commonwealth games: swimmers to watch

leisel jones

In breaststroke circles - men or women - there's only one name that matters at the moment, that of Leisel Jones. The young Queenslander may have had her struggles with both he Australian press and the pressure of the international stage over the past few years, but has now shrugged off those burdens and emerged as a genuinely great swimmer. [more...]

simon burnett

Missing the 2005 World Championships may turn out to be one of the best things that happened to Simon Burnett that year if his subsequent performances are anything to go by. The Arizona based swimmer was forced to miss the April selection trials though illness and elected to stay in the US an train through the meet. [more...]

ryk neethling

If one ever wanted to gauge the determination with which South African Olympic Champion Ryk Neethling approaches his swimming, then there's no need to look any further that the later months of 2000. The Olympics of that year were to be the end of the line for his distance ambitions as he aimed reinvent himself as a world class sprinter. [more...]

libby lenton

It doesn't take a long search to find the woman whose performances in Melbourne are most eagerly anticipated. With a series of sensational swims in 2005, Australian Libby Lenton has marked herself out as one of the biggest draw cards for the 2006 Commonwealth Games. [more...]