1999 European Championships: Day 2

HOW SWEDE IT IS! KAMMERLING FLYS TO WORLD RECORD! By Craig Lord Istanbul, Turkey – Anna-Karin Kammerling, an 18-year-old student from Sundsvall in Sweden, set the first world record of

1999 European Championships: Day 1

By Craig Lord Istanbul, Turkey – The records started to fall on the first day of the 24th European Swimming Championships in Istanbul, the Dutch men’s 4x100m freestyle relay setting

Taner, Kolbisen To Wed

U.S. National Team members, Ugur Taner and Liesl Kolbisen, announced their engagement. Both were gold medalists at the USA Swimming Spring National Championships–Liesl in the 100m freestyle, Ugur in the

The Champion Who Never Was: Part 2 of 2

“She has those gold medals in her possession. She will always have gold and I will always have silver. It will always be that way for ever. In 1976, those

The Champion Who Never Was: Part 1 of 2

Allison Wagner came second to Michelle de Bruin in the 400m IM final in Atlanta. She has never got over it, writes Johnny Watterson. When Allison Wagner’s mother arrived at

Canales Family Has New Addition

Fernando J. Canales and his wife Mona Nyheim-Canales are delighted to announce the birth of Francisco Enrique Canales. He was born June 22, 1999 and weighed 8 lbs 8 oz.