aaron peirsol

The final leg of the shortcourse swimming World Cup gets under way in Singapore on Saturday with expectations high that world records will fall. Sixteen new marks were set in Berlin last weekend with the vast majority achieved by athletes wearing the high-tech swimsuits that will be banned from January 1. It means Singapore will be one of the last times the controversial suits will be worn and swimmers will want to set more records with the impact of the new regulations on global swimming times yet to  

American Olympic swimming champion Aaron Peirsol thinks new records should not be removed from the books when high-tech suits are banned next year. Peirsol is getting ready for a FINA World Cup event in Singapore. The world record holder in the men's 100 and 200 metre backstroke told reporters on Thursday that any efforts to alter records set with high tech suits will only cause more confusion in the sport.  

Michael Phelps will lead the U.S. team at Duel in the Pool against a squad of European swimmers.  

Michael Phelps has received a leading six nominations for the Golden Goggle awards, including Male Athlete of the Year. Phelps of Baltimore received three individual nods and three for relays.  

The USA Swimming Foundation today released the nominations for the Golden Goggle Awards, a star-studded awards gala celebrating the accomplishments of top American swimmers in 2009.  

Many people beat the heat in the water at Fort Myers Beach this weekend.  

A golden opportunity comes to Fort Myers beach this weekend.  

With temperatures falling precipitously all over the country, now is the time to steal away to the beaches of Florida for an open-water swimming event in Fort Myers or a seafood festival in Panama City Beach.  

About 250 swimmers of all ages Saturday at McGee Beach picked up pointers on competing in open water from Olympic champions. "I swallowed like a gallon of water and threw it all up. And it hurt," Alli Carroll, 13, told her mom at the first Corpus Christi Open Water Festival. But it was worth it, Alli confessed.