Back in the swim: Peirsol, Coughlin give Americans much needed splash
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ATHENS - As the final leg of the men&#39;s 4 x 200 freestyle relay began last night at the Olympic pool, the United States held a lead of at least 1 1/2 body lengths - which, considering the final 200 meters was being swum by 6-foot-6 Klete ...
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ATHENS, Greece - The United States won the men's 400-meter medley relay in world-record time Saturday night, giving Michael Phelps his record eighth medal of the Athens Olympics without him getting into the pool. Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker and Jason Lezak won in 3 minutes, 30.68 seconds, lowering the old mark of 3:31.54 set by the Americans at last year's world championships in Barcelona, Spain...
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Aaron Peirsol was awarded gold in the  men's 200 meters backstroke at the Athens Olympics on Thursday  after winning an appeal against his disqualification then  surviving a protest from the British and Austrian teams.
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Now this was a duel in the pool. With Michael Phelps leading off Tuesday night, the United States bested its top rival in the most thrilling race of the Athens Games. Klete Keller held off Ian Thorpe and finished the Australians with a lunge for the wall that gave the Americans a gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle relay. The margin was only 13-hundredths of a second.
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The Peking University men's eight is back for another go this weekend after last year's disastrous debut on the Rivah, when they swamped at the Eliot Bridge and had to swim ashore.
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ATHENS -- A wild comeback lifted the United States from the brink of defeat against an inspired Greek team yesterday, putting the Americans in the Olympic volleyball semifinals for the first time in 12 years.
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For Americans, it&#39;s just as well that the Olympics came to a conclusion Sunday. Over the weekend, the ends of America&#39;s almost
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Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands missed qualifying for the semis in the 50 freestyle this morning, and the world&#39;s headline writers heaved a sigh of relief. When the Flying Dutchman was beaten by Australia&#39;s Ian Thorpe in the 200 freestyle on ...
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For much of the bronze-medal game against Lithuania, several of the younger players on Team USA were having themselves a good time.
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It is lucky for Michael Phelps that he  is blessed with broad shoulders and an arm span like the wings  on a jumbo jet. Not only does it enable him to swim like a fish  but it also helps him to carry the burden of his own great  expectations.
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He has chosen to give chase to swimming&#39;s greatest achievement and, predictably, he has fallen short. He will not match Mark Spitz&#39;s seven gold medals at these Summer Olympics, but he should not be chided for trying.
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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.
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Led by Michael Phelps, the United States is eager to confirm its place as swimming's superpower at the world championships in Melbourne and ride the wave of domination onto the Beijing Olympics.
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It has come to this: Good thing we're in the easy bracket. The United States men's basketball team is in Pool B, along with Greece, Australia, Lithuania, Angola, and, of course, Puerto Rico, the feisty little brother who enjoyed a pretty big laugh at the expense of Uncle Sam's boys Sunday night. Most of the serious teams are ...
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Peirsol plays a part in 2 world records: Aaron Peirsol of Irvine, Calif., lowered his world record in the 200-meter backstroke at the short-course world championships, which ended last night in Indianapolis.
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INDIANAPOLIS Â· Aaron Peirsol, who swept the backstroke events at the Athens Olympics, won the 100-meter backstroke at the Short Course World Championships on Friday night.
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American Natalie Coughlin won Olympic gold in the 100-meter backstroke Monday night. Coughlin, the only woman ever to swim under 1 minute in the event, finished first in 1 minute, 0.37 seconds. Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, who swims at Auburn University in Alabama, earned the silver in 1:00.50. Laure Manaudou of France took bronze in 1:00.88.