Jodie Henry will miss Beijing due to injury

The Australian: "... Henry said she would not be competing in the Olympic selection trials in Sydney in late March, ending her dream of defending her 100m freestyle title in Beijing in August.

Had the worst fears been realised, Henry also would have announced her retirement from the sport but thankfully, while she admitted she had given some thought to giving the sport away, she announced she would swim on.

But first she has to overcome the complicated muscle imbalance in her pelvic region that has made training at times an agony for her. ..."

Well that's no fun! I hate to say this but I suspect a couple more swimmers ill drop out as well.

Mare Nostrum tour Monte Carlo: 40-year-old Dara Torres wins the 50 free in 25 flat

Dara Torres: The four-time Olympian who wants to make it five scored heavy in Monte Carlo!

Erik Hochstein once told Bill and I; (Erik and Bill can be seen swimming in the UCLA Bruins Masters Swim Meet movie), that if Dara Torres makes it to the finals at Olympic trials, and she gets up on those blocks, and she hears the crowd, and she knows it could be her last 50... And then he started cracking up! Well, she swam faster last week but today she swam like it was her last 50 and beat two notable simmers.

In the Mare Nostrum at Monte Carlo, Dara handed everybody their bum in the 50 free in a time of 25:00 flat! Victims include Jodie Henry and Alice Mills. Can she get even faster?

Peter Vanderkaay felled Hackett in the 400 free in a time of 3:48.02

Natalie Coughlin was there too. grabbed a third in the 100 fly. Swimming World Link: [Link]

WCSN will stream live the Mare Nostrum swim meet

WCSN which does some really great work and they are going to have online videos of the Mare Nostrum swim meet from Canet, France this weekend. You can watch it at your convenience or stream it live.

40-year-old Dara Torres will be swimming there as part of her comeback. Tara Kirk will be swimming, Erik Vendt, Dana Vollmer, Kaitlin Sandeno, Leila Vaziri, Kim Vandenberg, Davis Tarwater, Kosuke Katajima, Jodie Henry, and Michael Phelps teammate Peter Vanderkay. Whew! What a party! For details click here. [Link]