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No rest for Kaylee McKeown and Ariarne Titmus Who Top Qualifying For Night Three At Australian Trials There was no rest for Kaylee McKeown and Ariarne Titmus this morning with the stars of last night’s second session of the Australian Olympic Trials topping the qualifiers for night three. McKeown (U...

Kyle Chalmers Thrills His Hometown Crowd With A Powerhouse Final Lap Burst To Book His Seat For Tokyo Olympic 100m freestyle champion, Kyle Chalmers has produced one of his famous powerhouse finishes to book his place on the plane to Tokyo - thrilling his home town crowd with a stirring victory in t...

Tears And Tributes Flow As Kaylee McKeown Sets A New WR and Ariarne Titmus Rattles Katie Ledecky's 400 Free Mark Australian wonder girls Kaylee McKeown and Ariarne Titmus have tonight sent a clear message to the world – “we’re ready to take the Tokyo Olympic pool by storm.” First McKeown (USC Sparta...

Kaylee McKeown Blasts WR 57.45 in 100 Backstroke at Aussie Trials: Ariarne Titmus Scares Ledecky Record As the United States Olympic Trials await their start in a few hours, a world-record warning shot was fired Down Under on Sunday when Kaylee McKeown, riding a hot streak for several months, broke ...

In a morning of high drama on Day Two of the Australian Olympic Trials in Adelaide Mack Horton and Zac Incerti have both lived to fight another day and will both race in the men’s 200m freestyle final to keep their Tokyo dreams alive at the SA Aquatic Leisure Centre tonight. Last night Horton finish...

Tracy Stockwell (Caulkins) To Lead Independent Female Panel To Investigate Swimming's Ongoing Issues Celebrated US Olympic champion, leading sports administrator and Swimming Australia director Tracy Stockwell (Caulkins) will head  an independent female panel to investigate the sport's ongoing issue...

Mack’s Attack Not Enough In Epic 400m Freestyle Showdown As Winnington And McLoughlin Turn On Tokyo Turbos Australia’s Rio Olympic champion Mack Horton (Melbourne Vicentre) won’t get the chance to defend his 400m crown in Tokyo after one of the greatest races in the history of swimming in Australia ...

Emma McKeon (Griffith University, QLD) and Brendon Smith (Nunawading, VIC)) set the SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre alight – booking their tickets to Tokyo in Australian record times in a sizzling start to the Australian Olympic Trials in Adelaide. While Se-Bom Lee (Carlile, NSW) celebrated his 20th b...

Mack Horton Faces The Race Of His Life In 400m Freestyle Final At The Australian Olympic Trials Defending Olympic champion Mack Horton (Melbourne Vicentre) has put himself in the game, qualifying fourth fastest into what will be a gripping 400m freestyle final on the opening night’s finals of the Au...

Emma McKeon has had a flying start to the 2021 Australian Olympic Swimming Trials with a sizzling 100m heat swim of 56.82 in the 100m butterfly at the SA Aquatic And Leisure Centre. McKeon, the 27-year-old Commonwealth and Australian record holder and Commonwealth Games gold medallist from the Gold ...

This year’s 2021 Australian Swimming Trials at Adelaide’s SA Aquatic And Leisure Centre (June 12-17) which kicks off today in Adelaide will feature the country’s best Multi-Class swimmers – old and young - vying for selection for this year’s Paralympic Games in Tokyo (August 24-September 5). The Tri...

Australian Olympic Trials Guide: All The Information Needed For Action Down Under The 2021 Australian Olympic Trials begin this week in Adelaide and will be available in unprecedented fashion, streaming on Amazon Prime. The 2021 Australian Swimming Trials begin on Saturday 12 June with heats commenc...

The Day Mitch Larkin and Dean Boxall Sealed An Olympic Deal Over A Few Beers At Brisbane’s Regatta Hotel A chat over a few beers at an iconic hotel over looking the Brisbane River could well see a gold medal toast for Australia’s Mitch Larkin at this year’s Tokyo Olympics. Two-time Olympian and dual...

Maddie Groves, who won the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the 200-meter butterfly, has withdrawn from Australian Trials, hitting out on social media at “misogynistic perverts in sport and their boot lickers.” Groves made the announcement first on Instagram, without reference to her concern...

It could well be a case of “Australians let us all rejoice” when the IOC Members cast their votes on Brisbane’s “irresistible bid” to host the 2032 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. The IOC Executive Board has overnight unanimously approved Brisbane’s proposal to host Australia’s third Olympics w...

Kaylee McKeown The Name On Everyone’s Mind With Australian Trials To Start Saturday In Adelaide The 2020-21 season has seen the emergence of a host of young Australian girls with their eyes on the Tokyo prize – and they will all be on show from this Saturday at the 2021 Australian Swimming Trials at...

Australian Olympic Trials In what has been a lead up like no other Australia's finest swimmers will line up in Adelaide from June 12-17 (Saturday, Australian time) for the 2021 Australian Olympic Trials at the SA Aquatic And Leisure Centre. It has been a frantic and frenetic time where Selection Cri...

The Australian Swimming Coaches and Teachers Association (ASCTA) is delighted to announce a formal affiliation with the New Zealand Swimming Coaches and Teachers Association (NZSCTA). The affiliation takes effect from July 1, 2021 and provides significant benefits to both organisations and their res...

The Australian Swimming Coaches And Teachers Association (ASCTA) has bestowed its highest honour of Life Membership to pioneering Victorian coach Peter Ruddock and its former passionate and powerful CEO, the late Michael Ursu. Peter Ruddock remains one of ASCTA’s longest serving members, whose contr...

Celebrated St Peters Western, QLD Head Coach Dean Boxall will take his high profile group of Tokyo hopefuls to next month’s Olympic Swimming Trials in Adelaide with some award winning feathers in his cap. Boxall has been awarded back-to-back Australian Swimming Coaches And Teachers Association (ASCT...