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Swimming hero lays first tiles at London 2012 Aquatics Centre

admin — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:41:03 +0000

Olympic swimmer and world record holder Mark Foster visited the London 2012 Aquatics Centre to lay the first tiles in one of the two 50m swimming pools.

Liu to skip Asian Games

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:47:00 +0000

China’s Olympic swimming champion Liu Zige will skip November’s Asian Games to concentrate on next year’s World Championships.

Trickett targets London after coming out of retirement

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:22:00 +0000

Three-times Olympic swimming champion Libby Trickett has come out of retirement and is hoping to make Australia’s team at the London 2012 Olympics.

Wales name 'strongest' pool team

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:40:26 +0000

David Davies and Jazz Carlin spearhead Wales’ swimming team at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in India.

Huegill and Jones to spearhead Aussie assault

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:59:00 +0000

Geoff Huegill and Leisel Jones will lead Australia’s charge for swimming domination at the Delhi Commonwealth Games.

Swimming-Huegill, Jones to lead Australian swim team in Delhi

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:58:00 +0000

Former world champion Geoff Huegill and Olympic champion Leisel Jones will lead Australia’s charge for swimming domination at the Delhi Commonwealth Games after the squad was finalised on Friday.

Swimming-U.S. leave Pan Pacs on a golden high, Australia so-so

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:52:00 +0000

With Ryan Lochte, Michael Phelps and Jessica Hardy leading the way, the United States sounded an ominous warning for next year’s world swimming championships by dominating the Pan Pacific meeting that ended on Sunday.

Swimming-Rejuvenated Beard has 2012 London Olympics in mind

admin — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:05:00 +0000

Amanda Beard turned her thoughts towards competing in a fifth Olympic Games after qualifying second fastest for the women’s 200 metres breaststroke at the Pan Pacific Championships on Saturday.

British swim duo miss out on gold

admin — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:04:29 +0000

British Paralympic duo Charlotte Henshaw and Liz Johnson suffer disappointment after missing out on gold at the IPC World Swimming Championships in Eindhoven.

European Swimming, day seven as it happened

admin — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:37:22 +0000

Rebecca Adlington and Britain’s women’s medley relay team win gold as GB’s swimmers add to their impressive medal tally on the final day of the European Championships in Hungary.