Francisco Hervas and Cecilia Biagioli won the first race of the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix, held in Rosario, Argentina

Italy's Olympic gold medallist Federica Pellegrini will base herself in Paris

Swimming's governing body elected the best athletes in all aquatic disciplines for 2010

Pellegrini splits with coach Morini, Park confirms Bohl, Halsall to make comeback at trials, Oussama Mellouli wins honour

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Catania will host the 12th world short-course championships in 2014. Casablanca was chosen to host the 4th World Junior Swimming Championships

Russian Stanislav Donets broke the men's 100 metres backstroke European record at the World short-course championships in Dubai timing 48.95 seconds

Ryan Lochte broke the men's 200m individual medley world record at the short-course World championships in Dubai timing 1:50.08

Ryan Lochte of the United States won the gold medal in the men's 400m individual medley at the short-course Worlds Championships and became the first swimmer in 2010 to set a world record

The Russian team broke the world record to win the men's 4x200m freestyle relay at the short-course world championships in Dubai

China has set a world record in the women's 800 freestyle relay in Dubai. Australia claims silver in Commonwealth record time, France third and new European mark

Foster claims stolen medals, Ben Hockin banned for a year from the sport by FINA due to an improper change of nationality

Swimmers banned for missing drug test. FINA Open Water Calendar 2011

Following the European Championships, Swimming Italia announced a 24-strong team for the up coming SC Worlds in Dubai

Ryan Cochcrane and Audrey Lacroix were yesterday named male and female Canadian swimmers of the year

Former Commonwealth champion Moss Burmester of New Zealand has retired from swimming, citing a dispute with National Governing Body

Leading results at the European Swimming Championships on a short-course on Sunday, the final day of the four-day event

Leading results at the European Swimming Championships on a short-course (25 metres) at the Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion in Eindhoven