A reconnaissance mission is how Perth coach Matt Magee sees Blair Evans's trip across the country to the South Australia state titles that run for three days from Friday; the venue is key - the Adelaide pool will host Olympic trials in March...
News Round-Up: Long-time FINA and LEN Bureau member Klaas van de Pol (NED) passed away aged 87 yesterday; Abdul Rehaman Al Bader (KUW) has been slapped with a six-month ban for a positive Methylhexaneamine test...
This Chinese New Year marks the start of the Year of the Dragon - but not any old dragon. Every 60 years, the Year of the Water Dragon fires into view. A good excuse to consider the threat of the nation that took as world No2 in 2011 - China...
Mireia Belmonte clocks 4:07.10 and 4:38.77 over 400m free and medley respectively at Catalan Champs; freestyle time a lifetime best and medley effort a standard setter for early 2012 world rankings...
Femke Heemskerk (NED) added victory in the 100m free to her victory over 200m on Friday with a dominant 54.27 effort at the Nancy International; European 400m champion Yannick Agnel was way out ahead in the 200m free, on 1:47.01...
On the last day of action at the West Australia state titles, Japan's Ryosuke Irie clocked 53.32 to lead his team's medley relay to victory...
Camille Lacourt roared home to a swift 53.59 victory over fellow world champion Jeremy Stravius (54.83) at the Nancy International today at their first test since arriving back in France this week after training camps overseas...
Ky Hurst and Mel Gorman, Australia's London 2012 Olympic marathon pair, have been forced to go hunting for lane space in Switzerland after being told their plans don't match those of the rest of the swimming team ahead of the Games...
No details are given but Aussie media reports today tell us that Australia's Olympic bosses are "throwing money at maybe medallists in a desperate last cash splurge before London"...
News Round-Up: Ryosuke Irie clocks 1:54.02 at state titles in Australia; Hoff, Ziegler and Myers leave FAST in a return to mentor programmes and Ed Moses goes too; FINA wins its case to have Molina ban extended...
USA Swimming today announced five staff promotions in the Business Development Division and two hires in the National Team Division...
Pierre Lafontaine, national coach and CEO of Canadian swimming, has called on all Canadians based abroad and who may be eligible to compete for their country at the London 2012 Olympic Games to make sure they meet all conditions...
Rebecca Adlington, Britain's double Olympic champion of 2008, has for the first time spoken about retirement and what may follow as she prepares for Olympic trials in March with a positive outlook on the season ahead...
Lauren Beard on Ashley McGregor; US Winter Nationals; Julia Wilkinson talks to Richard Weinberger; Russ Ewald on Janet Evans; Craig Lord on Rebecca Adlington; Nikki Dryden on corruption; Joanne Malar on Dr. David Smith; Cecil Colwin and more...
American legend Janet Evans, one of the greatest distance swimmers of all-time and back in the swim once more as a 40-year-old mother of two, has signed an endorsement agreement with Arena in the week she made 2012 trials cut...
News Round-Up: France teams arrive home this week and head straight to competitions at Nancy and Amiens; Milan Trophy for Pizzetti, Rosolino, Cavic, Fesikov and Korotyskin; Pellegrini at altitude in Flagstaff; USA lane lines good and bad...
News Round-Up: Aussie backstroke ace Hayden Stoeckel has placed home advantage high on his Olympic plans, returning to Adelaide before Olympic trials; good efforts at Flanders Cup; Loughborough trio go well; London 2012 tickets apology...
Quadruple Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima won his first race of 2012 with a 1:58.80 effort in a short-course yards meet at Fullerton, California...
Baltimore teammates Michael Phelps and Allison Schmitt rounded off their Austin GP test with a third victory each on Sunday as Janet Evans clocked 8:49.05 over 800m free; and Cammile Adams goes 2:06.76 to get inside 2:10 200 'fly for the first time...
Rouind-Up: As Michael Phelps continued to put the long medley back at the heart of his Olympic preparation, Allison Schmitt fires another warning shot, 1:55.83 200 free at Austin GP; Targett adds dash to his 100m win in Victoria...
