Australian’s Libby Trickett, Christian Sprenger and Emily Seebohm set world short-course marks

September 9th, 2009 Olympic champ Trickett considering retirementSYDNEY — Triple Olympic gold medalist Libby Trickett is contemplating retirement and has announced she'll take an extended break from competitive swimming. The 24-year-old Australian, who won five gold medals at the 2007 world championships, released a statement Wednesday saying she had to reassess her future and whether she had the desire to keep training for the London 2012 Olympics.

August 12th, 2009 HOBART, Australia — Jessicah Schipper set a shortcourse world record for the women's 100-meter butterfly at the Australian championships. The 22-year-old Schipper was timed in 55.68 seconds Wednesday, beating the mark of 55.74 set by fellow Australian Libby Trickett last year.

August 10th, 2009 Aussies Trickett, Sprenger set short-course marksHOBART, Australia —Libby Trickett and Christian Sprenger set world short-course records at the Australian championships on Monday. Trickett broke her own record in the 100-meter freestyle, finishing in 51.01 seconds to improve on her mark of 51.70 set three years ago.

August 3rd, 2009 ROME - The following is the list of all the medal winners from World Swimming Championships that concluded here late Sunday. MEN 50m freestyle Gold: Cesar Cielo Filho (Brazil) 21.08 sec Silver: Frederick Bousquet (France) 21.21 Bronze: Amaury Leveaux (France) 21.25 100m freestyle Gold: Cesar Cielo Filho (Brazil) 46.91 sec (world record) Silver: Alain Bernard (France) 47.12 Bronze: Frederick Bousquet (France) 47.25 200m freestyle Gold: Paul Biedermann (Germany) 1:42.00 min (world record) Silver: Michael Phelps (US) 1:43.22 Bronze: Danila Isotow (Russia) 1:43.90 400m freestyle Gold: Paul Biedermann (Germany) 3:40.07 min (world record) Silver: Oussama Mellouli (Tunisia) 3:41.11 Bronze: Zhang Lin (China) 3:41.35 800m freestyle Gold: Zhang Lin (China) 7:32.12 min (world record) Silver: Oussama Mellouli (Tunisia) 7:35.27 Bronze: Ryan Cochrane (Canada) 7:41.92 1,500m freestyle Gold: Oussama Mellouli (Tunisia) 14:37.28 min Silver: Ryan Cochrane (Canada) 14:41.38 Bronze: Sun Yang (China) 14:46.84 50m backstroke Gold: Liam Tancock (Britain) 24.04 sec Silver: Junya Koga (Japan) 24.24 Bronze: Gerhard Zandberg (South Africa) 24.34 100m backstroke Gold: Junya Koga (Japan) 52.26 sec Silver: Helge Meeuw (Germany) 52.54 Bronze: Aschwin Wildeboer (Spain) 52.64 200m backstroke Gold: Aaron Peirsol (US) 1:51.92 min (world record) Silver: Ryosuke Irie (Japan) 1:52.51 Bronze: Ryan Lochte (US) 1:53.82 50m breaststroke Gold: Cameron van der Burgh (South Africa) 26.67 sec (world record) Silver: Felipe Frana Silva (Brazil) 26.76 Bronze: Mark Gangloff (US) 26.86 100m breaststroke Gold: Brenton Rickard (Australia) 58.58 sec (world record) Silver: Hugues Duboscq (France) 58.64 Bronze: Cameron van der Burgh (South Africa) 58.95 200m breaststroke Gold: Daniel Gyurta (Hungary) 2:07.64 min Silver: Eric Shanteau (US) 2:07.65 Bronze: Christian Sprenger (Australia) and Giedrius Titenis (Lithuania) both 2:07.80 50m butterfly Gold: Milorad Cavic (Serbia) 22.67 sec Silver: Matthew Targett (Australia) 22.73 Bronze: Rafael Munoz (Spain) 22.88 100m butterfly Gold: Michael Phelps (US) 49.82 sec (world record) Silver: Milorad Cavic (Serbia) 49.95 Bronze: Rafael Munoz (Spain) 50.41 200m butterfly Gold: Michael Phelps (US) 1:51.51 min (world record) Silver: Pawel Korzeniowski (Poland) 1:53.23 Bronze: Takeshi Matsuda (Japan) 1:53.32 200m individual medley Gold: Ryan Lochte (US) 1:54.10 min (world record) Silver: Laszlo Cseh (Hungary) 1:55.24 Bronze: Eric Shanteau (US) 1:55.36 400m individual medley Gold: Ryan Lochte (US) 4:07.01 min Silver: Scott Tyler Clary (US) 4:07.31 Bronze: Laszlo Cseh (Hungary) 4:07.37 4x100m freestyle relay Gold: US (Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Mattew Grevers, Nathan Adrian) 3:09.21 min Silver: Russia (Evgeniy Lagunov, Andrey Grechin, Danila Izotov, Alexander Sukhorukov) 3:09.52 Bronze: France (Fabien Gilot, Alain Bernard, Gregory Mallet, Frederick Bousquet) 3:09.89 4x200m freestyle relay Gold: US (Michael Phelps, Ricky Berens, David Walters, Ryan Lochte) 6:58.55 min (world record) Silver: Russia (Nikita Lobintsev, Michail Polishuk, Danila Izotov, Alexander Sukhorukov) 6:59.15 Bronze: Australia (Kenrick Monk, Robert Hurley, Tommaso D'Orsogna, Patrick Murphy) 7:01.65 4x100m medley relay Gold: US (Michael Phelps, Eric Shanteau, Aaron Peirsol, David Walters) 3:27.28 min (world record) Silver: Germany (Helge Meeuw, Hendrik Feldwehr, Benjamin Starke, Paul Biedermann) 3:28.58 Bronze: Australia (Ashley Delaney, Brenton Rickard, Andrew Lauterstein, Matthew Targett) 3:28.64 WOMEN 50m freestyle Gold: Britta Steffen (Germany) 23.72 sec (world record) Silver: Therese Alshammar (Sweden) 23.88 Bronze: Cate Campbell (Britain) 23.99 Bronze: Marleen Veldhuis (Netherlands) 23.99 100m freestyle Gold: Britta Steffen (Germany) 52.07 sec (world record) Silver: Francesca Halsall (Britain) 52.87 Bronze: Lisbeth Trickett (Australia) 52.93 200m freestyle Gold: Federica Pellegrini (Italy) 1:52.98 min (world record) Silver: Allison Schmitt (US) 1:54.96 Bronze: Dana Vollmer (US) 1:55.64 400m freestyle Gold: Federica Pellegrini (Italy) 3:59.15 min (world record) Silver: Joanne Jackson (Britain) 4:00.60 Bronze: Rebecca Adlington (Britain) 4:00.79 800m freestyle Gold: Lotte Friis (Denmark) 8:15.92 min Silver: Joanne Jackson (Britain) 8:16.66 Bronze: Alessia Filippi (Italy) 8:17.21 1,500m freestyle Gold: Alessia Filippi (Italy) 15:44.93 min Silver: Lotte Friis (Denmark) 15:46.30 Bronze: Camelia Potec (Romania) 15:55.63 50m backstroke Gold: Zhao Jing (China) 27.06 sec (world record) Silver: Daniela Samulski (Germany) 27.23 Bronze: Gao Chang (China) 27.28 100m backstroke Gold: Gemma Spofforth (Britain) 58.12 sec (world record) Silver: Anastasia Zueva (Russia) 58.18 Bronze: Emily Seebohm (Australia) 58.88 200m backstroke Gold: Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe) 2:04.81 sec (world record) Silver: Anastasia Zueva (Russia) 2:04.94 Bronze: Elizabeth Beisel (US) 2:06.39 50m breaststroke Gold: Yuliya Efimova (Russia) 30.09 sec (world record) Silver: Rebecca Soni (US) 30.11 Bronze: Sarah Katsoulis (Australia) 30.16 100m breaststroke Gold: Rebecca Soni (US) 1:04.93 min Silver: Julia Jefimowa (Russia) 1:05.41 Bronze: Kasey Carlson (US) 1:05.75 200m breaststroke Gold: Nadja Higl (Serbia) 2:21.62 min Silver: Annamay Pierse (Canada) 2:21.84 Bronze: Mirna Jukic (Austria) 2:21.97 50m butterfly Gold: Marieke Guehrer (Australia) 25.48 sec Silver: Zhou Yafei (China) 25.57 Bronze: Ingvild Snildal (Norway) 25.58 100m butterfly Gold: Sarah Sjostrom (Sweden) 56.06 sec (world record) Silver: Jessicah Schipper (Australia) 56.23 Bronze: Jiao Liuyang (China) 56.86 200m butterfly Gold: Jessicah Schipper (Australia) 2:03.41 min (world record) Silver: Liu Zige (China) 2:03.90 Bronze: Katinka Hosszu (Hungary) 2:04.28 200m individual medley Gold: Ariana Kukors (US) 2:06.15 min (world record) Silver: Stephanie Rice (Australia) 2:07.03 Bronze: Katinka Hosszu (Hungary) 2:07.46 400m individual medley Gold: Katinka Hosszu (Hungary) 4:30.31 min Silver: Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe) 4:32.12 Bronze: Stephanie Rice (Australia) 4:32.29 4x100m freestyle relay Gold: Netherlands (Inge Dekker, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Femke Heemskerk, Marleen Veldhuis) 3:31.72 min (world record) Silver: Germany (Britta Steffen, Daniela Samulski, Petra Dallmann, Daniela Schreiber) 3:31.83 Bronze: Australia (Lisbeth Trickett, Marieke Guehrer, Shayne Reese, Felicity Galvez) 3:33.01 4x200m freestyle relay Gold: China (Yang Yu, Qian Wei Zhu, Liu Jing, Pang Jiaying) 7:42.08 min (world record) Silver: US (Dana Vollmer, Lacey Nymeyer, Ariana Kukors, Allison Schmitt) 7:42.56 Bronze: Britain (Joanne Jackson, Jazmin Carlin, Caitlin McClatchey, Rebecca Adlington) 7:45.51 4x100m medley relay Gold: China (Zhao Jing, Chen Huijia, Jiao Luiyeng, Li Zhesi) 3:52.19 min (world record) Silver: Australia (Emily Seebohm, Sarah Katsoulis, Jessicah Schipper, Liby Trickett) 3:52.58 Bronze: Germany (Daniela Samulski, Sarah Poewe, Annika Mehlhorn, Britta Steffen) 3:55.79

August 1st, 2009 ROME - Six world records in the evening session at the world championships in the Foro Italico here took the total for the meet to 35. At the last world championships in Melbourne in 2007, 15 world records were broken in total and with two days of competition remaining, this number has already been more than doubled.

July 31st, 2009 ROME - World records continued falling in the Foro Italico here at the World Swimming Championships. On Thursday seven world records on the day took the total to 29, with three days of competition still remaining.

July 31st, 2009 1 race, 1 WR as Steffen sets 30th mark in RomeROME — Germany's Britta Steffen has set the 30th world record of the world championships in Rome, winning the 100-meter freestyle in 52.07 seconds. Steffen was trailing Australia's Libby Trickett at the turn of Friday's race, but she was too strong for everyone on the return lap.

July 31st, 2009 2 races, 2 WRs as Peirsol makes up for flopROME — Aaron Peirsol of the United States has made up for a disappointing swim at the world championships, breaking his own world record in the 200-meter backstroke by more than a full second. Fellow American Ryan Lochte, the defending Olympic and world champion, pushed Peirsol in the first half of the race, actually leading at the midway point.

July 30th, 2009 Schipper, Sprenger records knock off BeijingROME — Down goes Beijing. Jess Schipper of Australia has set the 26th world record of the world swimming championships, surpassing the total from last summer's Olympics.

July 30th, 2009 Six more worlds records knock off BeijingROME — Down goes Beijing. Six more world records on the fifth night of the world swimming championship pushed the total to 28, sending Rome right on past the Beijing Olympics that were thought to be the limits of speed in the pool.

July 26th, 2009 Swede sets butterfly meet record in qualifyingROME — Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden has set a meet record in preliminaries of the 100-meter butterfly, the first swimming event of the world championships and a sign of how quick times will be in the last hurrah for high-tech bodysuits. American Dana Vollmer and Australia's Jess Schipper also advanced with strong showings.

July 26th, 2009 3 meet records fall right away, but Park too slowROME — Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden set a meet record in the very first swimming event of the world championships Sunday, and American Ariana Kukors knocked off another mark as well — a sign of just how quick the times will be in the last hurrah for high-tech bodysuits. Sjostrom just missed the world record in preliminaries of the 100-meter butterfly.

July 18th, 2009 LONDON - Having lost eight wickets for a paltry score of 156 on the second day of the second Ashes Tests being played at Lords here, Australia has conceded that they have been outfoxed by England's short-pitched bowling plan. Should they lose the Test, it will be a first for the Australians after 75 years.

June 20th, 2009 US selects team for open water world championshipsCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Fran Crippen and Emily Brunemann will represent the U.S.

May 31st, 2009 Christian Cevaer wins European Open by 1 strokeASH, England — Christian Cevaer won the European Open by one stroke on Sunday, making par at the difficult 18th hole for a 2-over 74. The Frenchman totaled 7-under 281 at the London Golf Club to beat Steve Webster (71), Gary Orr (71) and Alvaro Quiros (72).