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News Round-Up: Dutch school girl pops a promising performance in Amsterdam at the start of a long journey; Pellegrini and Magnini have had eyes for each other for the past five years, they tell an Italian magazine

The fastest man ever over 100m free until the short dawn of shiny suits has backed the fastest blue ribband sprinter ever in textile to take the London 2012 crown this summer

It takes stamina - and a lot of 5 am wake-up calls - to be the man in Rebecca Adlington's life

It takes stamina - and a lot of 5 am wake-up calls - to be the man in Rebecca Adlington's life

News Round-Up: In Madrid, Mireia Belmonte (ESP) clocked 2:00.99 in the 200m free and 4:44.13 over 400m medley but the 200m butterfly goes to Otylia Jedrzejczak (POL) 2:10.14 to 2:10.48; Orsi suffers tendinitis; Harrison home to Ireland

Swimming great Mark Spitz has questioned ability of Janet Evans and Ian Thorpe to stage successful comebacks for London 2012.

Oympic swimming champion Rebecca Adlington tells how she stays motivated - and her anxieties about her body image, writes Alison Kervin.

Mark Spitz reckons that - just as he had by the time he hit the comeback trail in the early 1990s aged 41 - Ian Thorpe, Janet Evans et al have lost their edge and won't be able to find it; but tell that to Torres and Boomer - and Quick up in pool heaven

World 100m freestyle swimming champion James Magnussen says he sent alarm bells ringing in his rivals' ears with an untapered 48.05sec in Adelaide last month - and will aim to peel once more at NSW state titles in Sydney this week.

News Round-Up: 1500 legend says his twins will swim but he may not make 5am starts; on this day in 1956, East and West Germany agreed to send a joint team to the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne; what we can learn from fish

News Round-Up: 1500 legend says his twins will swim but he may not make 5am starts; on this day in 1956, East and West Germany agreed to send a joint team to the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne; what we can learn from fish

News Round-Up: in Uppsala, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) goes 54.17 in the 100m frees, 1:56.57 in then 200m and 57.91 in the 100m butterfly; in Montpellier, Camille Muffat (FRA) strikes a pose on 1:56.57 over 200m and a PB 4:03.21 over 400m free

17-year-old Alice Mizzau, coached by Pellegrini's original mentor, Max Di Mito, clocks 1:58.94 to Pellegrini's 1:58.05 over 200m free at the Trofeo Citta di Milano; the pair go 55.83 and 56.49 in the 100m; Gianniotis & Fabian win 10km cup races

Exclusive: Team GB's first black female swimmer has given up the sport, citing a "lack of support".

Double Olympic medley champion Stephanie Rice may return to racing for the first time since shoulder surgery next week at New South Wales state titles; meet to feature top line up, including Olympic champ Leisel Jones and world champ James Magnussen

USA Swimming, which hosts its Olympic trials in Omaha from June 25, is to supply FINA with a list of likely team members for London 2012 in time for a June 18 qualification deadline set by the international federation to get the job done

News Round-Up: Dirk Lange left his role in Germany by mutual consent at the end of 2011 and will now help Mexico raise its game in time for a home FINA world titles in 2017; Mass walkout at Spanish club; Perkins urges Thorpe to slow up

NADA, Germany's national anti-doping agency says 28 athletes are implicated in a scandal involving Dr Andreas Franke, who worked at Thuringia's Olympic training facility and is said to have treated blood then reinjected it

News Round-Up: Markus Diebler (GER) clocked 50.08sec to win the 100m free at the Luxembourg Euro international ahead of Ian Thorpe (AUS), on 50.76; Thorpe on 1:51.51 over 200m; Gianniotis wins FINA 10KM in Santos

Sarah Sjoestrom, with junior Swedish marks in the 200m medley (2:08.17) and 100m free (52.15) in the bag, added two more youth records to her tally at nationals in Valby with a 56.70 (26.91) win in the 100m butterfly and a 23.82 victory in the 50m free