Aussie Swimmers Stand By Beleaguered Touretski
CANBERRA, April 11. OLYMPIC gold medal-winning swimmer Michael Klim today said he was shattered by the charge laid against his coach Gennadi Touretski for alleged possession of banned anabolic steroids.
CANBERRA, April 11. OLYMPIC gold medal-winning swimmer Michael Klim today said he was shattered by the charge laid against his coach Gennadi Touretski for alleged possession of banned anabolic steroids.
BRISBANE, April 10. SWIMMERS at the Goodwill Games will get US$50,000 for a world record set during the Brisbane event from August 29 to September 9, officials said on Tuesday.
LIVORNO, ITALY, April 10 — Massi Rossolino grew "old and gray" chasing Aussie Ian Thorpe and Dutchman Pieter van den Hoogenband to their world records at last fall's Sydney Olympics,
By Martin Petty MANCHESTER, England, April 10. Atlanta Olympics silver medalist Paul Palmer of Bath University narrowly missed selection for the World Championships in the 400m freestyle. Palmer, who took
By Phillip Whitten CANBERRA, April 11. Yesterday, in a global exclusive, SWIMINFO reported that world-renowned swim coach Gennadi Touretski, of the Australian Institute of Sport, would be charged with illegal
CANBERRA, April 10. GENNADI TOURETSKI, 51, coach of Olympic stars Alex Popov and Michael Klim will be suspended from the Australian Institute of Sport today after police reportedly found a
LIVORNO, Italy, April 8. A record-breaking 800 meter freestyle swim by Andrea Righi, gold medalist a couple of years ago at the World University Games, highlighted the opening day of
By Mark Gill TEMPE, Arizona, March 9. UNSEASONALLY cool weather did not affect the swimming at the USMS Southwest Zone Championships, held in Tempe, Arizona, March 6-8. Some 235 swimmers
By Lynne Lussier LOS ANGELES, April 10. A SWIM-A-THON will be held at the Stephen S. Wise Temple Freedom Pool on April 22, from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm in
By Bill Bell APRIL 8. WHEN Australian triple Olympic gold medalist Ian Thorpe set the world record in the 800 free during last week's Australian Nationals/World Championship Trials in Hobart,