Over the Uppsala Grand Prix in Sweden, Stefan Nystrand clocked 48.73 and 48.95 in 100m free heats and finals

Better late than never: a gold medal will be worth £10,000 to the mentor of an Olympic champion from Britain. The last one of those rose in 1988

But more significant in Olympic year was the moment the American became the fifth woman inside 1min in the 100m; Coventry (ZIM) fires 4:34.25 400m medley and keeps McGregory at bay in 100m back

Australian teenager falls just 0.01sec shy of world record held by China's Yang with a 28.10 50 back

It's March, and Phelps's swims a 200 medley faster than any Olympic victory barring his own 2004 crown; Weber-Gale goes 21.93 to match the best Olympic win of Gary Hall Jr; Crocker's 51.32 is just 0.07sec shy of Phelp's 100 'fly OR ...

The world record holder was in fine form in the morn at the Texas Grand Prix: his 51.67sec 100m butterfly is a time only he, Michael Phelps and Andriy Serdinov have ever got inside before

European Championships will offer chance to book tickets to Beijing 2008

The suspension of a website from USA Swimming meets raises issues of journalistic access at a time when the American federation is dipping more than a toe into the media market

Ben Titley and Fred Vergnoux join performance director Michael Scott at the helm of Olympic preparations in wake of departures of Sweetenham and Turner

If her recent mid-season swims are any indication, Katie Hoff might just have 7 golds in Beijing within her reach

The first man to swim inside 53sec in the 100m freestyle back in 1964, Gottvalles, of France, died on February 29

Australia needs to punch above its weight to retain its role as understudy superpower, says head Dolphins coach - and that means digging deeper into funding pockets for high-performance delivery

Jodie Henry will not defend her 100m freestyle crown but she is not quitting, her announcement falling on a day that will provide no anniversary for another four years

'Recent research emanating from Germany suggests that in the long-term, it is not only the athletes who suffer, but so do their children' - John Fahey, President of WADA

A shoulder injury has put the world record holder from Germany out of action in so far as racing at the European Championships in Eindhoven is concerned

The Australian talent scout brought to Britain by Bill Sweetenham to help root out talent for British Swimming, has unearthed 52 'giants' for sporting selection across a number of sports in the lead-up to London 2012

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The French Olympic champion will not defend her continental crown in Eindhoven nor will she race 200m backstroke in Beijing, according to reports from France that put her Olympic programme down as 200 to 800m freestyle, 100m backstroke, and relays

Read the Channel Swimming Association's tribute to a fine ambassador for swimming and open water swimming beyond the Channel crossings she loved: Lowry was 97 and spent the last seven years of her life as President of the CSA

More fast action at s/c nationals in Tokyo