In Mar del Plata, Kristel Kobrich (CHI) clocked a South American record of 8:39.88 over 800m freestyle; Andres Gonzales took 1.42sec off the national (ARG) 200m butterfly record for a 2:00.84 win

The Dutch sprinter wins 100m in 58.88 at a meet where automatic entry to finals is granted to all Melbourne 2007 medallists

For a man who has done with racing 200m on the big occasion, the 2000 Olympic champ is not doing badly: 1:46.46 at the Dutch Swimcup at home in Eindhoven; Pierse sets Canadian 200m breast record

Not among those who raced heats at the Dutch Swimcup, the Olympic 100m champ will line-up for the final of the 200m this evening; same privilege goes to Inge Dekker too

Some are at the Dutch Open Swimming Cup in Eindhoven because they want to race long-course in Olympic season, some because of that and to test the waters of the 2008 European Championships, some because they're Dutch. All good reasons

The doctor who resigned in the wake of the Brazilian swimmer's fall from grace has told a criminal investigation that the saga boils down to a vendetta against her; the doctor refuses to submit to a DNA test

After a long period in the chrysalis, butterfly made its debut at Melbourne this week 51 years ago. Americans William Albert Yorzyk and Shelley Mann were the pioneer champions

Blueseventy, the maker of wet suits that derives its named from the 70% per cent of Planet Earth covered by water, claims to have been granted approval for what it describes as a new 'neutrally buoyant' fabric to be worn in FINA events

Absent from the US s/c nationals were several key names - but they weren't idle on the race front: Coventry, Smit, Crocker, Peirsol, Hansen, Burnett, Schoeman, Subirats all showed good form at the UT Invitational

The star acts at the US s/c nationals take down American records with 46.85 for Coughlin over 100y free and 1:36.81 over 200y back for Lochte

On December 1, 1956, an Olympic legend began her journey to sporting immortality. Herald Dawn Fraser

Lochte wins 400 yards medley, scares breaststroke aces; Phelps takes 200y free and joins Club Wolverine teammates in US 800y free relay record swim; Coughlin races a pool apart over 100y backstroke

Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn is the final member of G4S 4teen team of inspirational young athletes who will work with marathon icon Haile Gebrselassie and receive support he could only have dreamt of as a youngster

Interested parties are Argentina (Mar del Plata), Australia (Sydney), Austria (Vienna), Hong Kong (Hong Kong) and Turkey (Istanbul), and Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)

World champions in March this year, the freestyle specialists have been voted best female and male swimmers of 2007 in a poll organised by the European Swimming Federation, its LEN Magazine editors and aquatic sports journalists

The Italian open water swimmer has hd her suspension reduced from six to two months on the basis that the stimulant Octopamine was found in 'supplies' handed out at the event where she tested positive

Well, it isn't the Olympics just yet but Ryan Lochte was right: he can beat Michael Phelps. In fact, he trounced him, over 200 yards medley in a US record, then defeated the big guns of sprint over 50y free; Natalie Coughlin joined the party with a US 50

Lochte's sister on the brother she knows behind the joker: 'When he hears that set where everyone is about to cry because it's so hard, I think that's when Ryan in his head says, 'All right!'

Criminal investigation rules that swimmer played a part in allowing a fraudulent manipulation of a urine test sample

Thompson recruits a cricket legend to help the Dolphins stump the opposition in Beijing