Olympic silver medallist warms-up for Rome world titles with a 50.92 effort at the Trofeo Nicoletti; Aussie goes same time in Milan meet; both in arena X-Glide...
Some of the world's leading swimmers are considering how to protest against the use of fast suits that deliver an unlevel playing field while being forced to wear the devices if they wish to remain competitive...
SwimNews guest commentator suggests ways in which swimmers, coaches and the sport of swimming can make the most of the suits crisis this summer...
Five continental bodies meet in Singapore to confirm that swimming is likely to be governed by a new regime from later this month when FINA votes at Congress in Rome...
Availability of "high-tech" apparently means that, while the kit is complex and commands a very high price, you can just take one of the peg like a GAP t-shirt and feel the best you've ever felt just moments before checking out your 'progress' on the scor...
With each further step that FINA takes down the road of "science", it discovers more questions than answers; decision on 2010 likely to be left to new Bureau, which will carry responsibility for next four years...
Some dates for your diary: the Mare Nostrum Tour organisers have agreed on the schedule for their events all the way up to Olympic year 2012...
How to humiliate a swimmer on the journey to trying to persuade swimming that it needs a polyurethane high-stretch squeeze-it-all-in-future...
US head coach says world records have been broken because of suits that should never have been approved under FINA rules; availability a red herring, the case of adidas and Australia proves...
Spaniard leads relay off in 100m back 'WR' time; doubtless also wearing the fashion of the season, Oussama Mellouli cracks out 14:38.01 win in 1,500m free as Med Games end in Pescara...
In another example of the mayhem and woe being caused by suit wars, Michael Bohl, coach to triple Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice, talks of the pain of trialling different suits and said that FINA's staged ruling was "very problematic"....
The news that Speedo is considering turning a blind eye to contracted swimmers who want to wear a different brand in this summer of chaos is not as radical as it sounds: the USA, AUS, GBR and others in Speedoland already have freedom of choice...
We better start counting again just in case the numbers run away with us: 131 world records since February 2008, 23 of those so far this year, some disallowed...
At Med Games in Pescara, Spaniard, Mellouli and Filippi among winners...
Editorial. Alain Bernard likes Filippo's Magnini idea of racing in briefs. It would help to promote swimming rather than suits; it would also help to settle the crisis engulfing the sport, once and for all...
DSV confirms loss of "massive" amounts of money from adidas as it tells swimmers - for 2009, wear what you want; federation invites all suit makers to bid for a place in a pool of sponsors from 2010...
The latest to join the club was Melquiades Alvarez (ESP), who in April shaved 1.5sec off his best for a 2:11.18 pb and today at the Med Game sin Pescara clocked 2:09.69; Bernard wins swift 100m battle with Magnini ...
French federation lays down gauntlet to current FINA leaders: swimming needs a new mandate and to rediscover "wisdom and indisputable performances"; May 19 approved list agreed for now, June 19 list torn up...
Tough standards set to send message to youth that former European powerhouse needs to raise its game in time for London 2012; fast-suits bloomers among those tipped to do well at world championships next month ...
National record books begin again in season of 100% non-textile suits; Verrasztó goes 2:09.87 200 medley; Hosszu 2:10 and then 2:07 'fly and 4:38 400 IM; Cseh in modified X-Glide for 1:47.12 200 free, in R-Evolution for 3 other 'marks'; 16 selected...
