Slovakian Suspended

From Reuter’s New Service – FINA has suspended Slovakian swimmer Frantisek Zahradnik for four years after testing positive for anabolic steriods. “He has been punished by the Slovakian federation according

Resident Athlete Back in Pool

Just when we thought that swimmers had to give up their collegiate swimming eligibility in order to be a part of the Resident National Team in Colorado Springs, Co, we

Nevada Beefs Up

The University of Nevada looks to strengthen its swimming and diving corps this winter when three new recruits arrive in Reno. Beimeng Fu, a diver with the Chinese National Team,

Olympic Investigation

As reported in The Arizona Rebublic: The International Olympic Committee may decide to retest potentially positive samples from four unidentified athletes who competed at the Atlanta Olympics. The samples, which

Did You Know?

An American swimmer winning an individual gold medal at the 1996 Olympics would win $65,000 in prize money. U.S. Swimming awards $50,000 for an Olympic gold medal (money in the

Swimmer Splits from Coach

From Reuter’s News Service – Germany’s Franziska van Almsick, Olympic silver medalist in the 200 freestyle in Atlanta, has reportedly split with her coach Dieter Lindemann. Van Almsick, who has

UCLA Upsets Arizona!

In this Pac-10 women’s dual meet, UCLA surprised Arizona 150-148. Led by Keiko Price’s wins in the 50 and 100 yard freestyle (23.93 and 51.54 respectively) and Lindsay Etter’s wins

Loader Coming to the States

Sources at the University of California at Berkeley have confirmed that Olympic double-gold medalist Danyon Loader, has enrolled at the school and will be competing for the Bears swim team

Did You Know?

Matt Biondi and Tom Jager have accomplished a feat that no male swimmer has ever equaled. They are the only 2 men that have won Olympic gold medals in the

USOC Team Athlete of the Year

The U.S. Olympic Committee has named their 1996 athletes of the year by sport. In swimming, the Female Athlete of the Year is Amy Van Dyken, four-time gold medalist at