Japanese swimmer Kosuke Kitajima has broken the 10-year-old 200m world breaststroke record at the Asian Games in Busan. The world championship bronze medallist, who is also the Asian record holder came home in 2:09.97. He won by a massive 3.5 seconds to smash the mark of 2:10.16 set by American Mike Barrowman in Barcelona in … Continue Reading→
The 2002 Asian Games swimming programme got underway yesterday, with Japan dominating the opening exchanges. This meet has a profound impact on British swimming, as it may affect funding for many of our top swimmers. Funding will not be confirmed until the year's world long course rankings are finalised and this meet represents … Continue Reading→
It may be a survey, but some of the ideas put forward for the next generation of "high tech swim goggles" are quite interesting: Aqualab Goggles Survey
With Bill Sweetenham's new look calendar for British swimming, these short course championships, previously always held in December, now take on an added significance. The timing firmly signals Sweetenham aim that our top swimmers swim all year round, coming as they do only 6 weeks after the end of the commonwealth games. Thus … Continue Reading→
