Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent - (Author)

Olympics: Zac Stubblety-Cook Strikes Australia’s Fifth Gold In 200 Breaststroke in Olympic Record Time [caption id="attachment_483706" align="alignleft" width="468"] Photo Courtesy: Rob Schumacher/USA Today Sports[/caption] Australia’s Zac Stubblety-Cook has continued the Dolphins golden run at the ...

Olympics: Australia’s Ariarne Titmus Triumphs in 200 Freestyle In Tokyo Tussle II; Katie Ledecky Fifth Australia’s latest international freestyle star Ariarne Titmus has dethroned swimming’s queen Katie Ledecky for the second time in three days in another stunning gold medal swim in the 200m freesty...

Olympics: Kaylee McKeown Dedicates 100 Back Olympic Gold to Father; Regan Smith Snares Bronze Australia’s 20-year-old Kaylee McKeown created her own slice of swimming history in Tokyo today, becoming the country’s first ever female Olympic backstroke gold medallist in an emotionally charged 100-mete...

Olympics: It's a Magical Golden Moment For Canadian Maggie MacNeil in 100 Butterfly It took a few moments to sink in but World and Pan Pac champion Maggie MacNeil has today been crowned the Olympic champion, winning Canada’s first swimming gold of the Tokyo Games with a stunning 100m butterfly victo...

Australian Round-Up: Nervous Kaylee McKeown Sets New Olympic Record And Finds Solace In Previous Owner Kaylee McKeown has shrugged off the nerves and delivered a record breaking start to her Tokyo campaign – relying on the former Olympic record holder and team mate Emily Seebohm to guide her along t...

Olympics: Tunisian Tiger's Tokyo Dream: Ahmed Hafnaoui's Wild Celebration After Winning Shock Gold From Lane Eight Tunisian teenager Ahmed Hafnaoui has caused the first major upset of the Tokyo 2020 Games - winning an extraordinary Olympic gold in the 400 metres freestyle from lane eight. The 18-yea...

Australia’s embarrassment of riches was very much on show on the opening night of swimming in Tokyo with the Dolphins blasting their way into the top ten fastest all-time relay times in history in the heats of the women's 4x100m freestyle. Their 3:31.73 was the fastest preliminary performance ever s...

Elijah Winnington Headlines Big Opening Night For This Pod Of Dolphins On Day One In Tokyo There is no shortage of headline acts on Australia's Olympic swim team in Tokyo with most of the attention featuring a women's team that has more freestyle depth of any team to leave Australia's shores.  ...

It's Brisbane's Time To Shine As Olympics Arrive Down Under For A Third Time With Tokyo about to move into full swing...how good is it to wake up this morning in the latest Olympic city, with images of Brisbane, the Gold Coast Coast and Sunshine Coast beamed around the world - the Olympics are comin...

Australian Swimming League's "Big Splash" Plans Unveiled On Eve Of Tokyo Olympics A hugely successful T20 “Big Bash” cricket league is about to have company with the launch today of what could become Australian sport's “Big Splash” - an Australian professional swimming league. With the countdown on ...

There was no rest for the wicked – as they say, even on the 20th birthday for Kaylee McKeown in Cairns yesterday. Surrounded by her Tokyo Olympic teammates, Australia's latest world-record holder was in the pain lane. Australia’s newest backstroking star farewelled her teenage years unlike most othe...

Cate Campbell, who has been very much the leading lady of Australia swimming over the past decade, will now become one of the leaders of the country’s Olympic team, named tonight to share the Flag Bearing duties at the 2020 Tokyo Games, with another four—time Olympian, inspiring indigenous basketbal...

Emma McKeon and Kyle Chalmers Drop 200 Freestyle From Tokyo Programs; Spots Filled Rackley rookies Thomas Neill and Isaac Cooper, experienced campaigners Madi Wilson and Cam McEvoy and former world record holder Matthew Wilson have been rewarded with individual swims for Australia at this month’s To...

Testing Times For Olympic Golden Boys Mack Horton And Kyle Chalmers Caught Up In COVID Lockdown Swimming Australia has confirmed that members of its Olympic team, including Rio golden boys Kyle Chalmers and Mack Horton, “did not attend any high risk locations” during their visit to Magnetic Island, ...

It is a marathon swimming story of Olympic proportions which will now become an Olympic story of marathon proportions – one that Kai Edwards will savor for the rest of his swimming career after the 22-year-old secured the final berth on the Australian Swim Team for Tokyo. Edwards is the last and 37t...

World ranked number one Kaylee McKeown has tonight continued on her record breaking way to this year's Tokyo Olympic Games - with Matthew Temple and Ariarne Titmus joining the record rush in a spectacular first hour of the final night of the Australian Trials in Adelaide. McKeown set a new  Commonwe...

Cody Simpson "Like A Kid In A Candy Shop" Says Coach Michael Bohl Pop star-turned swim-star Cody Simpson has taken another major step towards his dream of becoming an Olympic class swimmer – qualifying for tonight’s 100m butterfly final at the Australian Olympic Trials in Adelaide. Simpson lined up ...

Australia’s top Para-swimmers are set to write a new chapter in the Nation’s decorated sporting history at the Tokyo Paralympics with a 32-strong Team confirmed in Adelaide tonight. The announcement made by Australian Team Chef de Mission Kate McLoughlin came after five hard fought days of competiti...

Emma McKeon and Cate Campbell To Lead Dolphins Sub-53 ;Super Group' To Tokyo A super charged Emma McKeon and an emotional and relieved Cate Campbell will spearhead Australia’s fastest ever collective group of freestyler sprinters to this year’s Tokyo Olympics with the first four placegetters in toni...

It's been a huge week in Adelaide for Australia's Multi-Class swimmers who have thrilled the audiences who have packed the SA Aquatic And Leisure Centre and tonight Australia will name one of its strongest ever swim teams for this year's Paralympics in Tokyo. The big performers this week have includ...