Plenty of lessons for Peaty at Commonwealth Games
By Greg Stutchbury GOLD COAST, Australia, Apr 9 : Adam Peaty came to the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and mostly achieved what he wanted to in his individual events in the pool. The Rio Olympics 100...
View ArticlePan Pacs perfect prep for 2020, say Olympic hopefuls
By Jack Tarrant TOKYO, Aug 8 : Two years before the Tokyo 2020 Games, many of the world’s top swimmers will have the chance to get accustomed to the Olympic host city as it stages the Pan Pacific...
View ArticleLedecky returns to form, Ikee shines for hosts Japan
By Jack Tarrant TOKYO, Aug 11 : Katie Ledecky claimed her second gold of the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in the women’s 400 metres freestyle on Saturday while Rikako Ikee cemented her place...
View ArticleLedecky returns to form, Ikee shines for hosts Japan
By Jack Tarrant TOKYO, Aug 11 : Katie Ledecky claimed her second gold of the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in the women’s 400 metres freestyle on Saturday while Rikako Ikee cemented her place...
View ArticleAsia’s Olympic champions vie for gold in Jakarta pool
By Nick Mulvenney JAKARTA, Aug 18 : China’s medal machine Sun Yang heads a handful of reigning Olympic champions, and host of aspirant Tokyo 2020 gold medallists, looking to make a statement in the...
View ArticleIkee shines as Sun’s bid for five golds comes up short in relay
By Nick Mulvenney JAKARTA, Aug 20 : Chinese medal machine Sun Yang’s bid for a record-equalling five swimming titles at the Asian Games came to an abrupt end on Monday when, having picked up his second...
View ArticleWorld record falls as China-Japan duopoly holds in Jakarta pool
By Nick Mulvenney JAKARTA, Aug 21 : Liu Xiang swam a world record time to win Asian Games gold and teenage sensation Rikako Ikee won her fourth title of the meet as China and Japan maintained a firm...
View ArticleFamily kept flood news away from swimmer to help him focus
By Jessica Damiana JAKARTA, Aug 21 : The family of Indian swimmer Sajan Prakash kept news of a devastating flood in his home state of Kerala away from him so it did not affect his Asian Games...
View ArticleTwins make it a double sister act in Jakarta synchro final
By Amlan Chakraborty JAKARTA, Aug 28 : Two sets of twins stood on the podium with Asian Games medals around their necks after the final of women’s duet in synchronised swimming on Tuesday. China’s...
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