• Olympic Coverage Available on Swim Stars Live
  Coverage of the Beijing Olympic Games can be found on Swim Stars Live.
  
  Due to the sudden increase in traffic, Swim Stars has been on and offline and may remain that way until an adequate hosting solution can be found. That is why updates are being made on SSL. Please bare with us!
  
  Go USA!
  

• Pictures: Olympic Trials - Day 2 Prelims
  
  
  Here are the pictures from the prelim session on Day 2.
  
• Aaron Peirsol's 100 Back Prelim


• Amanda Beard's 100 Breast Prelim


• Chris Dejong's 200 Free Prelim


• Erik Vendt's 200 Free Prelim


• Felicia Lee's 100 Back Prelim


• Katie Hoff's 200 Free Prelim


• Matt Grever's 100 Back Prelim


• Natalie Coughlin's 100 Back Prelim


• Peter Vanderkaay's 200 Free Prelim


• Ryan Lochte's 200 Free Prelim


• Ryan Lochte's 100 Back Prelim


• Pictures: Olympic Trials - Day 1 Finals (Part 2)
  Here is part 2 of the Day 1 finals pictures.
  
  
• Brendan Hansen's 100 Breast Semifinal


• Katie Hoff's 400 IM Final


• Peter Vanderkaay's 400 Free Final


• Amanda Beard Poses for PETA in anti-fur Ad
  Amanda Beard appears nude in a new PETA campaign ad.
  
  In the recently released ad, Amanda is flanked by the text tagline "Be Comfortable in Your Own Skin. Don't Wear Fur".
  
  The campaign is being described as "nude", but Amanda's chest is covered and the text is also placed to cover some of her body.
  
  Click here for the release and to view the NSFW ad.
  

• Pictures: Olympic Trials - Day 1 Finals (Part 1)
  Here is another update from the Olympic Trials. They will become more frequent and may overlap with the actual Olympic Games coverage. More reasons to come back and see what's new!
  
  
• Ryan Lochte's 400 IM Final


• Felicia Lee's 100 Fly Semifinal


• Erik Vendt's 400 Free Final


• Swim Stars Named Olympic Team Captains
  Five out of the 6 Team USA Olympic Team captains are Swim Stars.
  
  USA Swimming officially released their names even though news of some of the selections were made known shortly after the vote happened at training camp.
  
  Amanda Beard and Natalie Coughlin join Dara Torres to lead the women.
  
  For the men, Brendan Hansen, Erik Vendt, and Jason Lezak were voted captains.
  

RSS Daily World Swimming News

• The Final Analysis; Beijing 2008
  Views, stats and reflections on China's work, the state of world swimming and a period in the history of the sport that stands out like a tidal wave in a relative millpond
  

• Omega Release Phelps Digital Destiny Photo
  Timekeeper shows sequence that led to seventh gold medal for Superfish
  

• Bowman Blueprint II Already Underway
  The triumphs, tricks and testing times of the coach of the greatest Olympian ever; Bowman's last interview before leaving Beijing for Baltimore
  

• Popov Has Edge On Hackett In IOC Vote
  Sprinter beats distance ironman for a place on the International Olympic Committee's athletes' commission
  

• Dutch Cancer Comeback Hero Takes The Marathon
  Maarten van der Weijden (NED) was just 20 when he was diagnosed with acute lymphatic leukaemia. Given only a slim chance of survival, his treatment included chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant. Now 27, he is Olympic 10k champ
  

• Michael Phelps Poses With His Eight Gold Medals -- Pre-Order This Iconic Poster Before Sept. 9 and Get 50 Percent Off Shipping!
  PHOENIX, Arizona, August 28. DUE to an unexpected technical error, many Swim Shop customers were unable to complete their orders Wednesday and today for the Michael Phelps Beijing posters. The erro...
  

• Industry News: FINIS Dedicates Exclusive Water Polo Apparel Line to USA Team Captain and Silver Medalist Tony Azevedo
  LIVERMORE, California, August 28. FINIS announced the release of an entire line of elite water polo apparel and equipment in honor of the accomplishments of their star athlete, U.S. Olympian Tony Azev...
  

• Michael Phelps to Host Season Premiere of Saturday Night Live
  NEW YORK, August 28. THE media train keeps on rolling for Superman as Michael Phelps has been announced as the host of the season premiere of Saturday Night Live. Phelps will appear on the Septemb...
  

• College Recruit Rankings Profile: Four-Star William Colbert, Class of 2009
  PHOENIX, Arizona, August 28. WILLIAM Colbert is our next subject in the Swimming World College Recruit Rankings Profile series. Colbert is a four-star breaststroker who swims for Schroeder YMCA and ...
  

• Hungary retain water polo title
  Hungary beat USA 14-10 in the men's final while Serbia take the bronze defeating Montenegro 6-4.
  

• Russia seal synchronised double
  Russia win synchronised swimming team gold, three days after winning the duet title.
  

• Battling Davies wins 10km silver
  Britain's David Davies just misses out on Olympic gold in the men's 10km swim after a brave performance at Shunyi.
  

• Transcripts from U.S. Olympic Team press conference
  A transcript from the U.S. Olympic Swim Team press conference on Aug. 2, from the Singapore Island Country Club
  

• Speedo Tip of the Week
  This week’s Speedo Tip of the Week comes from Dr. David Swensen, a certified strength and conditioning specialist and an assistant coach for the YMCA of the North Shore in Beverly, Mass. Swensen offers some advice on dryland exercises to prevent injury.