Beijing - 1,500m heats: Hoogie has gone but the Aussie Ironman is alive, kicking and heading into lane four of the 30-lap final with an Olympic record of 14:38.92, erasing Canadian Ryan Cochran's 14:40.84 from heat 3
The final ranged from 2:20.22 to 2:25.23, the latter time faster than the silver medal was won in at Melbourne 2007; Soni takes two strokes forward to Jones's 1.5 backwards
No room for sentimentality: Ryan Lochte ensured that USA teammate Aaron Peirsol did not match East German Roland Matthes's double double of backstroke victories
The see-saw between Libby Trickett, nee Lenton (AUS) and Britta Steffen (GER) had been a geographic long-distance thriller dominated by the Australian - until Beijing
Double Double For Kitajima: All-time Breaststroke King
2008-08-14
Craig Lord
Japanese world record holder sets Olympic record of 2:07.64; Rickard silver on lucky 2:08.88; bronze to Duboscq ion 2:08.94; Brown locked out by 0.09sec
A false-start by Pang Jiaying (CHN)l, the 200m bronze medallist yesterday, saved Libby Trickett (AUS), world record holder but on 54.10 this morning, from elimination in the 100m free
WR: 2:04.18 - 200 ' Fly - Liu Zige's Gold For China
2008-08-14
Craig Lord
And therein lies a tale. A stunning world record that takes a vast chunk off the best time of two Chinese swimmers taking gold and silver in Olympic waters and the world of swimming is powerless to ask where it came from as it once would have done
Bernard Blasts To Gold; Sullivan Silver; Shared Bronze
2008-08-14
Craig Lord
The French sprinter claims 100m free crown in 47.21, world record holder misses his target by 0.11sec and Lezak and Cielo share bronze; Hoogie worthy fifth
Four teams race inside the world record in the 4x200m freestyle; Australia followed home by China and the USA, with Italy fourth and under 7:50; third gold for Rice
Finals Day 6-WR for Aussie Women and Liu, Bernard Wins
2008-08-14
Nikki Dryden
Beijing-While the rivalry between Kitajima and Hansen fades into oblivion, the men's 100 free saga with Bernard the Olympic victor and Sullivan the World Record holder heats up.