Federica Pellegrini News

PHOENIX, Arizona, January 2. TODAY is our final look back to the news-making year that was 2009.

PHOENIX, Arizona, January 1. WITH 2010 now upon us, we leave you with a tribute to the Parting Shots of Swimming World Magazine's issues of the past year.

The year after a Summer Olympics is supposed to be a time when the stars of the previous Games catch their breath while the likely stars of the next Winter Games give the Olympic world some breathless anticipation.

ROME: Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has been voted sportsman of the year by La Gazzetta dello Sport for smashing his 100m and 200m world records at the World Championships in August.

Nobody thought the European team had much of a chance against the Americans at swimming's Duel in the Pool in Manchester this weekend, but that didn't make the realisation of those fears any less grim.

If you can beat the US in the pool, there's a good chance you can be a podium contender at global level.

Michael Rock, the conqueror of Michael Phelps at the British Gas Duel in the Pool in Manchester, says his victory has given him a huge confidence lift as he plots his path to the London 2012 Olympics.

MANCHESTER, England, December 19. THE second session of short course meter swimming at the Duel in the Pool produced three more world records as 2009 comes to a close.

JAZ CARLIN admits she will be up against it at the British Gas Duel in the Pool this weekend - " but has vowed to use her Manchester experience as a dress rehearsal for bigger challenges in 2010.

Michael Phelps won the 200-yard butterfly yesterday, giving this 14-time Olympic champion five first-place finishes in five events at the three-day NBAC Christmas meet at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.

Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington has expressed relief that she should be able to defend her 800metres freestyle title in London.

Russians Arkady Vyatchanin and Stanislav Donets both finished in 48:97 seconds to set a world record in the 100m backstroke on the last day of the European short-course swimming championships.

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, December 9. IN the December 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.

British Gas Duel in the Pool Venue: Manchester Aquatics Centre Date: 18-19 December 2009 Coverage: 18 December: 1900-2100 GMT, BBC Three and online; 19 December: 1345-1630 GMT, BBC One and online Jackson was beaten into the world silver medal spot by Pellegrini Britain's Jo Jackson and world champion Federica Pellegrini have withdrawn from the ...

Three Scots have been named in the European side to take on the United States in Manchester next month, writes Hailey Milne.

PHOENIX, Arizona, November 28. WITH just a few more days until Swimming World announces the World Swimmers of the Year, the excitement is building.

World and Olympic medallists Rebecca Adlington and Jo Jackson will find themselves in the unusual position of being on the same team as Italian rival Federica Pellegrini after the European side was announced for next month's British Gas Duel in the Pool in Manchester.

Golden feeling: Rebecca Adlington , Joanne Jackson will team up with Federica Pellegrini for the European Select team to take on the United States.

Olympic champion Liu Zige trimmed 1.6 seconds off the world record in the women's 200-meter butterfly at China's National Games on Wednesday.