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July 16, 2011
- Director promises 'Ode to Water' at swimming worlds opening ceremony
- Chinese director Teng Junjie said that "An Ode to Water" will be highlighted at the much-anticipated gala show of the pending 14th FINA world championships in Shanghai on Saturday night.
July 15, 2011
- World championships to open under a cloud
- Olympic and world champion Cesar Cielo's doping case will be decided before he can compete at the 14th FINA World Championships, sport's highest court said late on Wednesday.
July 14, 2011
- Chinese divers keen to win at home worlds
- Chinese diving stars He Chong and Huo Liang on Tuesday expressed their determination to win the home team gold medals at the coming FINA Swimming World Championships.
July 14, 2011
- US divers believe they can compete with Chinese
- American diver David Boudia believes the US team can challenge China's stars for gold medals in the country's home pool at the world aquatic championships starting this weekend in Shanghai.
July 14, 2011
- China hopes to ride on home support
- Performing on home soil in Shanghai will add China's top divers' motivation when the FINA World Championships open this weekend.
July 7, 2011
- Three cities bid for worlds
- Hong Kong, Guadalajara in Mexico and Russia's Kazan are the only cities to have submitted formal bids to host either the 2015 or 2017 World Championships, swimming' s world governing body, FINA, announced on Tuesday.
July 5, 2011
- Phelps gears up for worlds with double in Montreal
- Michael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly in 51.32 seconds on Sunday to complete a 100-200 double at the Canada Cup in Montreal.
July 1, 2011
- Zhang won't defend 800m title at swimming worlds
- China's first male world champion swimmer, Zhang Lin, will not compete in the 800m freestyle at July's Shanghai World Championships, abandoning his chance to defend the title he claimed two years ago in Rome.
June 21, 2011
- Phelps loses 200m butterfly again in tuneup for Shanghai worlds
- Michael Phelps finished second in the 200-meter butterfly of the Santa Clara International Grand Prix yesterday, losing to Australia's Nic D'Arcy with just a one-tenth of a second margin.
June 13, 2011
- Thorpe relishing being back in action
- Five-time Australian Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe said he was relishing being back in the pool five years after quitting competition.
