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The Australian touring party that includes Korean ace Park Tae-Hwan, who took a 4th gold at the Santa Clara meet, and his teammates from St Peters Western showed some musclea, 4:35.87 400IM for Stephanie Rice leading the way...
Brits celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee with five victories in Barcelona: Olympic champ Rebecca Adlington on 8:19.86 in 800m free and world medallist Hannah Miley on 4:34 over 400IM; Garcia cracks 2:25 for 200 breast Spanish record ...
Dana Vollmer took a brace of victories at the Santa Clara Grand Prix, on 54.38 in the 100m free and 57.03 in the 100m 'fly, Natalie Coughlin second twice; Park Tae Hwan goes 48.85 in 100m free and 3:44.96 in 400m free...
Dana Vollmer set a little smoke off the water this morning with a 57.07 Santa Clara meet mark in the heats of the 100m butterfly, inside her own standard from 2010 of 57.73; Nathan Adrian on 48.50 100 free heats before wedding dash...
Jozsef Nagy, the breaststroke guru based in Canada, laments that Canadian kids are not prepared to give up home comforts and face the challenge of world-class swimming; Sergio Lopez urges them to beat a path to his door...
Rebecca Adlington, double Olympic champion for Britain, has seen more than 1,000 extra folk start to follow her on Twitter in the past 24 hours - to 50,181 - following comments she made about blocking nasty stuff during London 2012...
News Round-Up: at Santa Clara, Park Tae Hwan (KOR) clocks 7:52.07 meet mark over 800m; Kieren and Symantha Perkins part company; Renwick braves Loch Lomond; Franklin and Phelps at the double; To and Matsuo triple...
Grant Hackett was absent from a celebration of Australia's distance free tradition attended by Kieren Perkins, who said that athletes, including Nick D'Arcy, had to understand that they had a wider responsibility to upholding standards...
News Round-Up: Nathan Adrian will swim only the heats of the 100m free at the Santa Clara meet because he'll be dashing off to his brother's wedding - before returning to his luxury pad; Huegill says Phelps is vulnerable ...
In the past week, Rebecca Adlington has sent out more than 50 tweets, visible to the 48,935 who follow her and the whole world in the transparent myosphere of mini messages - but she'll be avoiding the dawn chorus during London 2012...
You can almost imagine the conversation as Mel Marshall said "you know after the Games, when you're a bit bored … how about we do a 450km cycle ride across Zambia for charity" Adlington, Jackson & Davenport are in...
Britain's post-London 2012 plans include a Director of Coaching to replace Dennis Pursley's head coach role; national team men's and women's head coaches; a world-class sprint coach and "big beasts" to be based at the Olympic pool...
News Round-Up: Nick D'Arcy is in the headlines again Down Under for all the wrong reasons after telling a reporter "careful"; Fred Bousquet on being "Laure's partner"; one more test for Pellegrini at home in Rome; Munoz targets Barcelona world titles...
Comment: The case for Europe returning to a four-year cycle or at least shifting its event to a suitable slot became all the more compelling over seven days of mixed-bag challenges last week at the continental showcase in Hungary...
Former 1500m free great Grant Hackett has been dropped by a children's anti-violence charity after pictures were published of damage at his home following an alleged drunken rampage; Evans done with warm-up...
European Championships, day 7 finals: Hungary enjoyed two 1-2 finishes as the meet ended; after Katinka Hosszu and Zsuzsanna Jakabos topped the 200m 'fly, Laszlo Cseh claimed the 14th medal and 11th Euro l/c crown in 4:12.17 over 400IM...
Park Tae Hwan's latest show of force was a 3:44.22 in a lonely 400m free swim at the Mel Zajac Jr Intl; he also took second in the 50m dash, his 22.89 behind a 22.76 win for Brent Hayden (CAN); Aussies and Ellen Gandy solid on tour...
European Championships, Debrecen, Hungary, day 6 finals: Radoslaw Kawecki (POL) sets championship record of 1:55.28, ahead of Hungary's Peter Bernek, on 1:55.88 in 200 back, their times 2nd and 4th in world this year...
European Championships, Debrecen, Hungary, day 6 heats: Olympic champion Britta Steffen (GER) clocked 24.66 to lead the free dash; Fred Bousquet (FRA) led the way among men, on 22.29, with three others on 22.33 or faster ...
At the Mel Zajac Jr International in Vancouver, Olympic champion Park Tae Hwan (KOR) clocked 1:46.75 to win the 200m freestyle; wins for Aussie visitors Stephanie Rice, Meagan Nay, Mitch Larkin, Leisel Jones and Bronte Barratt...
