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Cam McEvoy Pumped To Take On The World After A Scorching 21.38 Season Opener In Tokyo The world’s fastest man, Cam McEvoy, who will now unleash his power against a World Team in Brisbane after a dynamic 21.38 long course 50m freestyle season opener at the Japan Open in Tokyo overnight. Australia’...

All Star Cast of Olympic Gold Medalists and World Champions On Deck For 2025 Hancock Prospecting Queensland Championships Over 30 Olympians, including gold medalists, world champions, world record holders and even two British big guns will line up in the 2025 Hancock Prospecting Queensland Champion....

Watch Cam McEvoy’s Sizzling 25m Time Trial For This Weekend’s Japan Open In Tokyo The world’s fastest swimmer, Cam McEvoy, has laid down a sizzling time trial to put the finishing touches to his preparations for the three-day Japan Open meet beginning tomorrow at the Tokyo Aquatic Centre. The 31-y.....

Michelle Ford, David Theile, Sir Frank Beaurepaire and Matthew Cowdrey Inducted Into Swimming Australia Hall Of Fame Olympic gold medallists Michelle Ford and David Theile, prolific Paralympic gold medallist Matthew Cowdrey and six time Olympic medallist Sir Frank Beaurepaire have been inducted into...

Backstroking’s “Miss Unstoppable” Kaylee McKeown Wins Australia’s Olympic Swimmer Of The Year Australia’s “unstoppable” backstroking queen Kaylee McKeown has made a habit of going back-to-back in her stellar career in the pool and she did it again yesterday on the Gold Coast. [caption id="attachme.....

Gallery Of Olympic Gold Medalists To Converge On Brisbane for Australia v The World Meet In December Some of the biggest names in world swimming will converge on 2032 Olympic host city, Brisbane in December for a short course duel meet between Australia and The World – featuring 25m events. In a m.....

Aussie Swim Queen Ariarne Titmus Calls Time On Glittering Career: Retires From Swimming At Age 25 Aussie swim queen Ariarne Titmus (OAM) has officially announced her retirement from all levels of swimming. The four-time Olympic gold medallist and current 200m world record holder hangs up her suit af...

Sam Short Turns Up The Heat With His 7:31.79 To Win The 800m Free At the Australian Short Course Former world champion Sam Short has taken just 7:31.79 to signal his intentions for the up-coming World Aquatics World Cup Series in the US – the time it took to win the 800m freestyle on the final nigh....

Cam McEvoy Equals World’s Fastest 25m Freestyle Time With Sizzling 9.36 at Short Course Sprints; Calls For Official Recognition Australia’s two-time world and Olympic 50m freestyle champion Cam McEvoy has won the first official 25m freestyle race – equaling his own unofficial world best time of 9.3....

Australian Short Course, Day 1, Finals: Sam Just Short of His Club Record, Clocking 3:36.12 To Win 400m Freestyle Australia’s former world champion and Olympic finalist Sam Short has Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett in his sights after an impressive time of 3:36.12 to win the 400m freestyle on the ope.....

Top Races To Watch at the Australian Short Course Championships; Cam McEvoy, Sam Short and Brittany Castelluzzo The Headline Acts  Australia’s champion world champion freestylers  Sam Short, Cam McEvoy and Brittany Castelluzzo  will headline the three day Australian Short Course Championships kick.....

Ed Sommerville’s Brave 200m Freestyle Short Course World Record Attempt Falls Short in Brisbane Queenslander Ed Sommerville has bounced back from a disappointing Singapore World Aquatics Championship campaign, to launch an all-out attack on the 200m freestyle short course world record in Brisbane t....

Rising Queensland Star Lincoln Wearing Breaks Sam Short's Australian Age Short Course Record in 800 Freestyle Queensland’s latest rising teenage distance prodigy Lincoln Wearing has continued his record-breaking demolition of Australian swimming’s biggest names, breaking another Sam Short Australian...

Australia’s Dolphins Rewarded With $300,000 Cash Splash From 20-Medal Haul in Singapore Australia’s swimmers have 300,000 reasons to feel on top of the world after the Dolphins' 20-medal haul from the World Championships in Singapore. The 30-strong team arrived home from a successful campaign to r.....

World Championships, Day Eight Finals: Meg Harris Turns Olympic Silver into World Championships 50 Freestyle Gold Australia's Meg Harris has turned Paris Olympic silver into Singapore World Championships gold with an all-the-way win in the women's 50-meter freestyle. The 23-year-old Queenslander, wh...

World Championships, Day Seven Finals: Cam McEvoy Sizzles to Second 50 Freestyle Crown; Ben Proud and Jack Alexy Reach Podium Australia’s Olympic champion Cam McEvoy won his second 50-meter freestyle gold medal at the World Championships on Saturday, clocking 21.14 in an epic final in Singapore, co....

Tokyo Olympian and English Channel Conqueror Linda McGill Dies On the Gold Coast at 79 Australian Olympian, Commonwealth Games gold medalist and international marathon swimmer extraordinaire Linda McGill has died on the Queensland Gold Coast, at the age of 79. McGill passed away on Wednesday aftern....

World Championships, Day 6: Marrit Steenbergen Out-Touches Mollie O’Callaghan in Women's 100 Freestyle Thriller to Go Back-To-Back Marrit Steenbergen from The Netherlands won a slice of World Championships history on Friday night, winning back-to-back 100-meter freestyle titles in a thrilling final....

Australia Wins 800 Freestyle Relay Gold; Mollie O’Callaghan Holds Off a Determined Katie Ledecky in Classic Relay Shootout Olympic and world champion Mollie O’Callaghan held off a spirited challenge from U.S. legend Katie Ledecky to anchor Australia to a memorable victory in an exciting women’s 4x.....

Mollie O’Callaghan Unleashes Her Super Powers To Claim Second 200m Freestyle World Title Olympic champion Mollie O’Callaghan served up a golden dose of powerhouse turns and a monster final lap to claim her second 200-meter freestyle title on Night Four of the Singapore World Championships. The 21-.....