Shiny suits are banned but the times set in them survive. Progress is being made, with a new set of standards for the sport unfolding before our eyes regardless of whether officialdom wishes to acknowledge it or not. Here's the latest score of the best...
World s/c titles queen a year ago, Mireia Belmonte (ESP) got the better of Lotte Friis (DEN), 8:22.78 to 8:24.31 over 800m at the Dutch Open in Eindhoven to leap from 15th to 3rd in world ranks; Verschuren and Verlinden earn provisional Olympic tickets...
The man who in 2011 set a new standard for sprinters as swiftest ever in textile, James "the Missile" Magnussen, capped a fine breakthrough year with four major awards, including Swimmer of the Year Award ...
Lawyers play a part in helping cheats get off the hook; cheating much wider than stats suggest; science is not enough in war on drugs; time to take fight out of lab - David Howman, director general of WADA, in a keynote speech in NY...
Former world champion and record holder Brendan Hansen clocked the second best time of his comeback career over 100m breaststroke at US nationals in Atlanta, where France's Camille Muffat and Yannick Agnel continued to their winning ways...
On the first evening of finals at the Dutch Open in Eindhoven, an Olympic qualifying meet, the sprint Divas of the host nation set among settling their differences in style: their London 2012 target time 25.01, Eiffel's top two, Ranomi Kromowidjojo and Ma...
Nice training partners Camille Muffat and Yannick Agnel muscled their way to the helm of the action with twin victories for Gaul on the first night of the 2011 AT&T Winter National Championships in the US...
Speedo launches the latest cool and cutting-edge kit for Olympic swimmers, their contours, caps and peripheral vision honed, bonded and streamlined in a unison of 3D technology; swimmers' choices to decide if Fastskin3 is more than sales pitch...
Almost four years on from the LZR Racer that lit a torch to the suits crisis in swimming and culminated in a ban on shiny suits and the full body cut, Speedo has just launched its "Fastskin3 Racing System", a trilogy of suit, cap and goggles...
Carl Robie, the Philadelphia flyer, who won a silver medal at the 1964 Olympics, in Tokyo and a gold medal in 1968 Olympics in Mexico City has passed away. He was 66 years old. ...
The lessons learnt from the use of non-textile booster suits, banned at the end of 2009 after 255 world records fell in 23 months, will be unveiled in London today when the closely guarded FastSkin3 makes its public debut...
The list of entries for the 2011 AT&T Winter National Championships in the United States from December 1 to 3 is impressive - Lochte, Franklin, Soni, Hansen, 35 Shanghai 2011 teamsters, Kitajima, Spofforth, Bousquet - but no Michael Phelps ...
Britta Steffen and Paul Biedermann head a German team of 24 bound for the European Short-Course Championships across the border with Poland in Szczecin from December 8 to 11; no Christian Vom Lehm; no Dirk Lange...
Ian Thorpe's chances of making the grade for the 200m free at London 2012 got a little stronger today when James Magnussen indicated that an Olympics schedule clash may see him put off 200 solo plans until Barcelona 2013 world titles...
Katerine Savard set a Canadian record of 57.80 in the long-course final on the last evening of action at the Canada Cup; six wins for Sinead Russell, five for Tobias Oriwol...
News Round-Up: Sarah Sjöström, of Södertörns swim club, was just outside season best on her way to two more titles on the last day at Swedish short-course nationals in Stockholm; 57.01 100 'fly and 24.36 50 free; Danish crowns for Friis & Ottesen...
Britta Steffen came close to her season best if 24.07 with a 24.16 victory in the freestyle dash and more German juniors stepped up for senior selection at Euro s/c showcase on the last day at the German s/c nationals in Wuppertal...
Aussie freestyler Kenrick Monk has escaped the prospect of a three-year jail term after it was decided not to charge him over lying to police for inventing a story about a hit-and-run accident; swimmers says he has learned valuable lessons...
Alain Bernard, Olympic 100m freestyle champion, has found a new lease of life on the way to the defence of his title at London 2012, courtesy of a training spree Down Under in the Lion's Den of the men most likely to steal the crown...
News Round-Up: Olympic champion over 200m free and 'fly Susie O'Neill has tipped her former teammate Ian Thorpe for relay gold at London 2012; meet marks galore at the short- and long-course Canada Cup...
