Swimming is now a laughing stock, with its shoddy performance over the past few days at the FINA World Championships in Rome.
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Crikey Clarifier: How do full polyurethane swimsuits work?
What are these now banned super-fast swim suits and how do they work? Sports equipment engineering design expert Lachlan Thompson has the answer.
Phelps loses World Championships: blame the suit?
America’s golden boy Michael Phelps has lost his Midas touch, coming second to Germany’s Paul Biedermann in the 200-metre freeestyle at the World Swimming Championships. But was Biedermann the superior swimmer, or just swearing a superior swimsuit?
Greening bikinis: the world’s first recycled nylon swimsuits
On a catwalk somewhere in San Diego, California, models are strutting their stuff in the latest in eco-chic — Eco-Panda’s recycled nylon swimsuits. Hot.
FINA rejects hi-tech swim suits
Swimming governing body FINA have rejected 10 hi-tech racing suits for their next World Championships, two of which were used to break world records last month.
D’Arcy and Dajka parallels cannot be ignored
Two men and two similar stories should give every sporting administrator in this country pause for thought — and especially those at Swimming Australia.
Swimming the most covered Olympic sport in Oz. Shock.
The Olympic coverage in Australia has been dominated by swimming, writes Media Monitors’ Patrick Baume.
Nick D’Arcy’s a dropkick, but we should let him swim
If Nick D’Arcy doesn’t get to Beijing it’ll be a funny sort of justice, writes Charles Happell.
