Jessicah Schipper News

China and Japan each won four gold medals in the pool on Sunday on the opening day of swimming at the East Asian Games.

Chinese star women's swimmer Liu Zige claimed top spot, but failed to set a new world record in the 200 meters butterfly at the East Asian Games.

PHOENIX, Arizona, December 1. TODAY is the day we've all been waiting for! Swimming World is proud to announce Michael Phelps of the United States and Federica Pellegrini of Italy as the World Swimmers of the Year.

PHOENIX, Arizona, November 27. SWIMMING World is closing in on announcing the World Swimmers of the Year on December 1. Today, we reveal the winners of the 2009 Pacific Rim Swimmers of the Year award as announced in the December issue.

CANBERRA, Australia, November 26. SYDNEY 2000 gold medallist Ashley Callus has broken the Australian record in the men's 50m freestyle for the second time in a day, taking 0.05 off the mark he set this morning at the AIS Speedo International in Canberra.

DELIGHTED: Kathryn Meaklim of South Africa celebrates after breaking the world record in the women's 400m individual medley during the Fina/Arena Swimming World Cup in Singapore.

Thursday, November 12, 2009 STOCKHOLM: Swimming legend Michael Phelps shunned the high-tech swimsuit and paid the price on a day when four world records were set in the fourth leg of the short-course World Cup here on Tuesday.

Germany's Cathleen Martini has won the women's bobsled World Cup season opener, driving her way to victory on the 2002 Olympic track for the second straight year.

Felicity Galvez of Australia has set a world record in the women's 100-meter butterfly at a short-course World Cup meet.

Peter Marshall of the United States has broken his own world record in the men's 50-meter backstroke at a short-course World Cup meet.

Sporting a beard and an old-style swimsuit, Michael Phelps finished third in the 100-meter medley at a World Cup short-course meet after missing out on two other finals Tuesday.

Column by John Lohn CRANBURY, New Jersey, November 9. WE'RE counting down the days.

Chinese athletes flexed their collective muscles again, setting one world, 16 Asian and 30 national records at the 11th National Games, which ended in Shandong province last night.

JINAN, Shandong province: The Chinese national swimming team has signed four Australian coaches to help it progress on the international stage, its main coach revealed at the 11th National Games.

The New Jersey Nets have one chance remaining to avoid a winless preseason after they lost 94-92 to the New York Knicks on Wednesday at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The Knicks blew an 18-point lead in the third quarter but pulled it out in the final minutes despite having the end of their bench on the floor against New Jersey's starters.

MISS something? In overnight sport, Anthony Mundine beat another patsy in tasmania while Jessicah Schipper's world butterfly record was shattered.

JESSICAH Schipper's coach Stephan Widmer believes the world champion will be motivated by Olympic champion Liu Zige's demolition of her 200 metres butterfly world record.

Olympic champion Liu Zige wiped a stunning 1.6s off the world record in the women's 200m butterfly at China's National Games yesterday.

CHINESE Olympic champion Liu Zige not only demolished world champion Jessicah Schipper's world record in the 200m butterfly yesterday, she would have given Mark Spitz a run for his money at his peak.

Olympic champion Liu Zige knocked a stunning 1.6 seconds off the world record in the women's 200-meter butterfly at China's National Games on Wednesday.