Topic: Rebecca Soni

US dominates swim meet against Europeans

The US swim team opened their Duel in the Pool tournament against the Europeans by setting a short-course world record in the women's 400-metre medley relay.Missy Franklin, 16, gave the Americans the finishing kick they needed, swimming the freestyle anchor ...

Hardy wins 50m breaststroke world title

America's Jessica Hardy won the women's 50m breaststroke title at the world championships in Shanghai on Sunday.The world record-holder finished in 30.19sec ahead of defending champion Yuliya Efimova of Russia and US swimmer Rebecca Soni. Copyright 2011  AFP ...

U.S. win women's 4x100 medley relay world title

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - United States won their first women's 4x100 meters medley relay world swimming title since 1998 when they took the gold medal Saturday.The quartet of Natalie Coughlin, Rebecca Soni, Dana Vollmer and Melissa Franklin clocked three minutes 52.36 ...
Olympic title-holder Britta Steffen pulled out of the world championships after struggling in the women's 100m freestyle heats, depriving the competition of one of its brightest stars.The double world and Olympic champion withdrew on Thursday, after scraping into the semi-finals ...

Lochte sets pace at swimming worlds

Ryan Lochte set the pace in the men's 200m freestyle Monday as the United States looked to recover strongly from their stinging world championships defeat in the 4x100m relay.Lochte steamed home in 1min 46.34sec to lead the heats ahead ...

Swimming in Santa Clara

0 . What: 44th Santa Clara International Invitational Swim Meet. . Where: Haines International Swim Center, Santa Clara. . ig names . The pool will...

Swimmer Lochte ends on golden note in Dubai

Ryan Lochte doubled his gold medal haul to six and took his overall medal tally to a record 21 on the final session at the short course world championships here Sunday.The American set a new championship best time of 1:46 ...

Lochte destroys field for 3rd swimming gold

Ryan Lochte destroyed a classy field to claim a third gold medal and a second world record at the World Short Course Championships in Dubai last night, beating the former world mark by just over a second.The US swimmer's 1 ...

Phelps leaves Manchester with only one individual win

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Eight-times Beijing Olympic champion Michael Phelps finished the two-day Duel in the Pool contest on Saturday with just one individual win from four races.Phelps swam throughout the meeting between the United States and a European selection in the ...
American Soni sets short-course world record in women's 100-meter breaststrokeRebecca Soni of the United States has broken the short-course world record in the women's 100-meter breaststroke.Soni clocked 1 minute, 02.70 seconds at the Duel in the Pool meet ...