Olympic Games, London, Day 5 Finals: an awesome swim by defending champion Soni (USA); Pedersen (DEN) and Suzuki (JPN) in second and third...
Olympic Games, London, Day 5 Finals...
Olympic Games, London, Day 5 Finals: Dutch sprinter sets Olympic record going into women's 100 freestyle ...
Olympic Games, London, Day 5 Finals...
@BarackObama: "Congrats to Michael Phelps for breaking the all-time Olympic medal record. You've made your country proud. -bo," to which the Baltimore swimmer replied: "Thank you Mr. President!! It's an honor representing the £USA !! ...
Comment: : Are you 100% sure? the Aussie coach was asked. "Of course I am" is the most ignorant of answers under the circumstances we're living through...
Olympic Games, London, Day 5 heats: Ryan Lochte sails through heats a world champion heading for a mega day 6 of 200m backstroke final and 200m medley final; Rebecca Soni sizzles and Tang Yi tanks it...
"I've put my mind to doing something that nobody had ever done before. This has been an amazing ride." - Michael Phelps, 15 gold, 19 Olympic medals overall...
Olympic Games, London, Day 4 finals: Michael Phelps is the greatest of the greats: he brought the United States 4x200m quartet of Ryan Lochte, Conor Dwyer and Ricky Berens to gold in 6:59.70; 15 golds, 19 career Olympic medals...
Former East German world champion Renate Bauer questions credibility of swims - the history is there in a place where young women would come to wish that someone had spoken up sooner...
Olympic Games, London, day 4 finals: They put up a brave fight but Alicia Coutts (AUS) and Caitlin Leverenz (USA) had little chance; Ye Shiwen brought it home in 29.32 on freestyle for a 2:07.57 Olympic record victory...
Olympic Games, London, Day 4 finals: The keys to the whole of Africa await Chad Le Clos back home in the south: in 1:52.96, by 0.05sec, he stopped Michael Phelps (USA) from getting the triple; Takeshi Matsuda third in 1:53.21...
Olympic Games, London, Day 4 Finals: Allison Schmitt took gold for the Us in 1:53.61 ahead of 400m winner Camille Muffat (FRA), on 1:55.58, the bronze going to Bronte Barratt (AUS) in 1:55.81....
Olympic Games, London, Day 4 semi-finals: the bombshell of the 4x100m freestyle behind him, James The Missile Magnussen, has found his burners once more: 47.63 set the pace in the first semi; Nathan Adrian - 47.97....
Olympic Games, London, Day 4 Semi-finals: Gyurta and Kitajima (on track for historic three-peat) drawn apart by two Brits, Jamieson and Willis...
Olympic Games, London, Day 4 Semi-finals: Hersey leads the field and China in strong in the final...
Olympic Games, London, Day 4 heats: Nathan Adrian (USA) led the way with a 48.19 at the helm of the 100m free heats and looks like a man who could take on James Magnussen (48.53) for the crown; Roberts and Agnel through by 0.09sec...
Swedish Sprint Diva Will Pass on the 100...
John Leonard, head of the American Swimming Coaches Association and a leading light at the global equivalent, WSCA, today described Ye Shiwen's last 100m, 58.68sec, of the 400m medley on her way to a 4:28.43 world record last weekend, as "unbelievable"...
In answer to allegations that Ye Shiwen, the 16-year-old from China who came home on freestyle as fast as Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps, on mid-58 on freestyle, over 400IM, Chinese officials call comparison meaningless and unfair...