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→
Matt Welsh put the disappointment of disqualification at the Commonwealth Games and the Pan-Pacific Championships behind him to smash the short course 50 backstroke world record at the Australian short Course Championships. Welsh recorded a time of 23.31 to take the record from American Neil Walker. On the same night Michael Klim made … Continue Reading→
So Ian Thorpe didn't get his 6th gold in Yokohama, but it took a world record from the US Medley relay quartet to deny him. The US were expected to lead from the front with world no.1 Aaron Peirsol and 200m champion Brendan Hansen taking them out strongly, but on paper the Aussie back … Continue Reading→
