Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent - (Author)

Queensland’s Next Crop of Olympians Inspired by Female Sprint Legends En Route to Brisbane 2032 Queensland’s next crop of future swim stars continue to be inspired by three of Australia’s most revered female sprinters as they rev up on the road to the Brisbane 2032 Olympics. Swimming Queensland’s a....

Breaststroke Superstars Zac Stubblety-Cook and Sam Williamson Lead All-Star Australian Lineups for New Grand Prix Teams Event Superstar breaststroker Zac Stubblety-Cook has urged Australian swimming fans to get behind the Dolphins on the road to Brisbane 2032 with the unveiling of an exciting Grand....

Lani Pallister And Sam Short Headline Australian Short Course Championships Entries Australia’s two most successful swimmers from 2026, Lani Pallister and Sam Short, will headline the entries for this year’s Australian Short Course Championships in Sydney, which is devoid of a host of other big nam....

Distance Dominator Sam Short Returns to Training Chasing World Short Course Glory in Beijing Australia’s middle-distance freestyle golden boy Sam Short has returned to training in Brisbane this week – his sights set firmly on the World Short Course Championships in Beijing in December. Short has b.....

WA to Become Home of Australian Open Water Swimming in Major $2.55 Million Coup for State The waters of Western Australia are quickly becoming the latest home of Australian open water swimming with today’s announcement that the Australian Open Water Championships will return to Bunbury in 2027 and ....

Cam McEvoy Confirms His 100m Freestyle Return on the World Aquatics Silk Road World Cup Tour The world’s fastest man Cam McEvoy will officially launch his comeback to the 100m freestyle at this year’s World Aquatics World Cup Tour in October. McEvoy, the world record holder in the 50m freestyle, h.....

Rising NSW Sprint Star Ollie Moclair Sinks A Cam McEvoy Record Twice In One Day Rising NSW sprint star Ollie Moclair has sunk another Cam McEvoy mark not once but twice in one day as he continues his climb up the Australian 50m freestyle ranks. Moclair, who flirted with the World Junior long cours.....

Exciting Times Ahead for Aussie Dolphins When 'Gen Next' Joins 'Gen Now' for Para Pan Pacs The biggest names in Australian Para swimming, led by Lakeisha Patterson, Brenden Hall, Col Pearse and Tim Hodge, will spearhead “Gen Now” when they join “Gen Next” on the Dolphins team for this week’s Para P....

Sydney’s Pool Of Dreams to Host 2027 Aussie World Championships Trials The cream of Australia’s swimmers will again converge onto the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre (SOPAC) next year for the 2027 World Championships Trials. The stars of this year’s Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacs – led by worl.....

Ian Thorpe Sings Praises Of Down Under Wonders After A Golden 'Sam Pacs' For Aussies In Irvine Australian swimming great Ian Thorpe has given his seal of approval to the Dolphins Class of '26 after Australia’s most successful ever Pan Pacs Meet in Irvine over the weekend – what we’re now calling, d....

Queensland Short Course Champs: Top Teens Unleash A Record Splash As Former World Champion Jade Edmistone Returns To Racing Two 15-year-old schoolboys have stolen the show with a record-breaking onslaught at the 2026 Hancock Prospecting Queensland Short Course Championships at the Brisbane Aquatic ....

Australian Backstroker Isaac Cooper In Hot Water After Missing Final Night In Glasgow Australian Olympian and world champion backstroker Isaac Cooper has voluntarily stood himself down from the Dolphins leadership group after missing the final session of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, as well a....

Commonwealth Games, Day Six Finals: Distance Dominator Sam Short Defends 1500m Freestyle Gold Ahead Of Dan Wiffen and Ben Goedemans Australia’s distance dominator Sam Short has tonight become the gold medal defender, winning back-to-back gold medals in the 1500m freestyle in Glasgow - presented with...

Commonwealth Games, Day 6 Finals: Meg Harris Blasts Her Way to 50m Freestyle Gold; Bronze Farewell for Shayna Jack Olympic silver medalist to World champion and now Commonwealth Games gold in the 50m freestyle in Glasgow for Meg Harris. In what was an emotional sweep for Australia at the Tollcross I...

DISTANCE DOMINATOR: Lani Pallister adds the 800m freestyle in a new Games record time. Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia).

Commonwealth Games, Day 5 Finals: Flynn Southam Upsets Kyle Chalmers With Stunning 100m Freestyle Gold in 47.13 Australia's Flynn Southam has officially announced his arrival on the international scene, causing a major upset on the fifth night of finals at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre...

Commonwealth Games, Day Four Finals: Sam Short Swims into History Books, Winning Inaugural 800m Freestyle in Dolphins Super Sweep Australia's man of the moment Sam Short has written his own slice of Games history in Glasgow tonight winning the inaugural Commonwealth 800m freestyle crown and leading....

Commonwealth Games, Day Four Finals: Meg Harris Lifts Like A Hydrofoil to Lead Third Aussie Sweep in Glasgow Pool in 100 Freestyle Lifting like a hydrofoil, Meg Harris has spearheaded Australia’s third clean sweep in the Glasgow Games pool tonight, winning her first major individual 100m freestyle ....

Commonwealth Games, Day Three Finals: Australia Smashes Games Record to Land Stunning Gold Medal in Men's 800 Freestyle Relay Kai Taylor, the son of an Aussie legend Hayley Lewis, has unleashed the anchor leg of his life to spearhead Australia to a stunning gold medal in a new Games record time of 7...

Commonwealth Games, Day Three Finals: Cam McEvoy Flies To Games Record of 20.97 As Aussie Boys Sweep 50m Freestyle The world’s fastest man, Cam McEvoy has turned his three Commonwealth Games silvers into his first individual gold in Glasgow today and he did it in a new Games record time of 20.97 in ...