1.   Ian Thorpe, the teen-age torpedo of world swimming, said Sunday he had great expectations for himself.

2.   Australian national coach Don Talbot said Thursday that wins by two Chinese swimmers who were recently banned for positive drug tests made a mockery of world swimming.

3.   She also said that five days before the test, she passed a similar test given by FINA, the governing body of world swimming.

4.   The governing body of world swimming Friday handed four Chinese swimmers two-year suspensions after they tested positive for banned substances in the World Swimming Championships in January.

5.   He said world swimming was not coping well with the drug problem in sport and added he remained cynical about the situation in the leadup to the Atlanta Games.

6.   She also said she is being made a scapegoat to the politics of world swimming.