Phelps throws cold water on comeback report
Olympic swimming great Michael Phelps has thrown cold water on a report that he would come out of retirement with a view to swimming ...
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Australia axe coach of troubled relay team
Australia have axed the coach of their scandal-hit 4x100m freestyle relay team for the world championships as part of a wide-ranging shake-up after last ...
swimming10/05/2013 02:16:00 PMread moreAustralia cut team numbers for Barcelona worlds
Australia will send its smallest team in eight years to the Barcelona world championships in July after the completion of the eight-day national trials ...
swimming03/05/2013 11:35:00 PMread moreAustralia team for Barcelona world championship
The Australia team named on Friday to compete in the world swimming championship in Barcelona from July 19 to August 4:AustraliaMen: Matthew Abood, Ashley ...
swimming03/05/2013 11:10:00 PMread moreMagnussen sets new PB in 50m win at world trials
James Magnussen clocked a new personal best time to reclaim his men's 50-metres freestyle national title and the sprint double at the Australia Swimming ...
swimming02/05/2013 10:18:00 PMread moreCampbells' sister act wins world team berths
Australian sisters Cate and Bronte Campbell finished first and second in the women's 100-metres freestyle final in Adelaide on Wednesday to qualify for this ...
swimming01/05/2013 10:03:00 PMread moreMagnussen wants to be rid of 'alpha male' tag
Reigning world champion James Magnussen said Wednesday he was working hard on being humble and no longer trying to be the "alpha male" of ...
swimming01/05/2013 03:59:00 PMread moreMagnussen's fast time to win 100m at Aussie trials
Reigning world champion James Magnussen produced the year's fastest time to win the men's 100-metres freestyle at Australia's world championship trials in Adelaide on ...
swimming30/04/2013 10:42:00 PMread moreIrvine clocks fastest 200m butterfly of the year
Australian Grant Irvine clocked the fastest 200m butterfly time in the world this year at the national world championship trials in Adelaide on Monday.Irvine, ...
swimming29/04/2013 10:08:00 PMread moreFraser-Holmes wins 200m freestyle
Thomas Fraser-Holmes overcame the disappointment of disqualification from the 400m freestyle heats to win his third straight 200m title at the Australian world championship ...
swimming28/04/2013 10:26:00 PMread moreCoutts, Sprenger win berths at worlds
Olympic gold medallist Alicia Coutts Saturday captured two national titles, while Christian Sprenger beat close rival Brenton Rickard, with all three securing places on ...
swimming27/04/2013 10:59:00 PMread moreMcKeon, Barratt first Aussie qualifiers for worlds
David McKeon and Bronte Barratt were the first swimmers to book places in Australia's team for this year's Barcelona world championships with 400-metre freestyle ...
swimming26/04/2013 10:26:00 PMread moreAustralia names two coaches for world championship
Michael Bohl and Rohan Taylor have been appointed as Australian team coaches for the Barcelona world championships in July, Swimming Australia said on ...
swimming26/04/2013 12:03:00 PMread moreAussie scandals 'out of proportion' - Magnussen
World 100m freestyle champion James Magnussen said Thursday Australia's swimming scandals have been blown out of proportion and hopes he will be able to ...
swimming25/04/2013 03:14:00 PMread moreTroubled waters for Australian world champ trials
Australia's world championship selection trials begin in Adelaide on Friday as fallout from last year's mediocre performance in the pool at the London Olympics ...
swimming25/04/2013 01:14:00 PMread moreRussian swimmer to switch nationalities
Two-time Olympic medal winner Arkady Vyatchanin has decided to quit swimming for Russia and represent another country, the Allsport news agency reported Monday."I believe ...
swimming22/04/2013 07:22:00 PMread moreThorpe to miss Australia's world trials
Five-time Olympic gold medallist Ian Thorpe will not compete at Australia's world championship selection trials this month, Swimming Australia said on Friday.Thorpe has opted ...
swimming19/04/2013 04:21:00 PMread moreIrie stops Hagino's record in Japan nationals
London Olympic silver medallist Ryosuke Irie stopped Kosuke Hagino's bid of winning six titles in the men's 200-metre breaststroke in Japan's national swimming championships ...
swimming14/04/2013 08:40:00 PMread moreExperts to develop Australia team culture
A team of experts, including an adolescent psychologist, will work on developing cultural and leadership changes within the troubled Australian swimming team, officials said ...
swimming14/04/2013 12:40:00 PMread moreHagino sets Japanese swimming record
Teenage sensation Kosuke Hagino set a domestic record of five titles at the Japanese national swimming championships on Saturday.The 18-year-old from Tochigi won the ...
swimming13/04/2013 09:21:00 PMread moreTeen star Hagino shines at nationals
Teenage swimming star and Olympic bronze medallist Kosuke Hagino claimed his second and third titles at the Japanese national swimming championships on Friday.The 18-year-old ...
swimming12/04/2013 10:23:00 PMread moreHagino outshines Kitajima in swimming
Kosuke Hagino outshined two-time double Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima on the first day of the Japanese national swimming championships on Thursday.The 18-year-old Hagino, who ...
swimming11/04/2013 09:53:00 PMread moreArmstrong bid for swim comeback thwarted
Disgraced US cyclist Lance Armstrong has been barred from entering a swim race in Texas following objections from the sport's global governing body, organizers ...
swimming05/04/2013 08:15:00 AMread moreArmstrong scraps plans for swim comeback: reports
Disgraced US cyclist Lance Armstrong has scrapped plans to enter a swim race in Texas following objections from the sport's global governing body, it ...
swimming05/04/2013 04:39:00 AMread moreFINA objects to Armstrong swim event entry
Swimming's world governing body on Thursday said it had written to organisers of a regional swimming championships in the United States, requesting that shamed ...
swimming05/04/2013 01:47:00 AMread moreLance Armstrong to compete again - as a swimmer
Disgraced US cyclist Lance Armstrong, who is banned for life from most competitive sports for doping, will compete in a regional swimming championship, a ...
swimming05/04/2013 12:40:00 AMread morePerkins lashes Australia's 'show pony' swimmers
Australia's under-fire men's swimmers must focus on their sport and not act as "celebrity show ponies", former Olympic champion Kieren Perkins said on Thursday.The ...
swimming04/04/2013 01:52:00 PMread moreOlympic star Mellouli back in pool, eyes worlds
Double Olympic champion Oussama Mellouli has taken to the water again after a long break following the London Games with his eye on competing ...
swimming28/03/2013 03:56:00 AMread moreRussian swimmer Lovtsova banned for 2.5 years
Russian swimmer Natalia Lovtsova has been banned for two and a half years for doping, Russia's anti-doping agency RUSADA announced Saturday."The Russian Swimming Federation ...
swimming17/03/2013 01:13:00 AMread moreEuropean champion Moskvina banned for doping
European short course swimming champion Ksenia Moskvina of Russia was handed a six-year ban for repeated violations of the anti-doping code, Russia's anti-doping agency ...
swimming15/03/2013 02:11:00 AMread moreOcean swimming goes nude in Australia
Ahead of her first nude ocean swimming race, 43-year-old Sydney mother Jo Davison was a little nervous.She had every reason to be. Australian ocean ...
swimming11/03/2013 02:54:00 PMread moreManaudou forced to abort second child
French swimming legend Laure Manaudou was forced to undergo an abortion due to medical complications, the former Olympic champion said Wednesday.The 26-year-old, who retired ...
swimming07/03/2013 02:08:00 AMread moreTrickett urges healing after 'toxic' Games
Australian swimmer Libby Trickett on Wednesday called for healing within the sport after reports exposed a "toxic" atmosphere at the London Olympics including drunkenness, ...
swimming20/02/2013 04:01:00 PMread more'Toxic' Aussie culture at 'lonely Olympics'
Drunkenness, misuse of prescription drugs and bullying were among "toxic" incidents in the under-performing Australian swimming team at the London Olympics, a report said ...
swimming19/02/2013 04:51:00 PMread moreOlympic champion Adlington calls time on career
Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington announced Tuesday her retirement from competitive swimming at the age of 23.The popular Briton won two gold medals at ...
swimming05/02/2013 10:15:00 PMread moreAdlington calls time on career
Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington announced Tuesday her retirement from competitive swimming.The 23-year-old Briton won two gold medals at the Beijing Games in 2008 ...
swimming05/02/2013 09:27:00 PMread moreAdlington to make announcement on future
Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington has revealed that she will make a "major announcement" at a press conference next Tuesday, amid rumours she has ...
swimming31/01/2013 09:38:00 PMread moreManaudou quits again, expects second baby
Laure Manaudou, who became the first Frenchwoman to win Olympic swimming gold when she took the 400m freestyle at the 2004 Athens Games, quit ...
swimming31/01/2013 07:33:00 AMread moreOlympic legend Phelps signs golf equipment deal
Michael Phelps, the US swim star who set records with 22 Olympic medals and 18 Olympic titles, has signed a golf equipment deal with ...
swimming31/01/2013 07:20:00 AMread moreAustralia dominate Super Series
China's powerful swimming team lowered their colours to a resurgent Australia at the inaugural tri-nation Super Series on Saturday.The two-night event, the richest meet ...
swimming19/01/2013 11:28:00 PMread moreSuper Series results
Results from the Super Series at Challenge Stadium on Saturday night. Mixed 8x50m freestyle relay 1. Australia 3:11.28 2. China 3:11.44 3. South Africa ...
swimming19/01/2013 11:22:00 PMread moreBig money Super Series draws Chinese stars
Teenage Chinese Olympic sensation Ye Shiwen headlines the field for the inaugural Super Series, billed as the world's richest swim meet, which starts Friday ...
swimming16/01/2013 02:23:00 PMread moreHackett sues lawyers over pre-nup - report
Australian swimming great Grant Hackett is suing his lawyers over a costly pre-nuptial agreement after his marriage ended with a drunken rampage, reports said ...
swimming31/12/2012 02:47:00 PMread moreAustralian to swim Cuba-US without shark cage
An Australian open-water distance swimmer who has made multiple crossings of the English Channel on Sunday announced an ambitious bid to swim solo from ...
swimming30/12/2012 01:08:00 PMread moreGreat Lochte giveaway sparked by childhood snub
Ryan Lochte completed a six-gold dominance of the world short course championships on Sunday before revealing that a childhood snub by a sporting legend ...
swimming17/12/2012 08:33:00 AMread moreLochte confirms status as short course giant
Ryan Lochte won his fifth and sixth golds at the 2012 world short course championships on Sunday, taking his toll to eight in all ...
swimming17/12/2012 08:02:00 AMread moreLochte wins sixth world title in week
Ryan Lochte of the United States clinched his fifth and sixth gold medals of the week at the world short course championships on Sunday ...
swimming17/12/2012 06:41:00 AMread moreLochte wins fifth world title in week
America's Ryan Lochte clinched his fifth gold medal of the week at the world short course championships on Sunday when he won the 100m ...
swimming17/12/2012 06:10:00 AMread moreJapan's Kaneda wins world 200m butterfly gold
Japan's Kazuya Kaneda won the men's 200m butterfly gold at the world short course championships on Sunday in a time of 1min 51.01sec.Hungary's Laszlo ...
swimming17/12/2012 05:44:00 AMread moreChina's Zhao wins world 50m backstroke gold
China's Zhao Jing won the 50m backstroke at the world short course championship on Sunday in a time of 25.95sec.America's Olivia Smoliga was second ...
swimming17/12/2012 04:19:00 AMread moreLochte sets second successive world record
American star Ryan Lochte kept up his phenomenal form at the world short course championships on Saturday when he set a world record 50.71sec ...
swimming16/12/2012 08:03:00 AMread moreRyan Lochte sets new 100m medley world record
America's Ryan Lochte set a new short course world record in the 100m individual medley on Saturday when he clocked 50.71sec in the semi-finals ...
swimming16/12/2012 06:25:00 AMread moreChinese sensation Ye wins 200m medley gold
Chinese teenager Ye Shiwen added the world shortcourse 200m individual medley title to her two Olympic golds on Saturday when she clinched victory in ...
swimming16/12/2012 06:03:00 AMread moreRecord-breaking Lochte throws medal away
Ryan Lochte shattered his own world record in winning the 200m individual medley at the world short course championships on Friday and celebrated by ...
swimming15/12/2012 08:22:00 AMread moreRyan Lochte sets new 200 medley world record
America's Ryan Lochte set a new world record in the 200m individual medley at the world short course championships on Friday, winning the title ...
swimming15/12/2012 06:29:00 AMread moreGermany appoint new swim coach after London flop
The German Swimming Federation (DSV) on Friday announced Henning Lambertz as their new head coach as they look to bounce back from their medal ...
swimming14/12/2012 11:51:00 PMread moreLe Clos strikes double blow, Seto in rookie win
South Africa's Olympic 100m butterfly champion Chad Le Clos added the world short course crown to his collection on Thursday with a commanding victory ...
swimming14/12/2012 08:47:00 AMread moreRussia bans Moskvina for one year over doping
Russian swimmer Ksenia Moskvina, who set the European 100m backstroke record in 2009, was banned for a year on Thursday for not respecting her ...
swimming14/12/2012 03:19:00 AMread moreLochte strikes double gold
US swim star Ryan Lochte bagged two golds on the opening day of the world shortcourse championships on Wednesday to add to the five ...
swimming13/12/2012 08:54:00 AMread moreEight Olympic champions at short course worlds
The world short course swimming championships start on Wednesday in Istanbul, four months after the London Olympics but with notable absentees, including megastar Michael ...
swimming12/12/2012 09:10:00 PMread moreYe spearheads China team for Australia
Teenage swim sensation Ye Shiwen and fellow London Olympic gold medallist Jiao Liuyang headline China's team for next month's inaugural Aquatic Super Series in ...
swimming12/12/2012 04:14:00 PMread moreNew generation to shine in post-Phelps era
Missy Franklin, Ye Shiwen, Sun Yang and Yannick Agnel were part of a youth movement in the 2012 Olympic pool that signalled swimming has ...
swimming11/12/2012 07:25:00 AMread moreBritain's Gandy to swim for Australia
British world silver medallist Ellen Gandy has decided to switch allegiance to her adoptive home of Australia as she aims for a third Olympic ...
swimming04/12/2012 03:23:00 PMread moreAustralian Olympian Sullivan set to face court
Australian Olympic swimmer Eamon Sullivan is set to face court over an incident in which a pensioner's motorised scooter was allegedly taken for a ...
swimming28/11/2012 02:38:00 PMread moreSwimming; Euro 400m short course title and world for Muffat
France's Olympic champion Camille Muffat won the 400m title at the European short course swimming championships here on Saturday in a new world record ...
swimming25/11/2012 02:22:00 AMread moreAustralian tycoon Rinehart puts $10m in pool
Australian mining billionaire Gina Rinehart Friday said she would splash out Aus$10 million (US$10.4 million) to support the country's leading swimmers, who are reeling ...
swimming23/11/2012 05:01:00 PMread moreOlympic champ Muffat sets 800m freestyle record
France's Olympic gold medallist Camille Muffat set a new world record in the short course women's 800m freestyle event at the French championships on ...
swimming17/11/2012 03:50:00 AMread moreFrench swimmer Agnel admits doping - on Nutella
Olympic 200m freestyle and 4x100m relay champion Yannick Agnel on Friday attributed his two new records to a chocolate hazelnut spread as he took ...
swimming16/11/2012 10:33:00 PMread moreAustralia's Leisel Jones retires
Australian triple Olympic gold medallist Leisel Jones Friday retired from swimming, saying she had achieved all she ever could in the sport after her ...
swimming16/11/2012 02:11:00 PMread moreOlympic champ Agnel sets 400m freestyle record
France's double Olympic gold medallist Yannick Agnel set a new world record in the short course 400m freestyle event at the French championships on ...
swimming16/11/2012 04:20:00 AMread moreHosszu seals World Cup title
Hungary's Katinka Hosszu secured the overall women's title in short-course swimming's World Cup with two more gold medals in the final leg of the ...
swimming12/11/2012 01:57:00 AMread moreFour-medal Hosszu eyes World Cup prize
Hungary's Katinka Hosszu all but wrapped up the overall women's title in swimming's short-course World Cup Saturday after a four-medal haul on the first ...
swimming11/11/2012 02:53:00 AMread moreHosszu misses hat-trick at swimming World Cup
The 2009 world 400-metre medley champion Katinka Hosszu of Hungary narrowly missed what would have been a second hat-trick at the short-course swimming World ...
swimming07/11/2012 09:48:00 PMread moreChina's Ye clinches 400m medley in Beijing
China's swimming golden girl Ye Shiwen stole the show at Beijing's short-course World Cup meet on Saturday, clinching the 400m medley, her second victory ...
swimming04/11/2012 04:17:00 AMread moreChina's Ye clinches victory in Beijing
China's teenage swimming sensation Ye Shiwen stormed to victory in the 200m medley despite claiming to be 85 percent fit at Beijing's short-course World ...
swimming03/11/2012 03:58:00 AMread moreBeijing World Cup results
Results from the short course swimming World Cup in Beijing on Friday:Women - heats800m freestyle1. Li Limeng (CLB) ...
swimming02/11/2012 10:27:00 PMread moreThorpe says he's no stereotype and not gay
Swimming legend Ian Thorpe admits he is a nerdy bookworm who hardly fits the stereotype of an Australian sportsman, but says rumours he is ...
swimming31/10/2012 02:59:00 PMread moreAustralia's Huegill quits elite swimming
Australia's Geoff Huegill, who staged an unlikely comeback to win a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, announced Monday he was quitting elite ...
swimming29/10/2012 07:27:00 PMread moreFormer Olympic champion Manaudou to quit again
French swimmer Laure Manaudou, the Olympic 400m freestyle champion at the 2004 Athens Games, will retire for a second time after next month's European ...
swimming27/10/2012 08:49:00 AMread moreFrance's Muffat just misses world record
Olympic champion Camille Muffat missed the world 400m freestyle record by just one hundredths of a second on Sunday as she stormed to victory ...
swimming22/10/2012 08:31:00 AMread moreFrance's Muffat dips just under world record
Olympic champion Camille Muffat missed the world 400m freestyle record by just one hundredths of a second on Sunday as she stormed to victory ...
swimming22/10/2012 08:08:00 AMread moreFrench Olympic mastermind Donze dies, age 51
Christian Donze, who masterminded France's best-ever Olympic Games swimming performance in London just two months ago, died on Sunday at the age of 51 ...
swimming22/10/2012 05:47:00 AMread moreAlmost 1,700 brave Hong Kong harbour swim
Almost 1,700 swimmers braved Hong Kong's choppy waters on Sunday to compete in the challenging annual harbour race across one of the world's most ...
swimming22/10/2012 02:58:00 AMread more1800 brave Hong Kong harbour swim
Some 1800 swimmers braved Hong Kong's choppy waters on Sunday to compete in the challenging annual harbour race across one of the world's most ...
swimming21/10/2012 05:03:00 PMread moreMagnussen admits London mistakes
Australian world champion James Magnussen admitted on Sunday he had made mistakes at this year's London Olympics but added that his failure to win ...
swimming21/10/2012 04:59:00 PMread moreSome 1800 brave Hong Kong harbour swim
Some 1800 swimmers braved Hong Kong's choppy waters on Sunday to compete in the challenging annual harbour race across one of the world's most ...
swimming21/10/2012 04:00:00 PMread moreFranklin commits to California
Olympic star Missy Franklin, who opted not to turn pro in order to pursue a US college swimming career, has plumped for the University ...
swimming21/10/2012 12:32:00 PMread moreJapan's Seto sets new World Cup record in Berlin
Japanese teenager Daiya Seto set a new World Cup record in the 400m Individual Medley final on Saturday on the opening day of Berlin's ...
swimming21/10/2012 08:35:00 AMread moreThorpe reveals battle with depression
Australia's five-time Olympic gold medallist Ian Thorpe has spent much of his life battling depression, and even considered suicide, excerpts from a new book ...
swimming13/10/2012 03:00:00 PMread moreLucas returns to France coaching fold for Euros
Controversial coach Philippe Lucas will return to the France coaching setup for the duration of the European short-course swimming championships in Chartres next month ...
swimming10/10/2012 02:57:00 AMread moreHosszu steals the show at Doha
Hungary's Katinka Hosszu took her Dubai form into Doha as she replicated her seven individual gold medals, one bronze and one mixed team gold ...
swimming08/10/2012 05:07:00 AMread moreGreek swimmer wins compensation for Olympic ban
The Greek Swimming Federation have been ordered to pay 277,000 euros to 100m freestyle swimmer Tonia Machaira for wrongfully excluding her from the Athens ...
swimming06/10/2012 06:06:00 AMread moreManaudou to spearhead French team at worlds
Olympic 50m freestyle champion Florent Manaudou will help spearhead the French team at the short-course world championships in Istanbul from December 12-16, the French ...
swimming06/10/2012 04:38:00 AMread moreSwimming the hard way in Japan: in samurai armour
Walking or running in a full suit of samurai armour is not the easiest thing in the world. Swimming in it is even harder, ...
swimming05/10/2012 01:32:00 PMread moreDominant Hosszu takes World Cup medals tally to 10
Katinka Hosszu continued to rule the pool as she finished the FINA World Cup 2012 series opener in Dubai with a whopping haul of ...
swimming04/10/2012 03:49:00 AMread moreTriple gold for Hosszu in Dubai
Hungary's Katinka Hosszu, considered by many as a potential star in the future, lived up to her billing when she won three golds and ...
swimming03/10/2012 06:59:00 AMread moreKitajima looking at Rio Olympics
Japan's four-time Olympic swimming champion Kosuke Kitajima, who missed out on an individual medal at the London Games, says he is keen to line ...
swimming28/09/2012 04:03:00 PMread moreTop Australian coach denies ban claims
The Australian coach behind Chinese swimming sensations Ye Shiwen and Sun Yang on Wednesday denied reports that officials back home had banned him from ...
swimming26/09/2012 08:33:00 PMread moreAdlington declines chance to compete at 2016 Games
Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington says she will not compete at the 2016 Rio Games but would like to play a secondary role for ...
swimming23/09/2012 08:34:00 PMread more30,000 swimmers celebrate sea goddess in Taiwan
About 30,000 people swam a 3.3-kilometre (2.2-mile) route across a scenic lake in central Taiwan on Sunday in celebration of a Taoist sea goddess.An ...
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