Alex Baumann, the medley great of the 1980s, has quit a top job in Canadian sport to take up a role as CEO for High Performance Sport New Zealand, where the sport of swimming is in turmoil this past week.

Rosolino on move
Massimiliano rosolino intends to base himself in Tenero to train with Ian Thorpe and Gennadi Touretzky at the Swiss Swimming Training Base, to strengthen his bid to attend at the fifth Olympic Games.

Rosolino, 33, won the gold medal in the 200 individual medley at the 2000 Games in Sydney.

Klochkova Euro 2012 Friend
Double Olympic champion Yana Klochkova has been named Friend of UEFA EURO 2012.

The 29-year-old Ukrainian was awarderd Hero of Ukraine in 2004, after she won the 200 and 400 individual medlay at the Athens Games.

Park uses bonus for swimming development
Korea's swimming star Park Tae-hwan will use the KRW50 million (almost 46.500US$) bonus for winning gold in the 400m freestyle at last Worlds in Shanghai, to help young swimmers in his country.