Swimming Distance

Peak Performance Olympic Awards

Sam Bordiss — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:38:50 +0100

The 2008 Beijing Olympics closed out in predictably beautiful style. It’ll be a long time before we forget some of the fantastic performances produced in Beijing.

Marathon Swimmer's Delusional Dehydration

Sam Bordiss — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:01:36 +0100

Talk about a feisty debut. The 10km marathon swim brought us leg-pulling and tangled weeds in the women’s event yesterday.

Swimming Marathon Debuts In Style

Sam Bordiss — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:55:46 +0100

Like the women’s running marathon, the 10km swimming marathon promised a wonderful mixture of great determination and great performance.

US Swimming Explodes with the help of Michael Phelps

Sam Bordiss — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:45:12 +0100

US Swimming explodes

The American swimming team are absolutely buzzing at the moment.

Swimming Finals Bring Gold Medals & World Records

Sam Bordiss — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:58:29 +0100

It must be something they serve in the breakfast, because these morning swimming finals are producing some incredible races.

US Swimming lands with a bang

Sam Bordiss — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:43:42 +0100

The US Olympic swimming team have arrived in their Singapore training camp and have already shrouded themselves in controversy.

Grant Hackett - Men's 1500m Freestyle

matt.renton — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:54:05 +0100

Olympic Chances: No one would disagree that Grant Hackett is the overwhelming favourite to win his third gold medal in the men’s 1500m freestyle and in doing so become the first male swimmer to win three consecutive gold medals in the same event.

Katie Hoff - Women's Swimming

matt.renton — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:36:49 +0100

Olympic Chances: Although her world record in the 400m IM was broken briefly by Stephanie Rice (in March 2008), Hoff reclaimed it in her Olympic trials at Omaha and is expected to claim gold in this event and the 200m IM in Beijing.