Endurance swimmers short-changed at Olympics: Hackett
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Australia&#39;s Olympic 1,500 metres champion Grant Hackett says long-distance swimmers are being robbed of their chance to shine at the Athens Games.
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Michael Phelps will not now feature in the final race of the Olympic swimming competition on Saturday but he could still get a record eighth medal at the Athens Games.
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Alexandros Taxildaros is hoping to have a large home crowd behind him when he begins his Paralympic campaign next week. One of 12 swimmers who will be representing the host nation, he certainly
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ATHENS -- Her coach calls it &quot;Blythish.&quot; Blythe Hartley says it&#39;s just the way she operates. Whatever it is, it was working for the Edmonton-born diver yesterday in the preliminaries of the women&#39;s three-metre springboard event.
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Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe beat  arch-rival Michael Phelps in the men's 200-meter freestyle on  Monday as the United States trailed China, Australia and Japan  in the medals table on day three of the Olympic Games.
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ATHENS -- This was a duel in the pool -- the world&#39;s two greatest swimming powers going head-to-head for more than seven minutes at the Olympics.
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INDIANAPOLIS, United States : Athens Olympic star Michael Phelps made a relatively relaxed start on the first day of the seventh World Short Course Swim Championship, qualifying second for the 200m freestyle final.
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Australia&#39;s Jade Edmistone has qualified fastest for the semi-finals of the women&#39;s 50 metres breast stroke at the World Short Course Swimming Championships in Indianapolis.
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Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe beat  American arch-rival Michael Phelps in the men's 200-meter  freestyle on Monday as China, Australia and Japan led the  United States in the medals table on day three of the Olympic  Games.
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Australian Brooke Hanson took her personal tally to five gold medals with two victories on the fourth day of the world short course swim championships in Indianapolis today.
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American swimmers continued their dominance in the world short course championships in Indianapolis on Friday, winning five of the eight gold medals on offer without the help of injured Michael Phelps.
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Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Olympic sprint medalists Kostas Kenteris and Ekaterini Thanou withdrew from the Athens Games, overshadowing the fifth day of competition in which Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe will compete for his third gold.
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ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps barely had time to savor eight medals from these Olympics when the questions began about 2008. So, are you going to take another shot at Mark Spitzâs record in Beijing?
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THENS, Aug. 29  Swimming&#39;s technique critic came in for some criticism of his own tonight in the shark tank disguised as the Olympic pool. But all&#39;s well that ends well on the medal stand and, despite being disqualified shortly ...
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The first day of the Olympic Games has seen rowing and swimming the pick of the action. Are the Olympics still the greatest sporting event on Earth?
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Australian Loretta Harrop has fallen just short of winning Olympic gold in the women&#39;s triathlon on Day 12 in Athens. Harrop had a fantastic race, leading most of the way before Austrian Kate Allen came from
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Michael Phelps took care of qualifying for the Olympic 200-meter freestyle semifinals Sunday, and then found out he had been added to the American team for the evening's 400 freestyle relay final. Phelps' rivals Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den Hoogenband and teammate Klete Keller were faster than the teenager in the 200 free preliminaries.