Paralympic gold medalist Stephanie Dixon raises funds and awareness for the right of every child to play

Americans happy for Australian to carry the burden of expectation in Beijing

Canada’s Olympic swimming team, including world champion Brent Hayden of Mission, B.C., and Beijing Trials star Julia Wilkinson of Stratford, Ont., headline the Summer Nationals set for July 16-20 at the Pan Am Pool in Winnipeg

The suits are here to stay

Dara Torres has dropped the 100 free to concentrate on the 50

Torres adds another event with 50 free win, while Vanderkaay surprises with a 7 second drop to 14:45

29 world l/c records and 22 world s/c records have fallen since Feb 16. Since 1980, the record for numbers of world long-course records set in one year is 33, in 2000, the year in which the full bodysuit was launched granted license by FINA

Hoelzer is the star of the night, eclipsing Coventry's World Record in the 200 back. Hardy and Torres each lower the American record in the 50 free.

Vendt posts 14:50 in heats, Jackson smashes American record in the 50 free

Canadians in the mix, helping to create an exciting meet, outside the pool

Omaha, US Trials, Day 6 Finals: Peirsol clocks 1:54.32; Phelps goes 1:54.80. Lochte a fingernail adrift both times in 1:54.34 and 1:55.22; Torres defies time with 53.78 win over Coughlin in 100 free

World record holder pops a rib and pulls up in 50m race in Sydney

Omaha-Cullen Jones destroyed the field and lowered the American record (set in '00 by Gary Hall Jr.) to 21.59.

Coaches Robert Greenwood
 and Marc Spackman and swimmers, Marco Loughran, Jessica Dickons
 and Anne Bochmann will travel to the 2008 Games as part of Britain?s 'Olympic Ambition 2012' programme

Omaha - US Olympic Trials-Day 5 Finals: Hansen finishes 4th in the 200 breast as his training partners go 1-2; Weber-Gale takes 100m title in 47.92; Torres blasts 53.76, a huge lifetime best at 41 years of age

Omaha - US Olympic Trials - Day 5 Prelims: Lochte, Phelps, Hoff and company look to add events to Beijing schedule

On the sheet: 200m freestyle; 100m and 200m butterfly; 200m and 400m medley; all three relays; targets match those of 2004

US Trials, Omaha: 6 World Records have already been broken, with another 6 American records being set. If 8 more World Records go down, it will be the most in history

Omaha - Day 4 Finals Recap: Hoff adds 2 more events, while Phelps and Coughlin add 1 each. Lezak breaks his second American record of the day, while 2 rookies earn tickets to Beijing.

FINA has given the thumbs up to the Syrian's request to switch from the land of his origin to the country of his birth