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Schoeman Out of the 100m Free in Beijing
July 22, 2008. South Africa’s foremost medal contender in the men’s 100m freestyle will not be competing in the event at the Olympic Games.
Bernhardt Drops Her Case
July 22, 2008. After Bernhardt just missed making the team with her third place finish at the German National Championships, she went after Poleska, the second place finisher, for breaking a German eligibility rule by competing as a member of Coral Springs Swim Club in American meets.
Hackett Breaks 800m Free (25m) World Record
July 21, 2008. The AFP is reporting that Grant Hackett has broken his own short course meters 800m freestyle world record with a new mark of 7:23.42 at the Victorian Short Course Championships in Melbourne on Saturday. The old world standard was 7:25.28.
Jaben Tests Positive
July 19th, 2008. In news of the type you really hate to see with the Beijing Olympics so close at hand, news of another positive doping test has arrived from across the Atlantic, with the name being one many are familiar with in the United States.
Arizona St. Reinstates Men's Varsity Swimming
July 17th, 2008 Athletic director Lisa Love said Tuesday the school was able to reinstate men's swimming because of financial support from various donors across the globe.
German Swimmer Makes Olympic Team Through Court Ruling
July 16, 2008. Bernhardt finished directly behind 2nd place finisher Anne Poleska (bronze medalist at the 2004 Olympics) and it is Poleska that was targeted in the lawsuit. Bernhardt claims that Poleska violated the German swimming federation's rule that allows membership on foreign college or school teams, but not foreign clubs.
China Predicts "Not Much Hope" in Swimming
July 15th, 2008. As the countdown to the Olympic Games in Beijing continues, the host country is cautioning its residents that the likelihood of coming out ahead of the U.S. in total medals is not good.
Eric Shanteau: Is this Possible?
July 14, 2008. Eric Shanteau had trained his whole life for last week’s Olympic Trials. Nothing could stop him from making the Olympic team. Not even being diagnosed with testicular cancer the week before leaving.
Eric's Interview with Floswimming
July 14, 2008
FINA Youth Swimming Championships: Day 6
July 14th, 2008. The United State of America was awarded the combined team score championship title, with a total of 820.5 points. Second, Japan with 634 and third Russia, with 585. The USA also won the overall medal count, with a total of 21, including the highest count of golds at 9. Russia was second with 7 gold medals and 13 total. New Zealand had the third most gold medals awarded, at five, while Japan had the third most total medals at 12.
FINA Youth Swimming Championships: Day 5
July 13th, 2008. After four days of overcast showers in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon the sun broke through and brought the temperature and humidity way up. Fans were passed out to spectators and athletes, though the day five finals of the FINA World Youth Champs brought enough heat in the races to void any cooling efforts.
FINA Youth Swimming Championships: Day 4
July 12th, 2008. Perhaps the greatest race of the evening, Heerden Herman on South Africa posted an 8:01.77 to win the gold. Raoul Shaw of France was the early leader in the race, and at about the 400m mark Poland’s Krzysztof Pielowski came on to take the lead.
FINA Youth Swimming Championships: Day 3
July 11th, 2008. If you competed in the 1st FINA World Youth Championships, and set a record, hopefully you spread the word in the last year – as it is likely you will no longer have that claim to fame. In the finals of day three of the championship meet, 7 of a possible 7 records were set, starting with the Men’s 800m Freestyle.
FINA Youth Swimming Championships: Day 2
July 10th, 2008 Three females under 2:10 in the 200m butterfly? Three males under 1:50 in the 200m free? And a swimmer doubling up in the 100m backstroke and 100m butterfly? Yes, these are all truthful statements, as the second night of competition came to a close with a blistering pace now established as the norm.
FINA Youth Swimming Championships: Day 1
July 9, 2008 The meet is limited to swimmers aged 14 – 17 for girls, and 15 – 18 for boys; and has over 40 countries represented. All events are featured, including 50 meters of each stroke, with semi-finals scheduled for the events of 100m distance and under- the 200m distance events and up will go directly to finals, with the 800m and 1500m (each being offered to both genders) being timed finals.
Torres Won't Swim 100 Free in Beijing
July 8th, 2008 Torres will be replaced in the 100 free by Lacey Nymeyer, who finished third at the trials.
US Olympic Team Roster
July 7th, 2008 This is Your 2008 Olympic Swim Team
Trials Day 8 Recap
July 7th, 2008. The final night of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials was, if nothing else, a night of contrasts. The Shortest Women's Event along side the longest Mens.... Overall, The week was full of headlines with 9 world and 21 American records rewritten over the course of the eight-day competition.
Trials Day 7 Recap
July 6th, 2008 On the penultimate night of the meet, it was widely anticipated that more records would go down as the storylines that we're all familiar with began to get tied up like the last half an hour of a good movie. Hayley McGregory's last shot at an Olympic berth.
Trials Day 6 Recap
July 5th, 2008 Lochte vs. Piersol. Lochte vs. Phelps. Coughlin vs. Torres. Loud music. Swirling spotlights. Pyrotechnics. Ya know, Regular Trials Stuff....
Trials Day 5 Recap
July 4th, 2008 With perhaps the greatest last 50 meters that has been witnessed in the 200 meter breaststroke, Scott Spann arrived and rose to the occasion.
Trials, Day 4 Recap
July 3rd, 2008. Right out of the gate this evening, Jason Lezak recaptured the American record in the Men's 100m Freestyle, snatching the record back from Garrett Weber-Gale (who held the record for a little under 8 hours)
Trails Day 3 Recap
July 2nd, 2008. Two World Records, a deep 100 breaststroke, drama at every turn. Fairly typical for a meet as amazing as this. Tune in.
Trials Day 2 Recap
July 1, 2008 In the first race of the evening - the Women's 100m Backstroke - Hayley McGregory came in riding high after setting a world record, albeit short lived. Tonight she was able to stay on course, although not in world record time, but as the top seed moving into tomorrow's final. McGregory touched in 59.48, ahead of Natalie Coughlin (59.74) and Margaret Hoelzer (59.79). The trio were the only women under one minute this evening.
Trials Day One Recap
June 30th, 2008 With two world, an American and U.S. Open records falling by the wayside during the first day of Trials on Sunday - there is much to look at - and look forward to.
US Olympic Trials Rundown
June 27, 2008 The top two finishers in each event qualify for the Olympics. Additionally, the top six finishers in the 100m freestyle and 200m freestyle qualify for the relays. Alternates are selected to swim in the preliminary heats, allowing the fastest swimmers to rest for the finals.
Taormina Makes History
June 26, 2008 In Atlanta during the 1996 games she was the third leg of the American gold medal winning 800 free relay. In 2000 and 2004 she represented the USA in Triathlon, finishing 6th in Sydney and 24th in Athens. Now, at 39 years old, Sheila Taormina is proving that at any age it is possible to pick up a new sport (or 5 of them in one) and contend at the international level by representing team USA in Beijing in the modern pentathlon.
Four Vanderkaay Brothers Qualify For Trials
June 25, 2008 According to Jamie Fabos Olsen, communications director for USA Swimming."This is the only time in recent history that we are aware of four siblings making the trials."
Olympic swimmer Sandeno looks to the future
June 25th, 2008 "Three Olympics would be so cool, but if I don't make it, I could be done (next week)," Sandeno said. "And that's crazy to be done with something I've been doing my whole life."
38 Year Old Dips Below the 22 mark in the 50 Meter Free
June 23, 2008 Veteran Mark Foster has become the first British swimmer to break the 22-second barrier for the 50m freestyle.
The NCAA is considering bringing its Men’s and Women’s Division I, II and III Championships together
June 23, 2008 Currently, Division I, II and III each hold championships separately, at different locations, each year. They typically draw from a few hundred to a few thousand people, mostly competitors’ friends and family. The men’s Division I championship occasionally draws as many as 10,000 spectators. But Wielgus thinks that with all the top up-and-coming men and women swimmers competing at one place and time, the event would grow much bigger than that.
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