SWIMNEWS.com - sponsored by Swimnews Magazine. The premiere swimming news and information website on the internet. Find Swimming News, Swim Meet Results, Swimming World Rankings, Swim Links a Calendar and more. http://www.swimnews.com en Copyright © 1995-2011 SWIMNEWS PUBLISHING INC, All Rights Reserved. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:19:33 -0500 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.swimnews.com/news/view/9177 http://www.swimnews.com/news/view/9177Double Olympic medley champion Stephanie Rice may return to racing for the first time since shoulder surgery next week at New South Wales state titles; meet to feature top line up, including Olympic champ Leisel Jones and world champ James Magnussen Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.swimnews.com/news/view/9176 http://www.swimnews.com/news/view/9176USA Swimming, which hosts its Olympic trials in Omaha from June 25, is to supply FINA with a list of likely team members for London 2012 in time for a June 18 qualification deadline set by the international federation to get the job done Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.swimnews.com/news/view/9175 http://www.swimnews.com/news/view/9175News Round-Up: Dirk Lange left his role in Germany by mutual consent at the end of 2011 and will now help Mexico raise its game in time for a home FINA world titles in 2017; Mass walkout at Spanish club; Perkins urges Thorpe to slow up Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.swimnews.com/news/view/9174 http://www.swimnews.com/news/view/9174NADA, Germany's national anti-doping agency says 28 athletes are implicated in a scandal involving Dr Andreas Franke, who worked at Thuringia's Olympic training facility and is said to have treated blood then reinjected it Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.swimnews.com/news/view/9173 http://www.swimnews.com/news/view/9173News Round-Up: Markus Diebler (GER) clocked 50.08sec to win the 100m free at the Luxembourg Euro international ahead of Ian Thorpe (AUS), on 50.76; Thorpe on 1:51.51 over 200m; Gianniotis wins FINA 10KM in Santos Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.swimnews.com/news/view/9172 http://www.swimnews.com/news/view/9172Sarah Sjoestrom, with junior Swedish marks in the 200m medley (2:08.17) and 100m free (52.15) in the bag, added two more youth records to her tally at nationals in Valby with a 56.70 (26.91) win in the 100m butterfly and a 23.82 victory in the 50m free Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.swimnews.com/news/view/9170 http://www.swimnews.com/news/view/9170Matthew Targett powered to a best time of 21.98sec to deliver a knockout blow in a bout with world-champion 4x100m free teammates Matt Abood and James Magnussen as the action wrapped up at South Australia State titles in Adelaide Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.swimnews.com/news/view/9171 http://www.swimnews.com/news/view/9171Sarah Sjoestrom, the Swedish 'fly and free ace who took two weeks off at Christmas in the face of convention as world-class swimmers approach Olympic season, set a Swedish short-course record of 52.15 in the 100m free at junior nationals in Valby Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.swimnews.com/news/view/9169 http://www.swimnews.com/news/view/9169At the Miami Swimming Club's Miami Super Challenge today, Sun Yang clocked times of 49.50, 1:46.84 and 3:42.89 over 100m, 200m and 400m freestyle; Hao Yun, 16, made his world ranks debut on 1:48.74 and 3:45.49 - and 54.11 100 'fly Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.swimnews.com/news/view/9168 http://www.swimnews.com/news/view/9168A day after a 4:36 400m IM at SA State Titles in Adelaide, Blair Evans clocked 4:08.36 and 1:58.23 respectively in 400m and 200m freestyle finals and earned plaudits from her Perth coach - who said she would be much faster come OG trials