By Phillip Whitten SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, June 7. YESTERDAY, the International Amateur Swimming Federation (FINA) dropped a bombshell on the world of swimming when it announced that Costa Rican

ATHENS, Georgia, June 7. HUGH Wilder ran wild last Saturday, June 1, at the Classic City Masters Meet held in Athens, Georgia, setting two Masters long course world records. Competing

By Phillip Whitten LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 6. OLYMPIC champion Claudia Poll — Costa Rica's greatest national sports hero and its only Olympic gold medalist — has tested positive for an

ROME, June 6. ITALIAN swimming officials threatened today to boycott the European Swimming Championships. The threat, described as "an extreme measure," by Paolo Barelli, Chairman of the Italian Swimming Federation

June 6. COACH Bill Heusner is much improved, according to his wife Ellie Heusner, who conveyed the good news to Michigan State's Dr. Gail Dummer in a phone conversation last

ROME, June 5. SHORT course or long course meters, Minneapolis, Moscow or Rome, America's Lindsay Benko just keeps winning. On the second evening of the Seven Hills Invitational tonight, Benko,

ROME, June 4. MEGAN who? That's what some knowledgeable observers were beginning to wonder this evening after America's Amanda Beard made it two-for-two over China's 200 breaststroke world record-holder, Qi

IRVINE, Calif., June 4. JUST one week after smashing six USMS records at the Short Course Masters National Championships in Hawaii, San Diego Masters swimmer Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen, 40, continued to

By Stephen J. Thomas SYDNEY, Australia, June 5. AUSTRALIAN Swimming's Ian Hanson said today he would welcome the opportunity to have Italian swimming champion Massimiliano Rosolino in the Australian team.