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A Look Back at Australia's Epic Olympic Relay Triumph of 2000 and an Air Guitar Concert Today marks the 25th anniversary of the start of the swimming competition at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. The opening night was a celebratory affair for the host nation, capped by a victory in the 400-meter ...

Aussie Jamie Jack Appears on Social Kick Podcast; Provding Aussie Sprint Corps with a Boost The latest episode of the Social Kick Podcast featured an interview with Australian sprinter Jamie Jack, whose summer performances in the 50-meter freestyle have sparked intrigue. While Cam McEvoy is the undi...

The Stunning Age-Group Records of Australian Legend Ian Thorpe We had some fun recently looking at the premier National Age Group (NAG) records in the United States, where legendary names like Mary T. Meagher, Sippy Woodhead, Michael Phelps and Aaron Peirsol still have a presence. While working on t...

Richard Scarce Named Head Coach of Sydney University Swimming Performance Centre The resurgence of swimming in NSW continues with Richard Scarce, a long-serving member of the Australian Dolphins coaching staff, appointed as the Head Coach of the Sydney University Swimming Performance Centre. The new...

Aussies Henry Allan and Hayley Mackinder are Rising Stars to Watch at World Junior Champs Australian will send a squad of 30 athletes to the World Junior Championships in Romania, including backstroker Henry Allan and breaststroker Hayley Mackinder. The team was selected back in April, based on perf...

Ed Sommerville’s Brave 200m Freestyle Short Course World Record Attempt Falls Short in Brisbane Queenslander Ed Sommerville has bounced back from a disappointing Singapore World Aquatics Championship campaign, to launch an all-out attack on the 200m freestyle short course world record in Brisbane t....

Aussie Ben Armbruster Using TYR Summer Championships to Showcase Talent After Worlds Miss The cutthroat qualifying nature of swimming is rarely lost on athletes, coaches and fans. Limited spots are available to major international competitions. Hiccups in preparation are part of life. And the compet...

Rising Queensland Star Lincoln Wearing Breaks Sam Short's Australian Age Short Course Record in 800 Freestyle Queensland’s latest rising teenage distance prodigy Lincoln Wearing has continued his record-breaking demolition of Australian swimming’s biggest names, breaking another Sam Short Australian...

Australia’s Dolphins Rewarded With $300,000 Cash Splash From 20-Medal Haul in Singapore Australia’s swimmers have 300,000 reasons to feel on top of the world after the Dolphins' 20-medal haul from the World Championships in Singapore. The 30-strong team arrived home from a successful campaign to r.....

World Championships, Day Eight Finals: Meg Harris Turns Olympic Silver into World Championships 50 Freestyle Gold Australia's Meg Harris has turned Paris Olympic silver into Singapore World Championships gold with an all-the-way win in the women's 50-meter freestyle. The 23-year-old Queenslander, wh...

World Championships: Overlookable No More, Lani Pallister Completes Stellar Worlds with Silver Every race touted as the Race of the Insert-Time-Period-Here needs that little extra to take it over the top. It’s the Grant Hackett factor in the 2004 men’s 200 freestyle. It’s the continental record hold...

World Championships, Day Seven Finals: Cam McEvoy Sizzles to Second 50 Freestyle Crown; Ben Proud and Jack Alexy Reach Podium Australia’s Olympic champion Cam McEvoy won his second 50-meter freestyle gold medal at the World Championships on Saturday, clocking 21.14 in an epic final in Singapore, co....

Tokyo Olympian and English Channel Conqueror Linda McGill Dies On the Gold Coast at 79 Australian Olympian, Commonwealth Games gold medalist and international marathon swimmer extraordinaire Linda McGill has died on the Queensland Gold Coast, at the age of 79. McGill passed away on Wednesday aftern....

World Championships, Day 6: Marrit Steenbergen Out-Touches Mollie O’Callaghan in Women's 100 Freestyle Thriller to Go Back-To-Back Marrit Steenbergen from The Netherlands won a slice of World Championships history on Friday night, winning back-to-back 100-meter freestyle titles in a thrilling final....

Australia Wins 800 Freestyle Relay Gold; Mollie O’Callaghan Holds Off a Determined Katie Ledecky in Classic Relay Shootout Olympic and world champion Mollie O’Callaghan held off a spirited challenge from U.S. legend Katie Ledecky to anchor Australia to a memorable victory in an exciting women’s 4x.....

Mollie O’Callaghan Unleashes Her Super Powers To Claim Second 200m Freestyle World Title Olympic champion Mollie O’Callaghan served up a golden dose of powerhouse turns and a monster final lap to claim her second 200-meter freestyle title on Night Four of the Singapore World Championships. The 21-.....

Breaking: Australian Sam Short Forced Out of 800 Freestyle Final With Gastrointestinal Illness Swimming Australia has confirmed that Olympic freestyler Sam Short has stepped down from tonight's World Championships 800 freestyle final in Singapore due to gastrointestinal illness. An Australian team.....

Australia’s Forgotten 1980 Olympians Finally Recognized After Divisive and Disastrous Moscow Saga It was a diminished and puzzled Olympic team that left Australian shores in 1980 under a cloak of darkness, some heading off to secret training camps receiving death threats and branded as traitors as ....

World Championships, Day 3 Finals: Australia's 'Unstoppable' Kaylee McKeown Edges Regan Smith in Another Classic 100 Backstroke Duel Australia’s double Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown has lived up to her “unstoppable” tag by winning her second 100-meter backstroke World title in Singapore – just .0....

World Championships: German Lukas Martens Wins 400 Freestyle Battle Royal with Australia's Sam Short and Korea's Woomin Kim German Olympic champion Lukas Martens snatched a last gasp victory and his maiden world title to grab the 400-meter freestyle gold medal in the opening event of the opening ses...