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PHOENIX, Arizona, June 19. SWIMMING World caught up with "The Voice of Swimming" Rowdy Gaines today to help preview the upcoming US National Championships and World Championship Trials.

Blunt edge: Akihiro Yamaguchi admits he has lost some of his competitive edge since breaking the 200-meter breaststroke world record in September last year.

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 23. MOST of the members of Japan's world championship swim team will race this weekend at the Japan Open in Kanagawa, one of the few meets the team will race in together before heading to Barcelona.

Commentary by Hideki Mochizuki, Swimming World Japanese correspondent TOKYO, Japan, April 25.

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 24. CESAR Cielo woke up a sleepy Maria Lenk Trophy meet in Brazil this morning with a 21.58 in prelims, the second-fastest time in the world this year behind reigning Olympic champion Florent Manaudou's 21.55. Bruno Fratus, who has become one of the world's best sprinters, also got under 22 seconds today with a 21.98.