Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent - (Author)

Paralympic Champion Benjamin Hance Takes World Record Tally To Three At Queensland Championships Not satisfied with one world record on Wednesday, Australian Paralympic man-of-the- moment, Benjamin Hance has gone one step further in Brisbane today, breaking a further  two world records in one day a....

Australian Paralympic Star Benjamin Hance Continues World Record Assault At Queensland Championships There is no stopping Australian Paralympic golden boy Benjamin Hance who has continued his world record breaking assault on the 50m backstroke at the 2025 Hancock Prospecting Queensland Championshi.....

Latest Queensland Distance Prodigy Lincoln Wearing Breaks Kieren Perkins 35-year-old 800m Freestyle Record Queensland’s latest distance freestyle prodigy, Lincoln Wearing, has tonight taken down a 35-year-old Kieren Perkins record, set by the former king of the pool at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. ....

Sam Short Wins 400 Freestyle Battle of World Champions Against Woomin Kim at Queensland Championships World championship silver medallist Sam Short has won an enthralling 400m freestyle “battle of the world champions” against Korean rival Woomin Kim on night three of the 2025 Hancock Prospecting Qu....

Ed Sommerville Holds Off Duncan Scott To Complete A 200m Freestyle Double At Queensland Championships The boy from Brisbane Grammar Ed Sommerville has put the finishing touches to a well hatched plan completing the Queensland Championship-Japan Open 200m freestyle double at the Brisbane Aquatic Cen....

Queensland Championships, Day 2 Heats: Shoulder Injury Forces Mollie O’Callaghan Out Of The Meet; Woomin Kim Disqualified In 200m Freestyle In an eventful morning at the Hancock Prospecting Queensland Championships, Olympic champion Mollie O’Callaghan has withdrawn from the meet with a shoulder inj....

Cam McEvoy Takes Just 9.39 secs To Add The Wow Factor To Australia’s Duel Meet Win Over The World Team in Brisbane It was billed as an innovative swim meet featuring some of the world’s fastest swimmers where points and not times were the key factor, but try telling that to the world’s fastest man ....

Australia vs. World Meet: Will Sprint King Cam McEvoy Rule World For Dolphins? The world’s fastest man Cam McEvoy will be right in his element in Brisbane tonight with the inclusion of a unique 3 x 25m freestyle sprint series when Australia hosts The World in an innovative Duel Meet in the 2032 Oly....

Can Marrit Steenbergen Defeat the Australians In Their Own Backyard? Discover the Excitement of Friday's Meet in Brisbane. Marrit Steenbergen, the Dutch wonder woman dubbed “The Steen Train” and British Olympic golden boy Duncan Scott have touched down in Brisbane ready to take on Australia’s best ....

Cam McEvoy Pumped To Take On The World After A Scorching 21.38 Season Opener In Tokyo The world’s fastest man, Cam McEvoy, who will now unleash his power against a World Team in Brisbane after a dynamic 21.38 long course 50m freestyle season opener at the Japan Open in Tokyo overnight. Australia’...

All Star Cast of Olympic Gold Medalists and World Champions On Deck For 2025 Hancock Prospecting Queensland Championships Over 30 Olympians, including gold medalists, world champions, world record holders and even two British big guns will line up in the 2025 Hancock Prospecting Queensland Champion....

Watch Cam McEvoy’s Sizzling 25m Time Trial For This Weekend’s Japan Open In Tokyo The world’s fastest swimmer, Cam McEvoy, has laid down a sizzling time trial to put the finishing touches to his preparations for the three-day Japan Open meet beginning tomorrow at the Tokyo Aquatic Centre. The 31-y.....

Michelle Ford, David Theile, Sir Frank Beaurepaire and Matthew Cowdrey Inducted Into Swimming Australia Hall Of Fame Olympic gold medallists Michelle Ford and David Theile, prolific Paralympic gold medallist Matthew Cowdrey and six time Olympic medallist Sir Frank Beaurepaire have been inducted into...

Backstroking’s “Miss Unstoppable” Kaylee McKeown Wins Australia’s Olympic Swimmer Of The Year Australia’s “unstoppable” backstroking queen Kaylee McKeown has made a habit of going back-to-back in her stellar career in the pool and she did it again yesterday on the Gold Coast. [caption id="attachme.....

Gallery Of Olympic Gold Medalists To Converge On Brisbane for Australia v The World Meet In December Some of the biggest names in world swimming will converge on 2032 Olympic host city, Brisbane in December for a short course duel meet between Australia and The World – featuring 25m events. In a m.....

Aussie Swim Queen Ariarne Titmus Calls Time On Glittering Career: Retires From Swimming At Age 25 Aussie swim queen Ariarne Titmus (OAM) has officially announced her retirement from all levels of swimming. The four-time Olympic gold medallist and current 200m world record holder hangs up her suit af...

Sam Short Turns Up The Heat With His 7:31.79 To Win The 800m Free At the Australian Short Course Former world champion Sam Short has taken just 7:31.79 to signal his intentions for the up-coming World Aquatics World Cup Series in the US – the time it took to win the 800m freestyle on the final nigh....

Cam McEvoy Equals World’s Fastest 25m Freestyle Time With Sizzling 9.36 at Short Course Sprints; Calls For Official Recognition Australia’s two-time world and Olympic 50m freestyle champion Cam McEvoy has won the first official 25m freestyle race – equaling his own unofficial world best time of 9.3....

Australian Short Course, Day 1, Finals: Sam Just Short of His Club Record, Clocking 3:36.12 To Win 400m Freestyle Australia’s former world champion and Olympic finalist Sam Short has Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett in his sights after an impressive time of 3:36.12 to win the 400m freestyle on the ope.....

Top Races To Watch at the Australian Short Course Championships; Cam McEvoy, Sam Short and Brittany Castelluzzo The Headline Acts  Australia’s champion world champion freestylers  Sam Short, Cam McEvoy and Brittany Castelluzzo  will headline the three day Australian Short Course Championships kick.....