SwimNews Online - Daily News (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Zhang Lin speaks of plans to train in the US in 2010; Jones eyes 'record' fourth Olympics; Alain Bernard and Hugues Duboscq receive honours connected to their work in voluntary work with police and military forces
SwimNews Online - Daily News (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
LEN, the Euro swim federation approves use of 'new' block at winter showcase evert in Istanbul; knee surgery puts Dara Torres out for 12 to 18 months; Alain Bernard and Hugues Duboscq in Paris hostage crisis (simulated)
Examiner (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
Brazil's Cesar Cielo has become the first swimmer to break 47 seconds in the 100-meter freestyle, setting another world record and holding off France's Alain Bernard at the world championships.
The FanHouse - Philadelphia Eagles (Free subscription) | 07/27/2009
by FanHouse Newswire Filed under: Swimming ROME (AP) -- Michael Phelps and the Americans got the best of France again in the relay. And just like Beijing, the world's greatest swimmer owed a big hand to his teammates Sunday. Phelps led off the 400-meter freestyle relay, his first event of the world swimming championships, but he was only third when he turned it over to Ryan Lochte. Lochte hung tough...
SI.com (Free subscription) | 07/26/2009
Sacre bleu. The U.S. relay team fricasseed and flambéed the French again. On a night when six world records fell in seven events at the FINA world championships in Rome, the race that didn't produce one nevertheless held a headline. This was France's chance to undo the choke of Beijing, when Jason Lezak chased down Alain Bernard in the final strokes to keep Michael Phelps' bid for eight golds...
Tzvee's Talmudic Blog (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
Our local paper, the Jewish Standard , today ran a cover story on the Maccabiah Games in Israel. If you have never been, you are missing one of the great events of Jewish peoplehood. I was at the opening ceremonies in 1993 - one of the most moving sporting events I can recall. The Standard reports that swimmer Jason Lezak has chosen to compete in the Tel Aviv Maccabiah Games rather than in the World...
SwimNews Online - Daily News (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
Editorial. Alain Bernard likes Filippo's Magnini idea of racing in briefs. It would help to promote swimming rather than suits; it would also help to settle the crisis engulfing the sport, once and for all
ABC (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009
Alain Bernard's world 100-metre freestyle record set in April will not be approved, swimming's world governing body FINA announced overnight.
SwimNews Online - Daily News (Free subscription) | 06/21/2009
The 100m free at the Paris Open came down to a duel between Alain Bernard and Filippo Magnini, one that ended 48.20 to 48.46 in the Frenchman's favour; Trickett and Jones win events in which they will not defend their world crowns next month
SwimNews Online - Daily News (Free subscription) | 06/05/2009
Beaten into submission at French trials by teammates Fred Bousquet and Alain Bernard when they wore suits that failed to make it on to the list of FINA approved suits on May 19, Leveaux prepares for Mare Nostrum and says: "I want to be world 50m champion"
SwimNews Online - Daily News (Free subscription) | 05/04/2009
First reports suggested that Yulia Efimova sawm to a 30.02 world record over 50m breaststroke in an "old" suit. In fact she wore the unapproved arena suit in which Alain Bernard clocked 46.94 over 100m freestyle
SwimNews Online - Daily News (Free subscription) | 04/28/2009
If what Alain Bernard wore to that 46.94 is approved, the Swedish sprinter will wear it in Rome this summer after signing deal with Arena
Swimming World Magazine News (Free subscription) | 04/26/2009
MONTPELLIER, France, April 26. TWO days after nearly taking down Alain Bernard's yet-to-be-approved world record in the 100 free, Fred Bousquet broke through in the 50 free to earn the title of Fastes...
SwimNews Online - Daily News (Free subscription) | 04/26/2009
A lot of harm has already been done. We can go back if there is a strong will. But the damage is done. I hope coaches are moved to take a stand - coach to Alain Bernard; sadness for swimmers who went to war with a 'toy gun'
Swimming World Magazine News (Free subscription) | 04/24/2009
MONTPELLIER, France, April 24. AFTER Alain Bernard provided some fireworks yesterday with a world record of 46.94 in the men's 100 free, the buzz on deck was that the record may go down again in final...
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