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Slovakia: Olympic medallist Martina Moravcova, 35, has given birth to her first child, a daughter by the name of Karolina. Congrats to swimmer, dad and the new champ to be.

France: Alain Bernard, Olympic champion in the 100m free, is training in Liguria, Italy, this week, returning to Savona, a town he visited for a short period of training before Beijing and the world champs in Rome last year.

Meanwhile, his would-be teammate Alexianne Castel, 19, has withdrawn from the European Championships in Budapest in August. A medal hope over 200m backstroke, she agreed with hr coach that she will take a break this summer in order to rest before a big campaign towards London 2012.