After 15 German records were set at the German s/c nationals in Essen at the weekend, including a 400m free European record for Paul Biedermann and Johannes Dietrich, the former European swimming powerhouse is clawing its way back from the Beijing blues

The Olympic 200m free champion is undergoing medical tests in Rome this morning after suffering breathing problems in an 800m freestyle at the Italian s/c nationals in Genoa over the weekend; modest times in Africa

If the number of world records falling can be called a flood, then tidal wave is an understatement for the figures on national records, the trend continuing at meets in Toronto, Vienna and Stockholm (and who knows what they all wore)

World record holder in the 200m free s/c, the 22-year-old from Halle threatens Hackett's 400m world record at German nationals in Essen

Senior industry sources tell SwimNews that adidas, a giant of the sportswear and equipment market, is ready to follow Nike out of the pool if FINA does not find a swift and sensible solution to the techno-crisis rocking the sport