Sunday January 20, 2008
Adopted Aussie next swim star
AUSTRALIA is set to poach a Kiwi-born sporting star.
Friday December 21, 2007
Outrage over bedroom photos of French swimmer
French sports minister Bernard Laporte on Thursday led official
outrage over explicit pictures of Olympic swimming champion Laure
Manaudou that have been widely shown on the internet.
Wednesday December 12, 2007
I'll go under 53 seconds again, says Lenton
Libby Lenton only made one brief visit there, but now with a taste
for it, she plans to visit again soon.
Wednesday December 5, 2007
Stevens, Hackett leave themselves open
STILL water versus rough. Distance versus longer distance. Your own lane, your own race, versus pack swimming and underwater tactics. Us versus them … that's how Craig Stevens sees this Saturday's Australian 10km open water event at Penrith, and don't expect any warm welcome for the pool boys.
Tuesday November 27, 2007
It will always haunt me, says Thorpe of ordeal
IAN Thorpe says he will never fully restore his squeaky-clean
reputation after the controversy that rocked his world this year.
Monday November 26, 2007
My name is tarnished forever: Thorpe
Ian Thorpe says he will never fully restore his squeaky clean
reputation in the wake of the controversy that rocked his world
this year.
Sunday November 25, 2007
Wedding Cake tempts Taylor-Smith back into the swim
IT'S a walk around the block by her usual standards, and she might
be long retired, but ocean swimming legend Shelley Taylor-Smith
knows her competitive instincts will take over when she competes in
the Express Glass Island Challenge at Coogee today.
Wednesday November 21, 2007
Hanson loses desire to keep chasing
THE rollercoaster finally pulled into the station yesterday and
Brooke Hanson got off.
Tuesday November 20, 2007
Brooke Hanson calls it quits
Olympic silver medallist Brooke Hanson announces her retirement.
Thursday November 15, 2007
Lenton likes home advantage
STEPHAN Widmer was criticised by some in the sport last year for his unorthodox preparation of his most famous charge, Libby Lenton.
Monday November 12, 2007
Record win for Eamon Sullivan in Moscow
Eamon Sullivan has continued on his fast-track toward the Beijing Olympics as he lowered his Australian short course 50 metre freestyle record in his victory at the FINA World Cup event in Moscow.
Wednesday November 7, 2007
FINA drops Thorpe doping case
Swimming's global governing body has finished its pursuit of Ian
Thorpe over his unusual doping test results.
Sunday November 4, 2007
Lenton off the pace but on track for Beijing
Australian golden girl Libby Lenton says she is a more mature and better conditioned athlete than ever before, even if her FINA World Cup times are below her previous results.
Wednesday October 24, 2007
Graham refuses to budge
A BESIEGED Elka Graham has spoken to the Australian Sports
Anti-Doping Authority but is still unwilling to provide
information, even in a confidential manner, about the swimmer who
allegedly offered her performance-enhancing drugs on the eve of the
Athens Olympics.
Wednesday October 17, 2007
Hackett's 10km Olympic hopes face early test
Grant Hackett's bid to win the gruelling 10km open water event at next year's Beijing Olympics faces an early test on Sunday at the Victorian championships.
Sydney bids for World Championships
LAUSANNE - Seven cities, including Sydney, are bidding to host the world short-course swimming championships in 2012, world governing body FINA said today.
Sunday September 16, 2007
Coming up for air
She's already a three-time Olympic gold medallist, but Jodie Henry
is working hard to be at her best in Beijing, writes Elka Graham.
Friday August 31, 2007
Thorpe cleared of doping
Drugs agency clears Olympic champion Ian Thorpe over abnormal test result.
Tuesday August 28, 2007
Hackett gets a bit of the mongrel back after slump
GRANT Hackett's form and confidence have returned and he believed his disastrous world championships campaign in Melbourne earlier this year has made him a mentally stronger swimmer.
Sunday August 26, 2007
Lenton left in the wake of our new speedster
Cate Campbell is described by her coach as a work in progress.
Well, the plot has just thickened because suddenly, aged 15, she's
become the fourth fastest women's 50m freestyler in history.
Saturday August 25, 2007
Hackett gets back the fear factor
WHAT will be the defining moment of Grant Hackett's career?
Campbell victory shakes up old order
THE rumblings that have been shaking Australia's established female
ranks reached earthquake proportions on Friday night when
15-year-old Cate Campbell outsprinted world champion Libby Lenton
to win the 50 metres freestyle final in a national record time.
Friday August 24, 2007
Campbell sets cracking pace
Schoolgirl Cate Campbell throws down the gauntlet to Libby Lenton in the 50m freestyle at the Japan Open.
Victorious Hackett's gets his mojo back
Grant Hackett's dream of an Olympics three-peat in the 1500 metres
freestyle is back on track after he beats world champion at the
Japan Open.
Thursday August 23, 2007
Hackett beats world champion
Hackett's Olympic three-peat is back on track after beating world champ.
Thorpe denies drugs claim
Ian Thorpe addresses drug Aallegations at a press conference in Melbourne.
