Swimming News

“Flood water level keeps rising and it is still raining very heavily now following the Storm Peipah”

Floods triggered by new heavy rains have killed at least 13 people in central Vietnam as victims now face a new threat from hundreds of escaped crocodiles swimming around the floodwaters, disaster officials ... via Independent Online

A CLEAN sweep of all eight events in his age group launched 11-year old Lim Chin Hwang into the limelight on the final day of the SportExcel National Junior Circuit at the Kuala Lumpur Aquatics Complex ... via New Straits Times

“The other thing is that because he was away so quickly, Nystrand created a wave that Sullo had to swim through and that just doesn't normally happen in a 50 metre race, being a body length behind, especially for a guy like Eamon.”

EAMON Sullivan has lowered his Australian shortcourse 50m freestyle record at the FINA World Cup event in Moscow. via The Courier Mail

“Hosting such a high-profile event will undoubtedly help to drive sport forward at all levels, increasing participation and improving performance”

Abuja edged out 47-24 in vote of member countries Lawrence Booth Friday November 9, 2007 Guardian Unlimited Glasgow's successful Commonwealth Games bid: Photograph: PA Glasgow will host the Commonwealth Games ... via Surrey Hants Star

“There's not sufficient evidence to take further action. We have informed CAS (the Court of Arbitration for Sport) and ASADA.”

SYDNEY: Swimming's world governing body FINA have abandoned their investigation into the results of a doping test from Ian Thorpe after the Australian was cleared of any offences. via The Star Online

“I couldn't ask for a better way to end our season.”

Niagara Frontier League swimmers from Lockport, Kenmore West and Niagara Falls dominated Saturday's Section VI girls swimming championships at the Erie Community College Flickinger Center. via Union-Sun & Journal

“It's important to have a positive mental attitude in swimming and these two have it”

Amy Lewis will have some company at the WIAA State Swimming Meet this time around. via WisInfo

“I just want to get it over with”

The Mermaids, McKinney's senior synchronized swim team, practice at the Senior Recreation Center. via Star Community Newspapers

A German tourist who died while swimming in the Bay of Island was a physical education student who had been in New Zealand for about six weeks, police said today. via Manawatu Evening Standard

“These pressures have increased the difficulty of our athletes to win gold medals on many of our superior sports like shooting, gymnastics and diving.”

China's top sports official kept a low tone at Team China's medal perspective at the forthcoming Olympics by denying the ambition to lead the medal tally on Friday. via China Daily

“It's good exercise, but you're not scaling cliffs”

Too warm to ski? Hit the pool or hot tub. No snow on the slopes? Try "Nordic walking" or a eucalyptus body wrap. via USA Today

“My oath it is worth it". "$300,000 is a one off investment, that over time will save lives”

It looks a little like a pig's snout, but a new state-of-the-art drowning detection system will give lifeguards an important third eye when looking after the nation's swimmers. via The West Australian

“If there are other applications to rent the pool, that decision is made by the director of Parks, Recreation and Culture."Nonetheless, Paul Andreassen, organizer of the Skinnydippers Club, is thrilled by the ruling."Obviously we're elated”

Hours after a judge slammed the City of Surrey for not allowing nudists to rent the Newton Wave Pool, city attorneys are digging in their heels and saying the ruling changes nothing.It's a position not ... via Tacoma Daily Index

“For those who came of age in the 1960s, skinny-dipping would hardly seem to be a threat to the moral fiber of western civilization. Not so, however, for some of the good burghers of Surrey”

A Canadian judge said a Vancouver suburb cannot bar nude swimmers from holding a private gathering at a local pool, and chided town officials for being a bit too prudish. via Reuters

Search and rescue teams in Northland are being stretched today, with two large-scale operations mounted at first light. via XtraMSN Real Estate

“The house prices are going to start rising in the east end of the city and there will just be more opportunities in general.”

Thousands of Glaswegians today celebrated the news that the city is to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games. via 24dash

“It's a credit to her that she stuck it out there for so long. I have no worries about her picking up her act out here.”

JODIE Henry has blamed homesickness and lack of motivation for a decision to quit the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra and return to Brisbane to continue her build up for the Beijing Olympics. via NEWS.com.au

The YMCA has many types of programs and athletics that will get your children off the couch and moving. via WisInfo

“It's more exciting just that it is state, and it's what we've been working for the whole season”

Two standout Wausau East swimmers will end their careers Saturday at the WIAA State Swimming and Diving Championships as seniors Jenny Gajewski and Anna Drewry will leap off of starting blocks for the last time ... via Wausau Daily Herald