Oceania

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her surprise retirement from the sport, reports from Australia indicate that Ariarne Titmus has officially been withdrawn from the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) testing pool.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.....

Top Races To Watch at the Australian Short Course Championships; Cam McEvoy, Sam Short and Brittany Castelluzzo The Headline Acts  Australia’s champion world champion freestylers  Sam Short, Cam McEvoy and Brittany Castelluzzo  will headline the three day Australian Short Course Championships kick.....

Dean Boxall Honored at SWIM Coaches & Teachers Australia Awards Gala (Full List of Winners) Swim School of the year Metro – iSwim @ Immanuel; Swim School of the Year Regional Prouse Swim School Coach of the Year Michael Sage Teacher of the Year Liz Corr Master Coach award to Michael Bohl and Dean Bo...

A Look Back at Australia's Epic Olympic Relay Triumph of 2000 and an Air Guitar Concert Today marks the 25th anniversary of the start of the swimming competition at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. The opening night was a celebratory affair for the host nation, capped by a victory in the 400-meter ...

Aussie Jamie Jack Appears on Social Kick Podcast; Provding Aussie Sprint Corps with a Boost The latest episode of the Social Kick Podcast featured an interview with Australian sprinter Jamie Jack, whose summer performances in the 50-meter freestyle have sparked intrigue. While Cam McEvoy is the undi...

The Stunning Age-Group Records of Australian Legend Ian Thorpe We had some fun recently looking at the premier National Age Group (NAG) records in the United States, where legendary names like Mary T. Meagher, Sippy Woodhead, Michael Phelps and Aaron Peirsol still have a presence. While working on t...

Richard Scarce Named Head Coach of Sydney University Swimming Performance Centre The resurgence of swimming in NSW continues with Richard Scarce, a long-serving member of the Australian Dolphins coaching staff, appointed as the Head Coach of the Sydney University Swimming Performance Centre. The new...

Aussies Henry Allan and Hayley Mackinder are Rising Stars to Watch at World Junior Champs Australian will send a squad of 30 athletes to the World Junior Championships in Romania, including backstroker Henry Allan and breaststroker Hayley Mackinder. The team was selected back in April, based on perf...