Friday November 21, 2008
Contra claims muddy waters around high-tech swimsuits
AN INFLUENTIAL US swimming coach has revealed global swimsuit manufacturers injected millions of dollars of sponsorship into the world swimming authority FINA at the same time as they successfully sought approval of the new generation technical suits.
Monday November 17, 2008
Aussie Guehrer lands swimming's biggest payday
A rejuvenated Marieke Guehrer landed the biggest single payday in Australian swimming history by winning the $US100,000 ($A156,000) women's first prize in the FINA Swimming World Cup series.
Wednesday October 29, 2008
Hackett's exit drains depth Down Under, but not for long: Thompson
WHILE he hopes it is a momentary trend, head coach Alan Thompson
concedes that following the retirement of Grant Hackett, it may be
a few years before Australia again has an internationally
competitive 1500m swimmer, and as a result the race may lose some
of its aura to the Australian public.
Kowalski, Perkins pay their respect to Grant Hackett
Everything moved forward after a change from backstroke, writes Michael Cowley.
Sunday October 26, 2008
Eamon slams those who fried Rice
SHE might not be his girlfriend any more but Eamon Sullivan believes some sections of the media have portrayed Stephanie Rice unfairly.
Head down, tail up - D'Arcy comes off second best
CONTROVERSIAL swimmer Nick D'Arcy slipped back into competition
with a minimum of fuss at the World Cup meeting in Sydney
yesterday.
D'Arcy back in the fast lane
Nick D'Arcy has returned to the pool in record-breaking fashion, the controversial swimmer tying for the 200m butterfly title at the World Cup meet in Sydney tonight.
No Beijing baggage for Sullivan
NOT once has Eamon Sullivan replayed his Beijing experience in his
mind. Sure, he admits he would prefer to have a gold medal dangling
around his neck than the silver he owns, but no amount of
self-analysis or pondering the "what might have beens" will change
its colour.
Saturday October 25, 2008
Nick D'Arcy returns to the pool
Controversial swimmer Nick D'Arcy slipped back into competition with a minimum of fuss at the World Cup meet in Sydney today.
Future uncertain but D'Arcy dips toe in water
CONTROVERSIAL swimmer Nick D'Arcy has revealed how the support of
his family and friends was the catalyst behind his return to
swimming and his decision to compete at this weekend's World Cup
event in Sydney.
Wednesday October 22, 2008
Mellouli wants more action with Hackett
IT WOULD not have been a surprise had Customs and immigration
officials at Sydney Airport denied Oussama Mellouli entry to
Australia yesterday. He is, after all, the man who shot Bambi.
Monday October 13, 2008
Silver for the original golden girl, 71
IT WASN'T quite Olympic gold, but it was better than the bronze predicted by her grandson, Jackson.
Sunday October 12, 2008
Triple gold for Australian swimmers
Olympians Christian Sprenger and Marieke Guerher have opened up Australia's Swimming World Cup campaign with three gold medals.
Thursday October 2, 2008
Trickett or treat: Libby here for the hard yards
THIS was not the way it was supposed to be for Libby Trickett. The
plan was to go to Beijing, swim as well as she could, then retire.
Wednesday August 27, 2008
Kiwis ban Olympic trio over toilet humour prank
BEIJING: Olympic swimmers Dean Kent, Corney Swanepoel and Cameron Gibson have been expelled from the New Zealand team after an unsavoury incident which embarrassed a teammate.
Thursday July 31, 2008
D'Arcy to face December hearing
Swimmer Nick D'Arcy will face a committal hearing in December over the assault of fellow swimmer Simon Cowley.
Thursday July 24, 2008
D'Arcy may plead self-defence
Lawyers for swimmer Nick D'Arcy are examining whether he might defend the charge that he assaulted Simon Cowley on the basis that he acted in self-defence.
Monday July 7, 2008
First we take Manhattan, then we take the swim - Aussie triumph
As he swam by the Empire State Building for the second time on
Saturday, the Australian distance swimmer John Van Wisse had been
in the water more than 6½ hours and was still five kilometres
from winning the longest open-water race in the world.
Saturday July 5, 2008
History beckons Phelps
Another day, another world record, and potentially yet another Olympic gold medal waiting for Michael Phelps in Beijing.
Wednesday July 2, 2008
Coughlin, Peirsol break world records
Natalie has clocked 58.97 seconds to break her own world record in the women's 100m backstroke at the US Olympic swimming trials.
Tuesday July 1, 2008
Dawn of new era: Fraser comeback
It has been 44 years since Dawn Fraser created history by becoming
the first swimmer to win gold in the same event at three
consecutive Olympics, and now, on the eve of the Beijing Games,
Australian sports' number one lady has announced she is making a
comeback to the pool.
Trickett pulls out of 200m relay team
THE hopes of Australia's emerging freestyle swimmers prying
America's clasp off the relay gold in Beijing have received a blow
after Libby Trickett ruled herself out of the 4x200 metres
freestyle for fear of it interfering with her favoured events.
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Ian Thorpe set to sue over drug story
Swimming legend starts proceedings against French newspaper over drug allegations.
Wednesday June 18, 2008
Chinese lure Cotterell to catch Hackett
DENIS COTTERELL, the man who coached Grant Hackett to two Olympic 1500 metres gold medals, will be helping a rival of his former charge at the Beijing Olympics after accepting a role with the Chinese swimming team.
Trials of a true blue swimmer
I TRY to swim at the beach almost every day of the year and throughout the winter I usually see the same few committed and loyal fellow enthusiasts. We think of ourselves as the true beach people.
Thorpe denies drugs claim
Ian Thorpe addresses drug Aallegations at a press conference in Melbourne.
