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Paralympics: Emotions Overflow for Australian Gold Medal Winners Ben Hance, Callum Simpson A golden day for Australia and one filled with emotion with Ben Hance dedicating his back-to-back backstroking win to his late father and rookie schoolboy Callum Simpson overcome with tears of joy as Australi....

Paralympic Games, Day 8: Australia’s Tim Hodge Achieves 'Impossible' with Golden Finish In Paris For the past three years Tim Hodge has been a man on a mission and today in Paris, the boy from Blacktown in Western Sydney (NSW) achieved his lifelong dream – Paralympic gold – Australia’s fourth in wh....

Swimming Australia Sacks Paris Olympic Team Coach Michael Palfrey for being “Un Australian” Australian swim coach Michael Palfrey, the man at the centre of comments made supporting a South Korean athlete during the Paris Olympics, has been sacked. Swimming Australia today confirmed Palfrey’s immed.....

Paralympics, Day 7: Australia’s Latest Swim Sensation Alexa Leary Rocks Paris With A Golden Swim And A Second World Record in the 100m Freestyle S9 Australia’s Alexa Leary has rocked her way into the Paralympic historic books – winning a second gold medal and in her second world record time on a ch....

Paralympics Day 5: Alexa Leary Take A Bow After Triumphant Freestyle Anchor Gives Australia A  Memorable Mixed Medley Gold Australia needed an anchor swim for the ages and its live wire Paralympic debutant Alexa Leary delivered in spades at the Paris La Defense Arena tonight spearheading Australia’....

Paralympic Games: Former Lifesaving Ironman Tom Gallagher Makes Remarkable Return To Podium After Near Death Experience In Tokyo Standing on the Paralympic gold medal podium in Paris Thursday has been three painful, determined years in the making for former WA lifesaving ironman Tom Gallagher who r....

Paralympic Games: Australia’s World-Beating IMer Tim Hodge Aiming for Golden Splash in Paris Australia’s world beating IM star Tim Hodge will begin his jam-packed 2024 Paralympic Games program in Paris on Friday - aiming to add the one thing that has eluded the 23-year-old Sydneysider – Paralympic ....

Junior Pan Pacific Championships, Canberra (AUS): Milla Jansen and Marcus Da Silva To Carry The Flag for Australia Australia’s next crop of Olympic hopefuls led by Milla Jansen and Marcus Da Silva will get the chance to show off their skills when Canberra hosts the four-day Junior Pan Pacs Swim Mee....

Australia Left Paris Games Riding Momentum into Next Quad; Female Freestyle Relay Power on Display For eight days at the Paris La Défense Arena, the Australian Swim Team scared the life out of the Olympic gold medal tally and its longtime custodian, archrivals the USA. The Aussie Dolphins came into ...

Passages: Swimming in Australia Mourns The Passing of Pioneer Swim Coach Myee Baumer Swimming in Australia is mourning the loss of much-admired coaching pioneer, Myee Baumer, who has passed away peacefully at Narrabeen’s RSL Retirement Village, in Sydney. Myee was 85. [caption id="attachment_59492.....

Paris Olympics: Au Revoir Emma McKeon Aussie Girls Make One Final Splash After Record Breaking Week In The Pool. In an emotionally charged finale, Australia’s women have swum their way into the Olympic record books, celebrating with a collective “bomb” to finish off a spectacular week in the pool a....

Paris Olympics: Head-To-Head For Olympic Gold And Then Ariarne Titmus Delivers Heart Warming Tribute To Katie Ledecky Australia’s four-time Olympic gold medallist Ariarne Titmus has delivered a heart-warming tribute to her major opponent Katie Ledecky after taking on the US all-time great head-on, ....

Paris Olympics: Historic Day For Cam McEvoy and Kaylee McKeown on Australian Swim Team Doused In Parisian Gold Like the world’ fastest man on water, Cam McEvoy, Australia held its collective breath for 21.25 seconds in the early hours of Saturday morning. A nation then catching its breath, before i....

Paris Olympics: Inside Australia’s 'Redemption Relay' for 800 Free Relay Gold It was a redemption story that meant so much to six young Australians – four chosen to do battle on swimming’s biggest stage and two others who had played key parts in a carefully orchestrated gold medal campaign, cheerin....

Paris Olympics Day 5: Silver Lining for Olympic Champions Kyle Chalmers and Zac Stubblety-Cook on a Roller Coaster Day For Aussies The roller coaster that is the Olympic Games was in full swing on a dramatic fifth day of competition for Australia in the pool at the Paris La Defense Arena. A silver.....

Paris Olympics, Day 5 Finals: Swedish Legend Sarah Sjostrom Flies Home To Claim Golden Touch Thriller In 100 Free A last-minute decision to swim the 100 freestyle has turned into gold for Sweden’s superstar Sarah Sjostrom, who produced the finish of a lifetime from Lane Seven to win her maiden Olymp...

Paris Olympics: Kaylee McKeown Draws On Her “Superpower” Dad to Unleash Successful Defense of 100m Backstroke Gold In 2020, the McKeown family lost its biggest fan, a man who they believe continues to shine down on them in times of need and with 20 metres to go in the women’s Olympic 100m backstrok....

Paris Olympics: Tears Of Joy From Mollie O'Callaghan, Ariarne Titmus In Emotional Poolside Interview With Giaan Rooney There were emotional scenes on pool deck at the Paris La Defense Arena at the conclusion of a high octane charged night three after a remarkable women's 200m freestyle final between...

Paris Olympics, Day 3: Mollie O’Callaghan's Powerhouse Final Lap Gets Maiden Individual Gold in 200 Freestyle Rising star Mollie O’Callaghan has overpowered defending champion, fellow Australian and club mate Ariarne Titmus in a classic green and gold duel in the pool to claim 200m freestyle gold a....

Paris Olympics: Emotional Farewell for Emma McKeon in Last Individual Race of Stellar 16-Year Career Australia’s most successful Olympian Emma McKeon has swum her final individual race, finishing sixth in the women’s 100m butterfly final in what was an emotional day for the 30-year-old Gold Coaster....