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Australian Athletes Speak Out on Freedom of Speech at Olympic Games Australia’s athletes have spoken and believe “in some circumstances” they in fact should be allowed to express themselves at an Olympic Games, but also stressing that it should not impact on other athletes’ performances or overall e...

Jean Hurring (nee Stewart), who won bronze in the women’s 100 backstroke at the 1952 Olympics and competed at the 1956 Games, died Sunday in her native New Zealand. She was 89 years old. Hurring, competed then under her maiden name Jean Stewart, won bronze in the 100 back in Helsinki, finishing behi...

The death of Gennadi Touretski has sparked an outpouring of memories and tributes to the Russian mentor to the most decorated freestyle sprinter of all-time, Alex Popov. Touretski spent a decade Down Under at the Australian Institute for Sport (AIS), Popov with him, alongside the likes of one of...

Australian Olympic silver medalist James Magnussen appeared on Brett Hawke's podcast to talk about his career as one of the fastest man ever in a textile suit in the 100 freestyle. He went over his early beginnings in the sport (5:00) and how he rose to be on the Australian national team at the 2010...

Australian Olympic gold medalist Susie O'Neill took Katie Ledecky's "Got Milk Challenge" on social media on Tuesday, but added her own special twist to the challenge. Ledecky, winner of four individual Olympic gold medals, swam an entire 50 long course meters with a glass of chocolate milk on her he...

Marathon swimming legends Annette Kellermann, Des Renford, Shelley Taylor-Smith and Chloe McCardel headline the 37 inaugural inductees named today into the Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. [caption id="attachment_442384" align="alignright" width="596"] GRIN AND BEAR IT: Aussie marathon que...

Australian ace Ariarne Titmus still has one key goal that the world's best women distance freestylers all have: to get a hand to the wall ahead of Katie Ledecky, the American who has carved out living-legend status since claiming Olympic gold over 800m freestyle eight years ago at the London 2012 Ol...

Mark Tonelli Relives Legendary Commentator Norman May's famous Moscow call: “Gold…Gold to Australia…Gold!” It’s a performance that is now treasured amongst the archives of iconic moments in the colourful and storied history of Australian Olympic achievements – the men’s 4x100m medley gold from Mosco...

Memories of the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games, where the Australian men's medley relay overturned the form guide to snatch gold from Soviet hands after 17-year-old Neil Brooks entered the water on freestyle 0.81sec behind Sergei Kopliakov. Swimming World continues its 40th anniversary coverage of th...

Memories of Moscow 1980 - Today marks the 40th anniversary of the fifth day of racing in the pool at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, where Michelle Ford, of Australia, stopped the East German machine with victory over 800m freestyle. Here's the first of a two-parter  as Swimming World continue...

Memories of Moscow 1980 - Today marks the 40th anniversary of the fifth day of racing in the pool at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, where Michelle Ford, of Australia, stopped the East German machine with victory over 800m freestyle. Here's the second in a two-parter as Swimming World continue...

A select group of Australia’s elite swimmers took their first plunge back into competition today with a virtual swim meet which co-incided with what would have been the opening of the postponed Tokyo Olympics. And apart from some encouraging performances over some odd distances and the disappointmen...

The organisers of the multi million-dollar International Swimming League (ISL) are moving heaven and earth to make swimming the next major sport to surface from the global pandemic and make a splash on Queensland’s Gold Coast. As revealed by Swimming World in April and June, the ISL remains committe...

There was gold in the air at Brisbane’s Valley Pool today for the launch of the latest collection of Olympic stories from the heart and soul of Australia’s most passionate swim coach Laurie Lawrence – the book titled “Stuff the ‘Silver....we’re goin’ for Gold.’ Lawrence, born and bred in Townsville ...

Australian sprint freestyler Cate Campbell sat down with Phil Lutton of The Sydney Morning Herald to talk about the difficulties of dealing with the Tokyo postponement. The Olympic Games were supposed to take place this weekend, but have since been moved back a year so the coronavirus pandemic can s...

Five months after the COVID-19 pandemic shut out, Australia’s competition starved swimmers will finally see a return to racing in a series of virtual competitions around the country tomorrow (Friday, July 24). Three venues on the Gold Coast, Melbourne, Adelaide and the Sunshine Coast will fire the g...

Australian sprinter Eamon Sullivan was the latest guest on Brett Hawke's podcast this week to talk about his elite career where he won three Olympic medals. Sullivan and Hawke crossed paths at the 2004 Olympic Games, where Sullivan made the team at age 18 (7:00) in the 4x100 freestyle relay, while H...

Dual Olympic distance swimmer Max Metzker and track and field star Denise Boyd hold a special place in the annals of Australian sport – celebrating today’s 40th anniversary of the defining moment when they led their team into Moscow’s Lenin Stadium for the 1980 Olympic Games. The Australian team mar...

It is 50 years ago today that a 16-year-old Sydney schoolgirl Karen Moras stunned a packed crowd at the Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh to smash her own world record in the 800m freestyle. Her stunning solo swim in a time of 9:02.45 was the major highlight of Australia’s dominance in the pool a...

New Zealand's Lewis Clareburt chatted with Swimming World about being able to train without coronavirus restrictions. While most of the swimmers around the globe have found difficulty locating and sustaining safe pool environments to train in, swimmers in New Zealand have been able to return to the ...