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Legendary Australian Olympic swim coach Harry Gallagher OAM – the mastermind behind Aussie swimming greats Dawn Fraser and Jon Henricks – passed away peacefully early today on the Gold Coast. “The Crafty Fox” as he was fondly known around the pool decks throughout his colourful 96 years was surround...

Australian Swimming legend Ian Thorpe believes that his sensational 1:44.06 World record over 200 metres freestyle in 2001 remains one off the three most competitive four-length swims of the past two decades because "everyone in the world is swimming the 200 freestyle wrong." "You can't swim 150 met...

Australia’s Olympic men’s open water hopefuls will get a “taste of Tokyo” at the rescheduled 2021 Australian Open Water Swimming Championships that will now be held on March 13 and 14, 2021 at Lake Kawana on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. The Championships, which will double as the first stage of Olym...

David McKeon, a two-time Olympic swimmer representing Australia, announced his retirement from the sport Thursday. McKeon announced the decision via Facebook. “After being involved in a sport that has gave me more than I could have possibly dreamed, it’s with both trepidation and excitement I announ...

15-year-old Yu Yiting had swam a big best time in the heats of the 400 IM at 4:35.94 at the China Swim Series. She is eligible for the world junior record which currently stands at 4:38.53 by Spain's Alba Vazquez Ruiz from the 2019 Junior Worlds. Yu was a 4:37.62 in the final for her second fastest ...

The China Swim Series continued with its second night of finals with some of the country's best opening the new year in strong form. Zhang Yufei continued her impressive roll with a 56.06 in winning the 100 butterfly final, not far off her 55.6 from September where she moved to third all-time. Zhang...

Australian Olympic gold medalist Emily Seebohm revealed a two-year battle with an eating disorder in an Instagram post Friday, beginning 2021 with a pledge, “to be braver for myself.” Seebohm’s post shared her struggles with binging, purging and meal skipping. She discussed her dissatisfaction with ...

The China Swim Series continued Friday to ring in the new year as many of China's best were on hand to start off the Olympic year. The best swim of the day came from Zhang Yufei in the 200 butterfly, who improved her 200 butterfly best time with a 2:05.49 from her 2:05.7 in the heats. That swim put ...

22-year-old Zhang Yufei of China has continued her strong assault on her best times log in 2020 as she threw down a very impressive 2:05.70 in the heats of the 200 butterfly at the China Swim Series. It is a new best time for Zhang, who was a 2:06.17 in late 2017 and is ranked fourth all-time in Chi...

Passages: A Tribute to Who Was Lost in the Swimming World in 2020: Part 2 (July-December) The world of swimming endured a number of notable passages in 2020, individuals who enriched the sport in the pool and on deck. In 2020, we lost some of the sports coaching pioneers around the globe. Many of th...

Pacific Rim Swimmers of the Millennium: Ian Thorpe and Leisel Jones Make It an Aussie Sweep With the COVID-19 pandemic canceling the most-important competitions of the year, Swimming World made the decision to suspend its Swimmer of the Year selections for 2020. There simply was not enough data to l...

UWA West Coast rising star Ruan Van der Riet has flown into the Swimming WA record books – sinking a legend along the way – on a history-making fourth night of the 2020 Hancock Prospecting Western Australian Swimming Championships at Perth’s hbf Stadium The Mick Palfrey-coached youngster looked impr...

Australia's favourite swimming sisters, Cate and Bronte Campbell have confirmed today they will leave Sydney and return home to make Brisbane their training base to prepare for the Tokyo Olympic Trials after two successful years training in the Harbour City. Swimming World can reveal exclusively tha...

UWA-West Coast training partners Ashton Brinkworth and Zac Incerti have shared the top honours in the blue-ribband 100m freestyle on Day Two of the 2020 Hancock Prospecting Western Australian Swimming Championships at the HBF Stadium, Perth. The morning session saw Brinkworth (50.09) utilise his ear...

Day one of the 2020 Hancock Prospecting Western Australian State Championships at the HBA Stadium in Claremont, saw Olympic hopefuls Kieren Pollard and Zac Incerti in record-breaking form. [caption id="attachment_457582" align="alignright" width="455"] RECORD START: Kieren Pollard flies to a new Wes...

Australia’s lone 2021 Tokyo Olympic swimming qualifier, Noosa’s Kareena Lee, will be a serious contender for a second event at next year’s Games after a powerful win in the 1500m freestyle at tonight’s Queensland State Championships in Brisbane. The 26-year-old, coached by legendary Platinum Coach J...

South Esk Swimming Club’s 122 members from Launceston in Tasmania faced the challenges of 2020 together “focusing on the well-being of each other and the wider community” and this week  the club is the toast of Swimming Australia after winning the prestigious Club of The Year Award for 2020. Due to ...

After announcing herself as a real threat on the world backstroking stage, Australia’s Tokyo Olympic hope, Kaylee McKeown, has now thrown down the gauntlet as a real 2021 contender in individual medley. In another busy night at the Queensland State Championships, the unstoppable 19-year-old Sunshine...

Pop Star Cody Simpson Achieves Lifelong Dream of Australian Olympic Trials Cody Simpson, who is best known as a world famous singer, has returned to the pool and achieved one of his lifelong dreams of qualifying for the Australian Olympic Trials. Simpson, who was a highly successful age group swimme...

Emma McKeon and Elijah Winnington Shine On Night Two of the Queensland State Swimming Championships Gold Coasters Emma McKeon (Griffith University) and Elijah Winnington (St Peters Western) were just two of the stars of a thrilling second night of finals at the Queensland State Swimming Championship...