Monday, December 7, 2009
Japan set the pace in the first action in the pool at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong on Sunday, twice breaking a Games record in the process. |
Monday, November 16, 2009
Michael Phelps admitted Saturday he is in poor form after another disappointing performance saw him finish fifth in the men's 200m butterfly final as world records tumbled here at the shortcourse World Cup meet. |
Friday, November 13, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
![]() | Sporting a beard and an old-style swimsuit, Michael Phelps finished third in the 100-meter medley at a short-course World Cup after missing out on two other finals on Tuesday. |
Brazilian Kaio Almeida broke the 200 meters butterfly short course world record when he clocked one minute, 49.11 seconds at a World Cup meeting on Tuesday. |
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Marieke Guehrer and Evelyn Verraszto were the stars on a record-breaking opening day of the Moscow leg of FINA's World Cup series here on Friday. |
Friday, October 23, 2009
![]() | Olympic champion Liu Zige wiped a stunning 1.6 seconds off the world record in the women's 200-meter butterfly at China's National Games on Wednesday. |
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Japan's swimmers could face lifetime bans if they dye their hair, wear an earring or have brightly decorated fingernails. |
Monday, October 19, 2009
Sweden's Therese Alshammar set two new short-course world records on the second final day of the World Cup meet in Durban, South Africa on Saturday. |
Monday, September 21, 2009
High-tech polyurethane swimsuits that have fueled a tidal wave of world records will be banned in U.S. racing from October, U.S. Swimming announced Saturday. |





