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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...

Australia’s top Para-swimmers are set to write a new chapter in the Nation’s decorated sporting history at the Tokyo Paralympics with a 32-strong Team confirmed in Adelaide tonight. The announcement made by Australian Team Chef de Mission Kate McLoughlin came after five hard fought days of competiti...

Cody Simpson "Like A Kid In A Candy Shop" Says Coach Michael Bohl Pop star-turned swim-star Cody Simpson has taken another major step towards his dream of becoming an Olympic class swimmer – qualifying for tonight’s 100m butterfly final at the Australian Olympic Trials in Adelaide. Simpson lined up ...

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...

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 ...

Two of the stars of Australia’s Rio Olympic swimming campaign Mack Horton and Emma McKeon were front and centre in Sydney today when iconic aquatic brand Speedo unveiled its exclusive sports uniform range for this year’s Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Speedo Olympic and Paralympic swim suit...

The boy from the Blue Mountains Matthew Wilson wore the biggest smile on the pool deck in Adelaide earning inclusion in the  35-strong Australian Olympic Swim Team for Tokyo - after missing automatic qualification. Wilson was nominated to the Team under Swimming Australia’s selection policy under e....

Swimming Australia is pleased to announce the renewal of its partnership with iconic swimwear brand, arena. The partnership, which is an extension on the previous four-year agreement, will see arena confirm to be the official swimwear and apparel partner of the Australian Dolphins swim team until De...

Shayna Jack Has Doping Ban Reduced, But Will Miss Tokyo Games; Sisters in Sport Offering Support Australian swimming's golden girls Cate Campbell and Libby Trickett, have led a flood of support following news of Shayna Jack’s 2021 return to the pool after the banned freestyle star had her four-year ...

Two-Time Australian Olympian Matt Targett on Comeback Trail Seven years after he retired as a two-time Australian Olympian, Matt Targett is back in the water and training under the watch of former Auburn coach and fellow countryman, Brett Hawke. A three-time Olympic medalist and once a mainstay on t...

From Tunes to Times That Will Define Cody Simpson’s Chart Topper In This Pool Of Dreams It’s been 12 years since Cody Simpson swam at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre in the Australian Age Championships. And when he walked in to the “Pool Of Dreams” today and through the Walkway Of Champions” ...

Emma McKeon Blasts Out A 52.19 To Lead 100m Freestylers Into Tonight's Final Emma McKeon has blasted out the fastest 100m freestyle in the past two years, clocking a stunning 52.19 – the eighth fastest time in history in another super show of strength from Australia’s female freestylers on the day t...

Ahead of Tokyo Games, Katie Ledecky vs. Ariarne Titmus Showdowns Taking Form With the countdown to the Olympic Games at fewer than 100 days, greater hype will be placed on several impending individual showdowns in Tokyo. Caeleb Dressel vs. Kyle Chalmers. Lilly King vs. Yuliya Efimova. Shoma Sato vs....

The 2021 Australian Olympic Trials will begin June 12 and continue through June 17 as the meet will be held at the SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre in Adelaide, which has been home of the last two Olympic Trials in Australia. Spots in Tokyo will be on the line as the Australians are one of the last natio...

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...

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...

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...

Operations, injuries and a postponed Olympics has only made Olympic 100m freestyle champion Kyle Chalmers hungrier than ever to defend his gold medal in Tokyo this year. Chalmers, still only 22, has used visualisation methods to picture himself winning gold again in Tokyo and becoming only the seven...

Amazon Prime Video and Swimming Australia In Historic Streaming Splash Down Under In a first for swimming, USA-based streaming giant, Amazon Prime Video will broadcast the 2021 Australian Olympic Swimming Trials live from Adelaide in June in the countdown to the Tokyo Games. Amazon Prime Video and S...

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...