By Emily GoddardMay 16 - British two-time Paralympic swimming champion Natalie Jones has announced her

director Chris Furber paid tribute to the swimmer saying: "She has made a significant contribution to swimming

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By Tom DegunMay 16 - Russia's Alexander Popov, the chairman International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission for Nanjing 2014, has praised preparations for the next Youth Olympic Games following the conclusion of the fourth inspection visit of the Chinese city.

from August 16 to 28 for elite athletes aged between 15 and 18-years-old.Popov, a four-time Olympic swimming

for April after the American swimmer swam to two world records while qualifying for this year's IPC Swimming

By James CrookMay 14 - Australia have named a trio of Olympians in their swimming squad for the 2013

800m freestyle at Kazan 2013"I was impressed with the times the swimmers posted at the EnergyAustralia Swimming

but now I am looking for this team to raise the bar again and set the world standard in Russia," said Swimming

Australian Uniroos Chef De Mission and two-time Universiade gold medallist Martin Roberts said: "The swimming

James CrookMay 14 - Gwangju 2015 have broken ground on the aquatics centre that will host water polo, swimming

By Duncan MackayMay 13 -  Two-thirds of the million tickets to watch next year's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will be priced at £25 ($38/€30) or less, with only eight per cent going to corporate sponsors, it was announced today.

competition schedule was also revealed for the first time with 12 sports taking place on day one, including swimming

By Duncan MackayMay 11 - Britain's Prince Harry today helped open the 2013 Warrior Games at the United States Olympic Training Centre in Colorado Springs. 

by an improvised explosive device (IED), light the cauldron and was accompanied by four-time Olympic swimming

medalist Missy Franklin.Snyder had competed in last year's Warrior Games and the won two gold medals in swimming

By Tom DegunMay 11 - Ukraine's Ganna Buriak took her second successive victory in the women's final of the fourth event in the UIPM World Cup at Budapest in Hungary as compatriot Victoria Tereshuk took silver.

Hungarian capital.She started well by finishing second in the fencing before taking twelfth in the swimming

By Duncan MackayMay 9 - A Navy Lieutenant who lost his vision in Afghanistan two years ago and then went on to win two gold medals at last year's Paralympics in London has been chosen by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) to be the honorary torchbearer for the Opening Ceremony of the 2013 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs on Saturday (May 11), it has been announced. 

year-old from Reno competed in the 2012 Warrior Games, and later that year, he went on to qualify in swimming

By Tom DegunMay 8 - The British Sports Marketing Bureau (BSMB) initiative launched by London 2012 deputy chairman Sir Keith Mills faces being axed just months after being set up due to a lack of support.

are understood to feel they would be more successful without the support of the BSMB, while British Swimming

By James CrookMay 8 -  British Cycling have announced the appointment of GB Cycling assistant national sprint coach Jon Norfolk as their new lead Paralympic coach.

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By Tom DegunMay 7 - USA Boxing have appointed renowned swimming coach John Dussliere to the newly-created

Dussliere, assistant coach of the American swimming that finished top of the medals table at Beijing

Dussliere has coached in the competitive swimming industry for 25 years, guiding athletes at every level

formidable 19-strong Australian team that will compete at the 2013 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming

Daniel Fox after all three broke world records at the selection trials at the recent 2013 Australian Swimming

Fowler and Teigan Van Roosmalen.The event at Montreal's Parc Jean-Drapeau Aquatic Complex will see Swimming

Australia's high performance director of Paralympic swimming, Adam Pine at the helm for his first international

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By Tom DegunMay 5 - Swimming New Zealand have hired former British coach David Lyles to lead their preparations

Lyles was part of the Chinese national swimming set-up between 2009 and 2012 and was most recently head

coach of the Shanghai Swimming team.As new role as national head coach, he will be based in Auckland.The

move comes after New Zealand failed to secure a single swimming medal at the London 2012 Olympics -

Bill Sweetenham, the former performance director of British Swimming, had been filling the role on an

two successful systems," said high performance Sport New Zealand chief executive and two-time Olympic swimming

By James CrookMay 3 - GB Canoeing have appointed Scott Gardner, former coach of Olympic track cycling champion Victoria Pendleton, as head coach for their canoe sprint programme as they look to build on their most successful Olympic campaign of all time at London 2012.

Pendleton to a gold and silver medal at London 2012 and serving as a performance scientist for British Swimming