Cameron Van Der Burgh News

Hamburg- When several world records were broken in the run- up to the FINA world championships in Rome, it was clear that the season would be dominated not so much by the swimmers, but by the times they were setting and the suits they were wearing.

PHOENIX, Arizona, November 26. WHILE the women's side of the African Swimmers of the Year award was a no brainer, the men's side was much more competitive this year as part of the Swimming World Magazine annual awards announced in the December issue.

Jessica Hardy was on the line Monday morning from St. Gallen, Switzerland a few hours after arriving from Singapore where the evening before she was crowned the FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup champion along with South Africa's Cameron Van Der Burgh.

China's star swimmer Liu Zige has continued her impressive performance at the World Cup Short Course Berlin leg.

BERLIN: The swimmers around the globe went on a record breaking spree at the World Cup swimming meet here Saturday.

Michael Phelps admitted Saturday he is in poor form after another disappointing performance saw him finish fifth in the men's 200m butterfly final as world records tumbled here at the shortcourse World Cup meet.

PHOENIX, Arizona, November 8. IN the November issue of Swimming World Magazine , premium members can go to the interactive page of SwimmingWorldMagazine.com and view the interactive content that was embedded in the current digital issue.

Sunday, November 08, 2009 MOSCOW: Marieke Guehrer and Evelyn Verraszto were the stars on a record-breaking opening day of the Moscow leg of FINA's World Cup series here on Friday.

PHOENIX, Arizona, November 4. SOME of the best episodes of The Morning Swim Show are featured in this month's edition of Swimming World Magazine .

Team South Africa will be looking at getting the most medals they possibly can at the first event of the Fina Swimming World Cup series in Durbana s Kings Park Aquatic Centre from October 16-17. Breaststroke world record-holder Cameron van der Burgh heads a list of top South African swimmers, who will be looking to see off a strong international ...

Michael Phelps returned to the winner's circle on Wednesday with a world record-setting triumph in the men's 200m butterfly at the swimming World Championships.

South African Cameron Van Der Burgh won the men's 50m breaststroke gold medal on Wednesday, breaking the world record for the second time in two days with a time of 26.67 in the world swimming championships.

Annamay Pierse of Edmonton was decidedly unhappy with her fifth-place finish Tuesday in the women's 100-metre breaststroke at the aquatics world championships in Rome, and that was precisely the attitude the Canadian head coach was looking for.

Dressed in only a pair of leggings, Michael Phelps showed what he thought of the swimsuit fiasco in the most emphatic way possible on Wednesdasy night by smashing his own 200 metres butterfly world record.

Michael Phelps is wearing a swimsuit that's sooooo last year. He might wind up regretting his choice of attire.

Rome - Although South African Cameron Van Der Burgh had just won the world championship in the 50m breaststroke and broken his own world record in the process, he was a worried man as he came out of the pool.

Multiple Olympic champion Michael Phelps suffered his first defeat in international competition for four years when Paul Biedermann convincingly beat him in the 200 meters freestyle final at the world swimming championships in Rome.

Michael Phelps returned to the winner's circle on Wednesday with a world record-setting triumph in the men's 200m butterfly at the swimming World Championships.

Annamay Pierse of Canada competes in the Women's 100m Breaststroke Heats during the 13th FINA World Championships at the Stadio del Nuoto on July 27, 2009 in Rome, Italy.

Michael Phelps was readying for battle Tuesday, looking forward to taking on German sensation Paul Biedermann in the 200m freestyle final at the swimming World Championships.