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Guehrer Breaks Four Meet Records on Day 2 of Australian University Games

After two individual wins on day 1 of the 2011 Australian University Games, University of Melbourne’s Marieke Guehrer, a member…

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Ireland's Grainne Murphy Confirmed for European Duel in the Pool Squad

18-year old Irish swimmer Grainne Murphy has been confirmed as a member of the 2010 European “E-Stars” squad that will…

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Worlds Finalist Dinko Jukic's Doping Verdict Postponed Until October

After 8 hours of deliberation, NADA (the Austrian anti-doping agency) came back with another postponement in the case of 22-year…

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Guehrer and Loh go Toe-to-Toe on Day 1 at Australian University Games

Yesterday kicked off the first day of the 2011 Aussie University Games, which is a competition pitting the country’s  Universities against…

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Best Swimming Nations: Women's Sprint Freestyles

Women’s 50 free This women’s 50 free has a ton of concentrated power. The vast majority of the top 30…

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Emily Brunemann Wins Open Water 10km World Cup Event in China

Emily Brunemann took a major step forward over the weekend by winning the FINA Open Water 10km Marathon swim in…

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Australians to Partake in European, Asian World Cup Tours; Trickett/Thorpe Set for November Return

Swimming Australia has announced that it is making an institutional commitment to the 2011 FINA/Arena World Cup that is set…

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Sun Yang Completes Historic Season in 1500 on Day 5 in China

Sun Yang was back in action on day 5 from Chinese Nationals in Rizhao, and he was back to spectacular…

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Wang Shun Continues to Impress with 100 Free Swim on Day 4 at Chinese Nationals

Day 4 at the 2011 Chinese National Championships in Rizhao, China didn’t quite live up to the excitement of the…

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Sun Yang Misses Another World Record by Tenths on Day 3 in China

On day 3 at Chinese Nationals in Rizhao, the swimmers continued to tear up the water with extremely fast September…

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USA Swimming Releases 2012 US Open Qualifying Standards

As we reported last week, USA Swimming decided last week at the USA Swimming Convention in Jacksonville, Florida that it…

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In Briefs: Trojan Adds Another Olympian in World Record Holder Zhang Lin

Chinese newspapers are reporting that Zhang Lin, current World Record holder in the men’s 800 free (long course), has arrived…

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Wang Shun Breaks Asian Record in 400 IM on Day 2 at Chinese Nationals

Day 1 on Wednesday at Chinese Nationals were pretty quick. Day 2, however, really lit things on fire, beginning with…

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WADA Approves Official 2012 Prohibited Substance List; Recommends Increase in Blood Testing

WADA has approved their updated list of prohibited substances to take effect January 1st, 2012 as well as put forth…

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Sun Yang Blisters Through Day One 200 Free at Chinese Nationals [video]

Results from Chinese swim meets are notoriously hard to find, but thanks to a source within the Chinese swimming community,…

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