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"The plan was that Alexander and Robin would create The Dale Oen Experience after the Olympics in London 2012 and manage the fund together. Now Alexander is not here anymore, but his message is still important" - Robin Dale Oen...
As the Phelpsian Olympic swansong looms, the greatest Olympian of all-time may yet have reason to race on; what shape will the future of swimming take; as FINA works on a pro-tour, swim guru Bill Sweetenham offers a worthy steer to the debate...
John Trembley, the US swim coach who lost his job at the University of Tennessee in January, will not be charged over the reason why he had to go: he led a double life, swapping naked photos and lewd notes with prospective sex partners online...
Simon Cowley, assaulted by Nick D'Arcy in the wake of the 2008 Australian Olympic trials, has pointed to two Swimming Australia press releases as evidence that the federation agreed to allow D'Arcy back on teams is he agreed to drop a legal threat...
Germany's Paul Biedermann today predicts that the 200m freestyle final at London 2012 will be one of the best and fastest four-lap freestyle battles ever seen - and the world record holder from 2009 intends to be in the mix...
In Memoriam: This Sunday as you say a prayer or spare a thought for Alex Dale Oen and the loved ones he left behind, extend it too to the 77 who died at the hand of intolerance in Norway last summer ...
Swimming Australia has denied reports of a secret deal to allow Nick D'Arcy, the butterfly swimmer found guilty of assault after he smashed Simon Cowley's face to bits back in 2008, a berth on the London 2012 squad...
Double Olympic medley champion Stephanie Rice has complained that her parents still have no tickets for the swimming at London 2012, in common with a fair few others from the Aussie swim fan club because of the lottery system of ticket sales ...
As investigations into the death of Alex Dale Oen may drag on for eight more weeks and discussion turns to the lack of regular general health checks on athletes, researchers say shoulder injury rate is high and there are no guidelines in place...
As Flagstaff police report no foul play and the autopsy is inconclusive, details of Alex Dale Oen's last day emerge: he swam easy, played a round of golf, complained of feeling cold and took a shower as teammates watched TV in the next room ...
As the tributes continued to pour in for Alex Dale Oen, the swimmer's sponsor Arena described him as "a shining light", "a swimming purist" and "one of the proudest sons" of Norway; teammate Kvale and NZL's Snyders join chorus of mourners...
Japan, home of quadruple Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima, is reconsidering its altitude training programme after the death of Alex Dale Oen, the Norwegian 100m breaststroke world champion...
Alexander Dale Oen, the Norwegian world 100m breaststroke champion, has died at the age of 26, in Flagstaff, the swimmer's federation has confirmed; swimming world in shock as tributes flow from VD Burgh, Kitajima and Gyurta...
Calling WADA's success in getting cheats back into the Olympic arena, Sir Colin Moynihan, chair of the BOA, seeks "minimum of 4 years, including one Games" and "testing measures that ... treat athletes with greater fairness and consistency"...
News Round-Up: Federica Pellegrini tells fans she won't be sharing the details of her latest tattoo; Miley at the double in Dublin; Cielo not done in 100m; Colbertaldo works through sore shoulder; Zador, "Blood in the Water" polo player, passes ...
All aquatic athletes seeking London 2012 selection for China are seven weeks into a meatless diet to avoid the risk of doping positives by default in a country where clenbuterol is among substances fed, illegally, to livestock...
Leisel Jones has won eight Olympic medals - and in London 2012 aims to get past the all-time Australian record of nine medals won by fellow swimmer and firmer teammate Ian Thorpe: "I've been training my arse off"...
Former doping cheats will be eligible to compete for the host Olympic nation at London 2012 after CAS ruled the British Olympic Association's lifetime ban on offenders out of synch with a WADA Code that allows offenders a second chance...
On the last day of the Maria Lenk Trophy in Rio, Thiago Pereira became the first Brazilian to crack 54sec in 100 back with a 53.86 victory; Orzechowski, De Deus, Almeida and Molina make London 2012 cut too...
Ron "Stix" Ballatore, mentor to Brian Goodell and Tom Jager, latterly a Gainesville coach at the University of Florida Gators, and formerly at the helm of the UCLA men's programme, lost his battle with throat cancer...
