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Jessica Hardy beats her own record in 50-meter breaststroke swimming. Hardy betters her record by about half second today at World Cup meet in Stockholm. The American swimmer took 28.96 seconds to swim 50 meters during heat and beats her record of 29.36 seconds she had set just 4 days before in Moscow. Jessica Hardy had returned in August having served a year ban for doping. She served just one year ban after found guilty of taking Arginine Extreme in powder form that she took in water. Hardy's record has been the 5th set at the meet. Yesterday Chinese swimmer Jing Zhao had set record for twice in women’s 50-meter backstroke. Felicity Galvez of Australia also set one in women’s 100-meter butterfly and Kaio Almeida of Brazil set for men's 200-meter butterfly. ... details >>>

Erin Popovich of the United States jubilates after the final of women's 50m freestyle S7 of Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing, Sept. Russia's Dmitry Kokarev opened the third night of swimming... details >>>

Debbie Phelps Out of the water, life has not been the same flurry of first-place ribbons. A cheerful, high-energy cutup, Phelps was found to have attention deficit hyperactive disorder in elementary school. Homework, especially any kind of writing... details >>>

Dara Torres Wikipedia She will be the first swimmer from the United States to compete in five Olympics: 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, and 2008. She will compete in the Beijing Olympic Games in the 50 and 100 meter freestyle events. 3 Dara Torres was ... details >>>

Dara Torres Wikipedia She will be the first swimmer from the United States to compete in five Olympics: 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, and 2008. She will compete in the Beijing Olympic Games in the 50 and 100 meter freestyle events. 3 Dara Torres was ... details >>>

About, Mark Spitz Seven Gold posted at Articles.Top501.nu With all due respect to Michael Phelps, former Hoosier swimmer Mark Spitz is still the most decorated athlete in Olympic history. Spitz captured 11 medals over two Olympic Games, nine of... details >>>

James Blake Olympics BEIJING (AP) -- Roger Federer's bid for his first Olympic singles medal has ended with a loss to American James Blake. With the sort of lackluster performance that was once unthinkable for Federer, he was eliminated in the qua... details >>>

Torres, the American swimmer who swam in her first Olympics in 1984, is just one of several pro swimmers the guards at Nor-Gwyn will be watching. Multiple medalist Michael Phelps may be a big favorite, but don't count out his teammate Ryan Lotche... details >>>

About, Olympic Swimming Relay posted at Johannas Corner There were fireworks of a different kind over the holiday weekend in the Olympic swimming trials in Omaha. Rod 2.0 fave Cullen Jones qualified to compete in Beijing as a member of the 4x... details >>>

Phelps Relay AP - Michael Phelps swam the race of his life — then topped himself again. Capping a magnificent Olympics with a magnanimous gesture, Phelps matched Mark Spitz's record of four individual swimming gold medals and then gave up a covete... details >>>