Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent - (Author)

Ariarne Titmus Reveals Surprise Baby News With "Our Little Love" Ultrasound Post Australian Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus has today revealed her and fiancé Mac Powell are expecting their first child. The couple unveiled their “baby news” of "Our Little Love" on Instagram, declaring “we are beyond....

Four-time Olympic Medallist Daniel Kowalski One Of Four New Life Members In The Swimming Australia Class of 2026 Four-time Olympic medallist Daniel Kowalski – one of the unsung heroes of the pool, a true leader among his peers and now the next generation – is amongst four new Swimming Australia Lif....

Aussie Breaststroker Gideon Burnes On Fire In Career Breakthrough Meet In Tokyo Australia’s emerging breaststroker Gideon Burnes is celebrating a career breakthrough meet at the 57th Tokyo International Swimming Centre Invitational – rocketing up the rankings en-route to LA28. The recently tur...

Sheldrick Sisters From Rival States Among 25 Australians to Embark On The 57th Tokyo Invitational Swim Meet Live Results Live Streaming While the elite Dolphins are preparing for December’s World Short Course Championships, 25 emerging Australian swimmers – 16 from Queensland and nine from Wester...

Sam Short and Lani Pallister To Spearhead 24-strong Dolphins Team Named For World Short Course In Beijing Dynamic Dolphins distance duo Sam Short and Lani Pallister will spearhead a 24-strong Australian team to this year’s World Short Course Championships in Beijing (December 1-6), the squad named.....

Sam Short Surging Toward World's Best Short Course 400m Freestylers After Clocking 3:35.16 In Beijing Trials A surging Sam Short will launch an all-out attack on the world’s fastest 400m freestylers when he spearheads the Australian Dolphins at this year’s World Short Course Championships in Beijing...

Glasgow Golden Girl Jenna Forrester Continues Breakthrough Year at Australian Short Course; Ready for Beijing World's Debut Triple Commonwealth Games gold medallist Jenna Forrester (St Peters Western) has gate-crashed her way on to the Australian World Short Course Team in Sydney tonight – breaking....

Ed Sommerville Sizzles in Sydney; Sets Australian 200 Freestyle Short Course Record of 1:40.16 Brisbane Grammar's Ed Sommerville has swum his way to the seventh-fastest time in history with his national record breaking time of 1:40.16 in the men’s 200m freestyle on the opening night’s finals at the....

Ben Armbruster, Gideon Burnes Give Boys From Bond Record-Breaking Start to Australian Short Course in Sydney The boys from Bond, Ben Armbruster and Gideon Burnes, have given the 2026 Australian Short Course Championships a record-breaking start on the opening session of the four-day World Short Cou....

Distance Diva Lani Pallister Chasing a World Short Course Three Peat in 800 Freestyle Lani Pallister will have a special  three-peat on her mind when she lines up in five events at the 2026 Australian Short Course Championships in Sydney, starting tomorrow. All eyes will be on the 24-year-old, fiv.....

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....