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How Fast Can He Go ? World Beating Cam McEvoy Unveils Plans To Swim Faster As He Plots To Swim On To Brisbane 2032 The world’s fastest swimmer, Australian sprint king Cam McEvoy, has claimed in Brisbane today that if it’s not broken, then don’t fix it. A week after the 31-year-old clocked a sizzli.....

Aussies Reveal Back-To-Back Plans For Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacs; But Kyle Chalmers To Miss Olympic Warm Up In Irvine Australia will send a full-strength team to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games this year and an almost full-strength team to the Pan Pacs in Irvine, California in what will be a bu....

NSW State Open, Night 3 Finals: Jenna Forrester Claims Sydney Treble; Kaylee McKeown Sits Out Another Final In-form dual World Championship medallist Jenna Forrester has put the finishing touches to a Sydney treble, with a nail-biting victory in the 200 individual medley on the final night of the N....

NSW State Open, Day 2 Finals: Alexandria Perkins Claims Third Gold; Kai Taylor Wins 200 Freestyle Thriller Queensland’s World championship bronze medallist Alexandria Perkins and a valuable player in Australia’s build-up to LA28, has continued on her winning ways with her third gold medal on the se....

NSW State Open, Day 1: Alexandria Perkins Claims Impressive Double; Kaylee McKeown Streaks 200 Backstroke Field Queensland Olympian Alexandria Perkins has landed a spectacular double on night one of the NSW State Open Championships, which saw backstroking queen Kaylee McKeown continue her unbeaten ....

Kaylee McKeown Wants World Record Back as She Battles Injuries and Nervous Olympic Defense In LA Four-time Olympic backstroke champion Kaylee McKeown will this weekend kick-start her 2026 racing season on the road to the 2028 LA Olympics, when she continues her love affair with Australia’s “pool of....

Australian Paralympian Rowan Crothers Flirts With 12-Year-old World Record On The Gold Coast One of the oldest Paralympic world records is again officially under siege after Australia’s Rowan Crothers went agonisingly close to a 50m freestyle mark set 14 years ago at the London Games of 2012. The .....

Australia's Paris Golden Girl Alexa Leary Headlines Who's Who For Para Swimming World Series On The Gold Coast Paris golden girl Alexa Leary will headline a who’s who of Australia’s paralympic swimmers at this weekend’s opening 2026 Para Swimming World Series event on the Gold Coast (February 20-22...

Australian 'Iron Woman' Brittany Castelluzzo Unleashes Four Impressive Wins At Victorian Championships Brittany Castelluzzo is continuing her reputation as the “Iron Woman” of Australian swimming, chalking up impressive freestyle and butterfly doubles at the 2026 Mattioli Victorian State Open Swimm....

New Zealand World Champions Erika Fairweather and Lewis Clareburt In Dominant Form At The Victorian Championships World champion New Zealanders Erika Fairweather and Lewis Clareburt have already left their mark on the Melbourne Sports And Aquatic Centre after two days of the 2026 Mattioli Victorian....

Australia's World Champion Breaststroker Sam Williamson Celebrates Successful Return At Victorian State Championships Australia’s world champion breaststroker Sam Williamson completed a successful comeback to racing in Melbourne last night after suffering a debilitating training accident in May las....

Could a Bronte Campbell Inspired 'Super Hub' Become a Game Changer for Future Australian Olympians? Bronte Campbell’s tailor-made gold medal-winning Paris 2024 Olympic Games campaign has paved the way for what could well be a game-changing partnership in Australian swimming. A newly formed collabo.....

Australian Olympic foursome to Spearhead 10-Strong Dolphins For Open Water World Cup Olympic and world champions Moesha Johnson, Chelsea Douyere (Gubecka), Kyle Lee and Nick Sloman will spearhead the 10-strong Australian team to contest the 2026 World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup in Spain....

Kyle Lee Wins 5km National Title After Original Race Abandoned; Moesha Johnson Wraps Up Women’s Treble Local hero Kyle Lee had to survive a re-start and a strong challenge from Olympic teammate Sam Short before adding the 5km National crown to his gold medal tally on a disruptive final day of the A....

Sam Short Makes His Mark With 3km Open Water Knockout Australian Title in WA Paris Olympian and former 400m freestyle world champion Sam Short has made a splash at the Australian Open Water Championships in Bunbury today, winning the newly added the 3km knockout National title, suggesting a sea ch.....

WA’S Man-Of-The-Moment Kyle Lee Adds Second Gold At Australian Open Water Championships PARIS Olympian And World Relay Champion Kyle Lee has added gold medal number two to his 2026 Australian Open Water Championship collection, anchoring his WA North Coast team to victory in today’s 4x1500m relay a....

History Repeats Itself As Kyle Lee Wins Australian 10km Title; World Champion Moesha Johnson Defends Women’s Crown As far as history repeating itself goes it doesn’t get much better and much closer than today’s Australian 10km men’s Open Water Championship at Bunbury's Koombana Bay in WA. After a .....

Can Sam Short Successfully Transition From The Pool To The Ocean At The Australian Open Water Championships ?  Australian Open Water Championships Event Page Olympian and world champion Sam Short will join the pathway of some of the world’s best distance swimmers when he debuts in the 10km, 5km an.....

Superfish Lani Pallister Wins Record-Breaking Seventh Lorne Pier To Pub Australian superfish Lani Pallister has again proved unstoppable, claiming a record seventh Lorne Pier to Pub 1.2k ocean swim classic on Victoria’s surf coast. The 23-year-old Queenslander – just as much at home in the surf as.....

Super Week for Olivia Wunsch and Ollie Moclair at NSW Senior State Championships Freestyle sprint stars Olivia Wunsch and Ollie Moclair have led a week of exciting “Super Finals” introduced for the 2025 Senior State Championships at the famed Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. The “Super Finals” .....