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On This Date: Dawn Fraser Captures First Olympic Gold of Title Three-Peat On Dec. 1, 1956, Dawn Fraser captured the first of three consecutive Olympic titles in the 100-meter freestyle. Find an expert on the sport and ask that individual to identify the greatest male and female swimmers in history. ...

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....

Ed Sommerville Leads Strong Day for Aussies at Japan Open; Teen Star Shin Ohashi Rolls in 100 Breaststroke Australia's Ed Sommerville headlined the first session of finals at the Japan Open with a victory in the 200-meter freestyle. The effort led a strong night by Aussie athletes across several eve...

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.....

Alexandria Perkins Ready to Escape Shadow Cast by Aussie Countrywomen Sometimes, it's not easy to escape shadows. During the recent World Cup series in North America, it was Gretchen Walsh who rightfully occupied the spotlight in the sprint-butterfly events. Meanwhile, Olympic champions Kaylee McKeo...

An Evolution: Lani Pallister Has Shown her Real Powers to the World in 2025 From the World Championships in Singapore to her recent performances at the World Cup, it has been a spectacular 2025 for Australian Lani Pallister. The year started with a coaching change, as Pallister shifted her training ...

Mollie O’Callaghan, Lani Pallister Will Sustain Australian Freestyle Excellence in Post-Titmus Era What Ariarne Titmus accomplished for Australia between her international debut in 2017 and her final meet at the Paris Olympics, cannot be understated. The legacy goes far beyond the eight Olympic meda...

Lani Pallister Clobbers Katie Ledecky's World Record in 800 Freestyle (SCM) Three months ago, Lani Pallister swam the meet of her life at the World Championships and nearly knocked off the great Katie Ledecky in the 800 freestyle. Now, Pallister has broken the first world record of her career in the...

FLASH! Mollie O'Callaghan Blasts Another World Record in 200 Freestyle The world record set by Mollie O'Callaghan at last week's World Cup apparently wasn't enough, as the Australian ace delivered another global standard on Friday night. Racing at the World Cup stop in Toronto, O'Callaghan bettered ...

Ariarne Titmus Confirms Withdrawal From Anti-Doping Testing Pool Just a handful of days after announcing her surprise retirement from the sport, reports from Australia indicate that Ariarne Titmus has officially been withdrawn from the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) testing pool. According to 7Ne...

Ariarne Titmus Would Not Yield to Greatness En Route to Legendary Career When Ariarne Titmus was trying to establish herself as an elite international swimmer, she faced one of the most daunting obstacles in the sport’s history. Katie Ledecky had become a dominating force in the mid-distance and dis...

Mollie O'Callaghan Stalking World Record in 200 Freestyle at World Cup Stop in Westmont Australian Mollie O'Callaghan is no stranger to world-record status, both in relay duty and on an individual basis. The last time she set a solo world record, O'Callaghan captured the gold medal in the 200-meter ...

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.....