Faster than Tim Shaw 1974; finishing 100m as fast as Shane Gould's 100m WR in 1972. The WR splits compared: 56.95; 1:56.42; 2:55.65; 3:54.18 McIntosh - Victoria, June 7, 2025; 56.92; 1:56.94; 2:56.90; 3:55.90 Titmus - Fukuoka, July 23, 2023
Thema: Much talk of "Enhanced" swimmers, coaches & others being excluded from regulated swimming for life - but what do the rules say and where might they be weak? Plus: a staggering WR assault in our timeline from June 1976; & Bill Bachrach makes our 'History of Swimming in 100' shortlists
Five golds between two men in Paris and the first NCAA Championship title for the Sun Devils - Bob Bowman & Team, the only choice for Top Men's Coaching Campaign of 2024. Trophies, Cups and Shields For Those Who Came Closest
Latest in global anti-doping schism: as the American DOJ and FBI question American staff at WADA in China inquiry, a global anti-doping agency WADA report calls on USADA to call out Trump backing for Doping Games and says block on U.S. funding for anti-doping work is letting athletes down
In our Thema & Timeline, we welcome Susie O'Neill to the board of the Australian Olympic Committee and mark today's 25th anniversary of her confining Mary T Meagher's epic 1981 World 200 'fly record to history; plus - the first Soviet Olympic swim champion, Galina Prozumenshikova
