on how the gain to be had in the latest generation of bodysuits could be used to mask doping; and the NYT reports on how nature made some athletes more able to cheat than others Fri, 02 May 2008 19:17:44 GMT Craig Lord http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6098 Craig Lord 2008-05-02T19:17:44Z http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6097 Why even the biggest, wealthiest and most successful of swimming nations - one that already coaches many hundreds of the best swimmers from the developing world at its colleges - has work to do at home Fri, 02 May 2008 11:27:26 GMT Craig Lord http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6097 Craig Lord 2008-05-02T11:27:26Z http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6096 Or will the open water specialists bite back as the likes of Grant Hackett and David Davies challenge for places in the inaugural 10km marathon race in Beijing at World Championships in Seville from Saturday Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:52:52 GMT Craig Lord http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6096 Craig Lord 2008-04-30T13:52:52Z http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6095 Metella and Rouault lead last-day qualifiers in Dunkirk: Leveaux's place in all-time top ten over 50m and 200m freestyle is an aberration Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:48:11 GMT Craig Lord http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6095 Craig Lord 2008-04-27T18:48:11Z http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6094 Amaury Leveaux takes down Alain Bernard's European record in the battle of the performance-enhancing bodysuits Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:22:15 GMT Craig Lord http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6094 Craig Lord 2008-04-26T21:22:15Z http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=5939 19 world l/c records and 22 world s/c records have fallen since Feb 16. The sport has now entered an era in which we must refer to pre-February 2008 and post-February 2008 times Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:54:42 GMT Craig Lord http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=5939 Craig Lord 2008-04-26T04:54:42Z http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6093 The performance-enhancing suits struck again: at the Australian Grand Prix in Canberra, Leisel Jones and Libby Trickett clock 1:03.72 (100m breast) and 55.74 (100m 'fly), post-February 2008 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:54:37 GMT Craig Lord http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6093 Craig Lord 2008-04-26T04:54:37Z http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6092 Water will boil in the 50m freestyle final in Dunkirktomorrow after the rockets of Gaul went: 1st semi- 21.67 from Alain Bernard; 2nd semi - 21.53, Amaury Leveaux, 21.60, Fred Bousquet, who then blasts 51.83 100 'fly FRA rec; Metella goes 53.99 100 free Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:04:04 GMT Craig Lord http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6092 Craig Lord 2008-04-25T19:04:04Z http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6091 Forbes Carlile, Cecil Colwin, Peter Daland, have been among leading pioneers, men who sought out the cutting edge, not stick-in-the-muds, not luddites. They also hate the thought of where the battle of the bodysuit is leading to ... Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:49:09 GMT Craig Lord http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6091 Craig Lord 2008-04-25T11:49:09Z http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6090 World record holder's victory in the 100m freestyle - off a 21.97 split -at trials in Dunkirk proves his new speed is here to stay; French relay dreams of gold in Beijing as five break 49sec and six join hands to celebrate their joint mission Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:06:02 GMT Craig Lord http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6090 Craig Lord 2008-04-25T08:06:02Z http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6072 Join our amazing journey: Colwin and Bowman on freestyle and Phelps; Dryden on acupuncture; Lord's Olympic series; Malar on sugar; Connors on Morningstar; Grace talks to Baumann; in the minds of Jensen's coaches; Finney on Vendt; Bead on NCAA Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:45:15 GMT Nick Thierry http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6072 Nick Thierry 2008-04-24T19:45:15Z http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6089 Breaststroke ace on form at French trials with 2:09.72 200m semi final; Muffat books 4x200m free place then takes down national 200m medley mark in 2:11.15; Aurore Mongel wins 200m freestyle in 1:57.63 and leads 200 'fly qualiers in 2:11.17 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:51:15 GMT Craig Lord http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6089 Craig Lord 2008-04-23T16:51:15Z http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6088 erman team is one full of holes, six events producing no qualifiers, and seven others producing one not two qualifiers. Compare events in Berlin with times in Australian and Britain and the influence of the suit is greater than many care to acknowledge Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:51:09 GMT Craig Lord http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6088 Craig Lord 2008-04-23T16:51:09Z http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6087 Confidence, belief, momentum have all been lost in the storm of an unsettled life. Can the Olympic and world champion bounce back? The question is ever present in Manaudou's mind Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:50:56 GMT Craig Lord http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6087 Craig Lord 2008-04-23T16:50:56Z