Cameron Gibson, at Bath University, clocked 48.50 to win the British student short-course title over 100 free at Sheffield

Berlin reminded us of two things key to discussions on world cups future: the FINA points system should be thrown in the furnace of useless things; and Germany ought to be granted a special status on the tour

First Swedish swimmer to break 50m record shaves 0.05sec off Roland Schoeman's standard to become second man below 21sec

Thiago Pereira is the toast of Brazil today after becoming the first swimmer from South America to break a short-course medley world record, 25 years after Ricardo Prado set the world l/c 400m medley record for the world crown

Marleen Veldhuis, new 50m world record holder,shaved 0.03sec off the European record over 100m freestyle that had stood to Therese Alshammar, of Sweden, since 2000; Britta Steffen, 52.17; Dara Torres AR 52.79

Nystrand blasts 45.83 WR 100 free; Veldhuis cracks Alshammar WR: 23.58 50 Free; Manaudou clocks 1:53.48 ER 200 Free; Buschschulte' ER 50 Back; Pereira threatens 400 IM WR; Park joins Hackett and Thorpe on list of best 10 400 free times

And there it was: Stefan Nystrand's 45.83 is the first sub-46sec effort over 100 free and marks the first Swedish world sprint record among men

Marleen Veldhuis became the first Dutchwoman ever to hold the world 50m s/c record over 50m freestyle with a 23.58sec victory over super-veteran Dara Torres (23.82, 4th best ever) and veteran holder of the record Therese Alshammar

The French world champion over 200m clocks 1:53.48 European record at Berlin round of World Cup

Hackett has five, Thorpe has four, now Park joins them at No10 on the list of the fastest 400m free s/c swims ever with and Asian record of 3:36.68

The German sprinters become the second and third women ever to break 27sec, Buschschulte takes European record

Thiago Pereira of Brazil, clocked a 4:00.63sec win over 400m medley at the Berlin round of the World Cup: a South American record and second-fastest ever behind Hungarian Laszlo Cseh's 4:00.37 world record

The only thing that remains to be seen is how NADO, an organisation with a licence to kill off the career of an athlete, explains the whole sorry affair surrounding the day she met 007 in Budapest

The former backstroke world champion will undergo shoulder surgery next week, while the Melbourne 2007 silver medallist has fractured a toe

CAS case will not be heard until well into 2008; Brazilian sprinter's coach dropped from world cup staff in Belo Horizonte

The French olympic champion is not only happy but says the work in a short-course pool at home with brother Nicolas has given her an edge that would have helped her beat Kate Ziegler over 800 at Melbourne 2007

The Canadian reduces Mary T to second-fastest North American in the little pool after all these years

Superfish will race alongside 10 other USA A-teamers and world record holders, including fellow Olympic champions Gary Hall Jnr and Natalie Coughlin, at the US s/c nationals in Atlanta Nov 29-Dec1

Swedish sprinters keep Beijing podium in sight with 46.48ses 100 free, world cup best of 23.79 50 free at Stockholm World Cup; Lillhage and Grandlund battle for 1:54s 200 Free

The 2000 Olympic champion will face a disciplinary hearing before the Hungarian Anti-Doping Group this week after testers claimed that she failed to submit to a control that she clearly did submit to