Mark Regan - the coach of our best-performed swimmer last year - has resigned as high-performance coach at Swimming New Zealand.

As searchers tried desperately to find diver Robbie Farquhar, his two young children were on the beach watching and waiting for their dad to come home.

This will forever be remembered as the year in which a sporting legend was brought down. American Lance Armstrong, cancer survivor and multiple Tour de France winner, was crushed by an inquiry into doping.

New Zealand swimmer Lauren Boyle grabbed a bronze medal to go with her gold on the second day of finals at the world short course championships in Turkey this today.

New Zealand swimmer Lauren Boyle has won gold in the final of the 800m freestyle on the second day of the world short course championships in Turkey.

Conditions were challenging for all of the 1500 swimmers in the Auckland State Harbour Crossing, with winds of up to 30 knots making the water extremely choppy.

Thousands of athletes have been training for the State Harbour Crossing in Auckland and tomorrow it's time to put that hard work to the test.

Swimming lessons give children an edge as they start school, study shows.