Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent - (Author)

Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers Undergoes Surprise Shoulder Surgery In Sydney Australia's Rio Olympic gold medallist Kyle Chalmers has had arthroscopic shoulder surgery in a Sydney Hospital where doctors removed a troublesome bursa and revealing the 100m freestyle champion would be "good to go" for h...

Triple Olympian Cate Campbell has said she would “walk on her hands” to get to Tokyo for a fourth Games next year following announcement of updated travel and testing measures for next year's postponed Olympics with no Closing or Opening Ceremonies for the swim team. It comes in the lead up to a ret...

Shayna Jack Has Doping Ban Reduced, But Will Miss Tokyo Games; Sisters in Sport Offering Support Australian swimming's golden girls Cate Campbell and Libby Trickett, have led a flood of support following news of Shayna Jack’s 2021 return to the pool after the banned freestyle star had her four-year ...

Kaylee McKeown Continues her Brisbane Record Breaking Blitz with a 200m Backstroke time of 2:04.49 ! Rising Aussie backstroke sensation Kaylee McKeown has continued her record breaking spree at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre today, clocking the fourth fastest time in history for 200m backstroke, stoppi...

Aussie Teen Sensation Kaylee McKeown Sizzles Down Under with a World Class 100m Backstroke Time of 58.11 Right out of the blue in Queensland this afternoon, 19-year-old Australian Olympic hopeful Kaylee McKeown has clocked the fourth fastest 100m backstroke time in history at the low key Medal Shots...

Aussie Olympic Champion Duncan Armstrong recovering From Emergency Heart Surgery Australian Olympic swimming golden boy from Seoul, Duncan Armstrong is recovering in a Brisbane hospital tonight after undergoing emergency heart by-pass surgery. The Sydney’s Daily Telegraph reported that “Armstrong’s ...

Kieren Perkins Named President of Swimming Australia At the end of  a tumultuous fortnight and a week tinged with sadness and yesterday's shock positive drugs test, there is finally some light emerging at the end of the tunnel for swimming in Australia. The unveiling today of Olympic swimming legend...

The Australian Olympic Committee and Swimming Australia has been rocked by a positive drug test to champion breaststroker Brenton Rickard, back-dated to the 2012 London Olympics. The test threatens to strip six Australian swimmers of their medals for the first time in history and comes at the same G...

Tributes Flow For Don Talbot - Coaching Icon Leaves Lifetime Legacy For Swimming In Australia Tributes have poured into Swimming Australia following the passing of one of Australia’s greatest ever sporting coaches with the death yesterday of legendary former National Head Coach Don Talbot, AO, OBE. ...

Madi Wilson’s Message Is Loud And Clear: I Want In For Dolphins Tokyo Relay Assault Adelaide-based Rio Olympian Madi Wilson has sent a clear message to her rivals that she “wants in” as Australia primes itself for a major relay assault at next year’s Games in Tokyo. With the majority of the world’s ...

Good Golly Miss Mollie As Australia’s Dolphins Shake Up Bond Relay Blitz   Mollie O’Callaghan, the 16-year-old Queensland schoolgirl who is swimming faster than Cate Campbell and Emma McKeon at the same age, has again caught the eye as Australia’s top swimmers went through their paces in a virtual R...

Olympic gold medallists Susie O’Neill AM and Chris Fydler OAM and legendary coach Harry Gallagher OAM have been awarded Life Membership of Swimming Australia at its 111th Annual General Meeting [caption id="attachment_450450" align="alignright" width="452"] LIFE MEMBERSHIP: Harry Gallagher with 1956...

Swimming Australia President John Bertrand Calls Time On His Seven-Year Term As Dolphins Receive Added Financial Support  Out-going Swimming Australia president John Bertrand AO has delivered a stirring message to the swimming community on his departure after seven years at the helm, urging people t...

Australia’s Tokyo Bound Kareena Lee Showing All The Hall Marks Of A World Class Open Water Swimmer  Noosa’s Tokyo bound marathon swimmer Kareena Lee is developing into one of the most capable open water swimmers in the world, according to Swimming Australia’s Performance Manager Greg Shaw after an e...

Minna Atherton Joins Marathon Olympians For Queensland Open Water Championships Australia’s only selected Toyko Olympian, marathon champion, Kareena Lee and 2016 Rio open water Olympian Chelsea Gubecka will be joined by world beating backstroker Minna Atherton and a host of pool stars, for Saturday’...

Australia Announces History Making Virtual Inter-State Short Course Meet Across Five Venues The cream of Australia’s leading swimmers will participate in the country’s first ever virtual “Non Championship” meet across five States next month. For the first time in Australia’s storied swimming history...

Aquatic Industry Alliance wants Victorian kids back in the pool Victoria’s aquatic power brokers have stepped up their concerns for a timely return to indoor pools for essential swimming and water safety programs. Victorian Aquatic Industry Alliance (VAIA) was established in May 2020 in response to ...

New Zealand Government eases COVID-19 Restrictions In Auckland For Last Three Days of NZ Short Course Nationals. By Dave Crampton Swimming New Zealand has confirmed that it will only award National titles from its AON NZ Short Course National Short Course Championships in Hamilton for events conduct...

Australian star Madi Wilson out of ISL after clocking a hot 100 in SA State Short Course Rio Olympian and World Championship relay gold medallist Madi Wilson is the latest Australian to withdraw from the International Swimming League, due to start in Budapest later this month. Wilson’s coach at Mari...

 Australia Re-Enters The Broadcast Market After COVID Call Sinks Swimming's Seven Deal Swimming Australia is exploring new media and broadcast options following today’s shock announcement that the Seven Network and Australia’s most successful Olympic sport had agreed to terminate their broadcast par...