Read moreOlympic Breaststroke Champion Zac Stubblety-Cook Admits Pathway To Paris Both Exciting And Scary03 February 2023Australia’s Olympic 200m breaststroke champion Zac Stubblety-Cook admits the next two years towards Paris will be both “exciting and scary.” “They are the two words that come to mind first of all – being such a quick turn around from Tokyo (in 2021) is a little bit daunting – but for me it’s also ex...
Read moreLocal WA Hero Kyle Lee Wins A 5Km Thriller With Nic Sloman In A Fitting Finale To Australian Open Water Championships28 January 2023Local hero Kyle Lee has left his mark on the 2023 Australian Open Water Championships in Busselton, WA, with a thrilling final touch win over Noosa's established star Nic Sloman in today’s men’s 5km National title in Busselton. Cheered on by a vocal local crowd, the 21-year-old from Bunbury, just 50...
Read morePHOTO GALLERY: Dolphins Pod Joins Australia's Swim Team Dolphins For Busselton 10km Champ[ionships26 January 2023It was a busy day out for Australia’s premier Open Water swim team who were joined by a playful pod of local dolphins who escorted them around the picturesque Busselton Jetty as the race to the Paris Olympics hotted up this week in WA. Local photographer Adam Crane from Salt Diaries was on hand to c...
Read moreChelsea Gubecka Turns The Clock Back 10 Years With A Powerhouse Australian 10km Win in WA24 January 2023Chelsea Gubecka Turns The Clock Back 10 Years With A Powerhouse Australian 10km Win in WA Yeronga Park (QLD) Olympian Chelsea Gubecka has powered her way to today’s women’s 10km Australian Open Water Championship win in Busselton, WA – turning the clock back to a race she first won 10 years ago as a...
Read moreNick Sloman Leads Noosa To a 1-2 Finish Ahead Of Thomas Raymond In Australian 10km Open Water Championship24 January 2023Noosa’s Nick Sloman has snatched his fourth Australian 10km Open Water title in Busselton, WA today in a frantic 1-2 finish with his Sunshine Coast training partner Thomas Raymond. It was another coaching triumph for veteran master coach John Rodgers – who steered Kareena Lee to Australia’s first op...
Read moreIt's A Busselton Beginning For Australia's Open Water Warriors With Paris On Their Minds23 January 2023 Busselton Beginning For Australia's Open Water Warriors With Paris On Their Minds Australia’s potential 2024 Paris marathon swimmers will take to the waters of Western Australia tomorrow (Wednesday, AEDT) with their first strokes towards chasing Olympic dreams. The bustling beach town of Busselton,...
Read moreSam Short's South Australian Freestyle Treble Lays Down Long Distance Goals for Fukuoka And Paris22 January 2023Australia's Commonwealth Games 1500m freestyle gold medallist Sam Short has started 2023 with a bang, wrapping up an impressive freestyle treble at the South Australian State Championships in Adelaide tonight. The Rackley Swim Team 19-year-old added the 200m freestyle to last night's 400m win - late...
Read moreTassie Kid Maximillian Giuliani Out-Touches Kyle Chalmers By 0.01 In 100m Freestyle At South Australian State Titles21 January 2023Tassie Kid Maximillian Giuliani Out-Touches Kyle Chalmers By 0.01 In 100m Freestyle At South Australian State Titles It’s not every day a kid gets the chance to line up against an Olympic champion, let alone record a rare victory but Gold Coast-based former Tasmanian teenager Maximillian Giuliani ha...
Read moreKyle Chalmers Not Short On Opposition As He Lines up In The 800m Freestyle At South Australian State Championships20 January 2023Kyle Chalmers Not Short On Opposition As He Lines up In The 800m Freestyle At South Australian State Championships Commonwealth Games 1500m freestyle gold medallist Sam Short will have an unexpected guest in 100m sprint king Kyle Chalmers when the pair line up together in Sunday’s 800m freestyle at ...
Read moreAustralia's Olympic Champions Lead All-Star Cast For Starlight Foundation Super Swim19 January 2023Australia’s Olympic champions are spearheading a nation wide fundraising Foundation drive to raise money for sick children. Ariarne Titmus, Kaylee McKeown, Zac-Stubblety-Cook and Mack Horton were amongst a who’s who group of 20 Australian swimmers and surf ironmen who came together on the Gold Coast...
Read moreAustralian World Short Course Star Lani Pallister’s Open Water Podium Start To 202315 January 2023Australian World Short Course Star Lani Pallister’s Open Water Podium Start To 2023 Australian swim star Lani Pallister has started 2023 the same way she finished 2022 – on top of the podium - after winning the iconic Lorne Pier-To-Pub Ocean Swim Classic on Victoria’s Surf Coast for a fourth straigh...
Read moreMollie O'Callaghan Packaged Sterling Year On Way To Female Breakout Swimmer of the Year Honors28 December 2022Mollie O'Callaghan Packaged Sterling Year On Way To Female Breakout Swimmer of the Year Honors Australia’s teenage world champion Mollie O’Callaghan has a 2022 highlights reel to die for, with 11 international gold medals, two world records and a No 1. World Ranking. A year in the pool that any 18-y...
Read more1Dean Boxall Is Repeat Selection As Swimming World International Coach of the Year27 December 2022Dean Boxall Is Repeat Selection As Swimming World International Coach of the Year Australia’s golden eras in the pool have seen some extraordinary coaches – the likes of Harry Gallagher, Forbes and Ursula Carlile, Don Talbot, Laurie Lawrence, John Carew and Michael Bohl, to name but a few. Now add t...
Read moreAustralian World Champion Freestylers Emma McKeon and Lani Pallister Born Into Dolphins Golden Gene Pools23 December 2022Australian World Champion Freestylers Emma McKeon and Lani Pallister Born Into Golden Gene Pools Little did they know it at the time but former Australian surf lifesaving rivals Ron McKeon and Rick Pallister would father two of Australia’s greatest swimmers – Emma McKeon and Lani Pallister –the star...
Read moreFLASH! World Championships, Day 6, Women's Finals: USA Smash World Record In A Classic 4x100m Medley Relay Duel18 December 2022FLASH World Championships, Day 6, Women's Finals: USA Smash World Record In A Classic 4x100m Medley Relay Duel The power-packed US women have finished their World Short Course campaign with a stirring world record breaking performance in a classic 4x100m medley relay duel in front of a raucous Melbo...
Read moreWorld Championships, Day Six, Women's Finals: Kaylee McKeown Confirms Her Status As The Queen Of World Backstroking with her Golden Double18 December 2022WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, Day 6, Women's Finals: Kaylee McKeown Confirms Her Status As The Queen Of World Backstroking with her Golden Double Australia's backstroking queen Kaylee McKeown has swum her way into the annals of international swimming with her all-the-way victory in the 200m backstroke - winn...
Read moreWorld Championships: Isaac Cooper Says He’s A Better Version Of Himself After “Losing Gold” In The 50m Backstroke17 December 2022World Championships: Isaac Cooper Says He’s A Better Version Of Himself After “Losing Gold” In The 50m Backstroke Shattered Australian teenager, Isaac Cooper, was ready to pack his bags and go home last night, feeling ripped off after being forced to re-swim for a title he believed he had already wo...
Read moreWorld Championships, Day Five Women's Finals: Emma McKeon Flies To Fourth Gold In The Fun 50 Free And A New Championship Record of 23.0417 December 2022Australian swimming’s “flying fish” Emma McKeon has smashed the Championship record with a stunning time of 23.04 to win the 50 metres freestyle – a time just 0.11 outside the world record - winning her second gold medal of the night and fourth gold medal of the Championships. The Olympic champion w...
Read moreWorld Championships, Day Five Men's Finals: Gregorio Paltrinieri's Golden Home Coming For A Slice Of World Short Course History in the 800m Freestyle17 December 2022World Championships: Gregorio Paltrinieri's Golden Home Coming For A Slice Of World Short Course History in the 800m Freestyle Italy's distance king Gregorio Paltrinieri created his own slice of history on night five of the 16th World Short Course Championships with a dominant display to grab gold i...
Read moreFLASH...World Championships, Day 4, Men’s Events: US Foursome In Awesome World Record Breaking 4x200m Freestyle Relay Win16 December 2022FLASH...World Championships, Day 4, Men’s Events: US Foursome In Awesome World Record Breaking 4x200m Freestyle Relay Win The U.S. men’s 4x200m freestyle relay team smashed the world record in a sensational gold medal swim to wrap up an extraordinary night’s swimming at the Melbourne Sports And Aqua...