FINA World Championship results.

I find this sight very handy to check out results seeding and so on. http://www.omegatiming.com/index_home.htm#swimming/racearchives/2011/shanghai2011/SW_Shanghai2011_by_events.htm

Womens Swimming World Records.

Long Course Women World Records

50 freestyle	100 freestyle
Rome, 02-08-2009 Britta Steffen, GER 23.73	Rome, 31-07-2009 Britta Steffen, GER 52.05

200 freestyle	400 freestyle
Rome, 29-07-2009 Federica Pellegrini, ITA 1:52.98	Rome, 26-07-2009 Federica Pellegrini, ITA 3:59.15

800 freestyle	1500 freestyle
Beijing, 16-08-2008 Rebecca Adlington, GBR 8:14.10	Mission Viejo, 17-06-2007 Kate Ziegler, USA 15:42.54

50 backstroke	100 backstroke	200 backstroke
Rome, 30-07-2009 Zhao Jing, CHN 27.06	Rome, 28-07-2009 Gemma Spofforth, GBR 58.12	Rome, 01-08-2009 Kirsty Coventry, ZIM 2:04.81

50 breaststroke	100 breaststroke	200 breaststroke
Washington, 07-08-2009 Jessica Hardy, USA 29.80	Washington, 07-08-2009 Jessica Hardy, USA 1:04.45	Rome, 30-07-2009 Annamay Pierse, CAN 2:20.10

50 butterfly	100 butterfly	200 butterfly
Rome, 31-07-2009 Therese Alshammar, SWE 25.07	Rome, 27-07-2009 Sarah Sjostrom, SWE 56.06	Jinan, 21-10-2009 Liu Zige, CHN 2:01.81

200 ind medley	400 ind medley
Rome, 27-07-2009 Ariana Kukors, USA 2:06.15	Beijing, 10-08-2008 Stephanie Rice, AUS 4:29.45

4 x 100 freestyle	4 x 200 freestyle	4 x 100 medley
Rome, 26-07-2009 NED 3:31.72	Rome, 30-07-2009 CHN 7:42.08	Rome, 01-08-2009 CHN 3:52.19

Mens Swimming World Records.

Long Course Men World Records

50 freestyle	100 freestyle
São Paulo, 18-12-2009 Cesar Cielo, BRA 20.91	Rome, 30-07-2009 Cesar Cielo, BRA 46.91

200 freestyle	400 freestyle
Rome, 28-07-2009 Paul Biedermann, GER 1:42.00	Rome, 26-07-2009 Paul Biedermann, GER 3:40.07

800 freestyle	1500 freestyle
Rome, 29-07-2009 Zhang Lin, CHN 7:32.12	Fukuoka, 29-07-2001 Grant Hackett, AUS 14:34.56

50 backstroke	100 backstroke	200 backstroke
Rome, 02-08-2009 Liam Tancock, GBR 24.04	Indianapolis, 08-07-2009 Aaron Peirsol, USA 51.94	Rome, 31-07-2009 Aaron Peirsol, USA 1:51.92

50 breaststroke	100 breaststroke	200 breaststroke
Rome, 29-07-2009 Cameron Van Der Burgh, RSA 26.67	Rome, 27-07-2009 Brenton Rickard, AUS 58.58	Rome, 30-07-2009 Christian Sprenger, AUS 2:07.31

50 butterfly	100 butterfly	200 butterfly
Málaga, 05-04-2009 Rafael Muñoz, ESP 22.43	Rome, 01-08-2009 Michael Phelps, USA 49.82	Rome, 29-07-2009 Michael Phelps, USA 1:51.51

200 ind medley	400 ind medley
Rome, 30-07-2009 Ryan Lochte, USA 1:54.10	Beijing, 10-08-2008 Michael Phelps, USA 4:03.84

4 x 100 freestyle	4 x 200 freestyle	4 x 100 medley
Beijing, 11-08-2008 USA 3:08.24	Rome, 31-07-2009 USA 6:58.55	Rome, 02-08-2009 USA 3:27.28

Penny Heyns

Penny Heyns is one of South Africa's most prominent swimmers, with an amazing 13 world records in the time frame of three months this incredible athlete has something that we can learn from.

Penny built confidence by training the hardest possible every day and she believed that she trained harder than anyone else in the water, witch gave her the mind set of being the best and having the ability to go that bit further because she new that she had done more than any one in the race. She also believed before the race began that she had control over it. She went about this in many ways but one that we can all try is, after the starter blows their whistle we would let every one get on the blocks then let them wait for us because it is our race and we control it. This is a method that Penny used regularly to enforce her authority over race.

Penny also tells us of visualization that she did, and that it is no new skill. She says that she new the exact amount of strokes that it took to the wall that would grab her the win because, she had replayed this race so many times in her head.

She is also the only women in the history of the Olympic games to win both the one hundred and two hundred meters breast stroke. Here are some of her results:

Women's swimming
Competitor for  South Africa
Olympic Games
Gold	1996 Atlanta	100 m breaststroke
Gold	1996 Atlanta	200 m breaststroke
Bronze	2000 Sydney	100 m breaststroke
Commonwealth Games
Bronze	1994 Victoria	100 m breaststroke
World Championships (SC)
Silver	1999 Hong Kong	50 m breaststroke
Silver	1999 Hong Kong	100 m breaststroke
Silver	1999 Hong Kong	200 m breaststroke
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold	1995 Atlanta	100 m breaststroke
Gold	1999 Sydney	100 m breaststroke
Gold	1999 Sydney	200 m breaststroke
Silver	1995 Atlanta	200 m breaststroke
Silver	1997 Fukuoka	100 m breaststroke
Summer Universiade
Gold	1995 Fukuoka	100 m breaststroke
Gold	1995 Fukuoka	200 m breaststroke
Silver	1997 Catania	100 m breaststroke

These results reflect a great decorated career, a champion of South African swimming.