Oceania

Sydney 2000: Dutch Joy with History Making Olympic Haul To Pieter van den Hoogenband and Inge de Bruijn While Sydney 2000 was a successful meet for the Lenny Krazelburg-led Americans and Ian Thorpe and the Australian team the small but select group from the Netherlands under coach Jacco Verhaeren no...

The Making Of Ian Thorpe: From A 25m Indoor Pool in Sydney's West To The Top Of The World Ian Thorpe swam his way into the Olympic history books this week 20 years ago at the Sydney 2000 Games – a career that started in the humble surrounds of a 25 metre indoor pool in the city’s working class west....

Career Ending Health Risks, Lure Of Olympics Sees Big Name Aussies Close Door On ISL The biggest names in Australian swimming were not prepared to risk career ending health issues or their places on next year’s Olympic team with their decisions to withdraw from this year’s multi-million dollar Inter...

Swimming New Zealand has today moved swiftly to announce the relocation of next month’s return to racing at the Aon NZ Short Course Championships from Auckland to Hamilton (October 6-10) due to COVID-19 restrictions. The governing body is currently working with the Waterworld venue management in Ham...

REVEALED: Aussie coach Doug Frost’s Olympic Relay Plan That Sank The US On A Dramatic Opening Day In Sydney The year 2000 was a dream come true for Australia with Sydney hosting its country’s second Olympics – some 44 years after the joys of Melbourne in 1956. Two Olympic Games that shaped the swimm...

Sydney Games 20th Anniversary: Night Australia Ended American Streak in 400 Free Relay (Video) More than 17,000 passionate Australian fans stood and yelled, anticipating a moment their country had long envisioned. The Sydney Aquatic Center was the focal point of the 2000 Olympic Games, and as the fi...

Legendary Aussie Swim Coach Laurie Lawrence Calls On Victoria To Open All Pools To Save Kids Lives  Australia’s passionate learn-to-swim advocate Laurie Lawrence has joined the flight to breathe life into a drowning Victorian aquatics industry. Lawrence and the Director of Learn To Swim Victoria, Jo...

Twenty years on and Iconic Australian Olympians Ian Thorpe And Dawn Fraser Take A Trip Down Memory Lane Two of Australia’s greatest Olympians, swimmers Ian Thorpe and Dawn Fraser have today taken a trip back down memory lane to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Sydney ...

Emerging Australian Swim Star Sam Short Making Waves With His 7:43.85 Short Course 800 Metres Freestyle Exciting Brisbane teenage swim star Sam Short has gate crashed his way into the Australian All-Time Top Ten Short Course Rankings with a stunning 800 metres freestyle swim at the Brisbane Aquatic ...

South East Queensland is set to play host to the Australian Swimming Championships and the Australian Age Swimming Championships as they return to the Gold Coast in April 2021 following their cancellation in 2020 due to the impacts of COVID-19. Returning to the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, it will be ...

Australian swimmers have made a splash on both sides of the country with an exciting weekend return to racing in Perth, WA and on Queensland’s Gold Coast. After months of hibernation, meet cancellations and hundreds of kilometres in training due to COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions it was finally ...

Reigning 100 freestyle Olympic gold medalist Kyle Chalmers hopped on the Inside With Brett Hawke podcast to talk about his Olympic gold medal at age 18 in the 100 free in Rio as he became the first Australian to win the event since Michael Wenden in 1968. He talked about meeting his sporting hero Ke...

Gold Coast Olympic hopeful Maddy Gough has gatecrashed her way into the World All-Time Top Ten for 1500m at the 2020 Speedo Short Course Preparation Meet at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre. The 21-year-old clocked the eighth fastest time in history with her new Australian and Australian All-Comers recor...

21-year-old Maddy Gough blasted a new Australian record in the short course meters 1500 freestyle on the final day of the Queensland Preparation Meet in Brisbane. Gough swam a 15:38.01, which put her eighth all-time and took five seconds off of the previous record held by Jess Ashwood (15:43.83) set...

Tokyo Tears As Japanese Star Rikako Ikee Makes Stunning Comeback From Leukemia A new chapter in the brave new swimming world of Japanese Olympian Rikako Ikee has begun in Tokyo tonight with a stunning comeback swim in a night of relief and tears, just 594 days since being diagnosed with leukemia. Th...

Athens Olympic gold girl Jodie Henry will play a major role in Australia’s preparations for next year’s Tokyo Olympics with the announcement today of her role as a member of Swimming Australia’s Athlete Wellbeing and Engagement team. [caption id="attachment_444788" align="alignright" width="476"] ST...

Olympic champions, Tokyo 2020 hopefuls and a global music star will help empower athletes’ mental health this September, the Australian Olympic Committee noted as it released the official line-up of 12 athletes and experts for Wellbeing Week in September. Cate Campbell, the Australian swimming sprin...

Australia’s open water swimmers can expect a warm welcome following the announcement that the next saga in the men’s Tokyo Olympic 10km Marathon Selection Trial will be swum at Sydney’s Penrith Lakes. It follows Swimming Australia’s announcement to move the Trial to the Sydney International Regatta ...

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...