Injury Sustained During Drug Testing Causes Russia's Chaun to Withdraw from World Championships
In a worst-nightmare scenario, Russian swimmer Anastasia Chaun has withdrawn from the World Championships, which are to begin next week, after…
Poll Results: How Many World Records Will Be Broken in Shanghai?
After looking at our top 10 World Records that might go down in Shanghai, and later our list of 5…
Zero-Hour is Thursday Morning for Cielo, Brazilian Doping Scandal
The CAS hearing in the matter of the positive tests for Cesar Cielo, Vanecius Waked, Nicolas dos Santos, and Henrique Barbosa…
Cracking the Relays: Women's 400 Free
Next up, we’ll take a look at the women’s 400 free relay As a reminder, to see the full selections for…
Gianniotis Wins Men's 10k, Alex Meyer Earns Olympic Berth with 4th Place Finish
Great Britain’s Daniel Fogg tried to match his country-mate Keri-Anne Payne‘s feat from yesterday and win the men’s 10km gold,…
USA Swimming Announces Non-Olympic Entries for WUG's
Though USA-Swimming is pretty-well settled on their roster for the 2011 World University Games, which are to be held in…
Shanghai Roundup: French Lineup Clarified; Chinese Continue Perfect Diving Streak
Tom Willdridge of SpeedEndurance is reporting that an official French Press Release clarifies that young French star Yannick Agnel WILL be…
Cracking the Shanghai Relays: Men's 400 Free
With all of the predicting done, we’ve still got almost a week before the actual swimming begins in Shanghai. In that…
Keri-Anne Payne of Great Britain Repeats as 10km World Champion
For the second time in as many meets, Britain’s Keri-Anne Payne is the FINA World Champion in the women’s 10km…
In Briefs: FINA Moves 25km Open Water Races an Hour Earlier
Just hours before the beginning of the women’s 10k, the first open water race of the 2011 FINA World Championships,…
Bonnie Brandon, Clement Lefert Impress at Los Angeles Invite
This past week, many of the world’s best swimmers were in various locations around the western Pacific making final preparations…
Shanghai Roundup: To Tweet or Not to Tweet?; Open Water Eve; Enter Sandman
This article, posted by the San Francisco Chronicle, indicates that swimmers will lose access to much of their social media…
In Briefs: Cielo Hires Jessica Hardy's Lawyer, Howard Jacobs, for CAS Arbitration
As we sit and wait patiently for Wednesday’s hearing, where the CAS will decide on the appeal of FINA vs….
Partial Swimming Entry Lists for World Championships Available
After Hours of surfing around the net for hints as to some of the biggest entry questions of the meet,…
Manaudou Scratches 100 Free, Posts Top-20 Time in 200 Back On Last Day of Athens Sectional
In the last session of the Athens Sectional meet, Laure Manaudou was apparently satisfied with her 56.51 from prelims in…