Billy Payne Hired by NationsBank

Billy Payne, who brought the 1996 Olympics to Atlanta, was hired by NationsBank Corp. They were major corporate sponsors of the 1995 Pan Pacific Championships and the Centennial Olympic Games.

IOC Wants Sydney To Solve Transportation Problems

From Reuters: Olympic inspectors said that transportation at the 2000 Sydney Olympics would be a major obstacle for its organizers, but they were confident that they could avoid the kind

High School Battles Begin

Xavier High School, the #3 ranked team in Swimming World’s 1995-96 Mythical High School Championships, co-hosts the Xavier/Brophy Eigth Annual Swimming Invitational this weekend. Xavier will be trying to keep

Amy Van Dyken Helps National School Fundraiser

From USA Today: 1996 4-time Olympic gold medalist, Amy Van Dyken, went back to her old elementary school in Colorado to start a national program in order to help elementary

Hungarian Officials Re-Elected

From Reuter’s News Service and AOL: Tamas Gyarfas, the Hungarian offical who quit his post two weeks ago following allegations of phony qualification times posted by the Hungarian Olympic team,

Brits Drop Appeal

The British Olympic Association (BOA) plans to drop its appeal of the Olympic decision that denied Nick Gillingham a bronze medal. Gillingham finished fourth behind Russia’s Andrei Korneyev in the

Zaleski Re-Elected

At the United States Swimming annual convention, Carol Zaleski was re- elected to her second term as USS President. Nearly 500 members of the USS House of Delegates chose Zaleski

Van Dyken Honored

Gold medalist Amy Van Dyken was named U.S. Swimmer of the Year by United States Swimming at the USS annual convention in Orlando, Fla. Van Dyken, who won four gold

Popov Ready to Swim Again

Olympic gold medalist Alaxander Popov reported today that he would return to competitive swimming in October. Popov, who was stabbed in the abdomen by a watermelon salesman in Moscow following