Read more1From Tears To Cheers For Breaststroker Matthew Wilson Named On The 35-Strong Australian Team For Tokyo17 June 2021The 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....
Read moreMack Horton Faces The Race Of His Life In Tonight’s 400m Freestyle Final At The Australian Olympic Trials11 June 2021Mack 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...
Read moreHigh Five For Matthew Levy As Australia Names A 32-strong Paralympic Swim Team For Tokyo16 June 2021Australia’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...
Read more2Alex Baumann Announced as Swimming Australia’s New CEO14 April 2021Swimming Australia is delighted to announce that dual Olympic gold medallist, Alex Baumann, has been appointed to the position of Chief Executive of Swimming Australia. Baumann, the current Swimming Australia Chief Strategist who leads the high performance arm of the organisation, is a Canadian nati...
Read more4Lani Pallister Will Prepare For The Tokyo Olympic Trials On Gold Coast after Mum Janelle's Coaching Switch13 December 2020Triple World Junior champion and Tokyo Olympic hopeful Lani Pallister will prepare for next year’s Tokyo Trials on the Gold Coast after her coaching mum Janelle Pallister accepted an offer she just couldn’t refuse. Janelle Pallister, who swam at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul as Janelle Elford, has...
Read moreAhead of Tokyo Games, Katie Ledecky vs. Ariarne Titmus Showdowns Taking Form18 April 2021Ahead 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....
Read more2Shayna Jack Has Doping Ban Reduced, But Will Miss Tokyo Games; Sisters in Sport Offering Support16 November 2020Shayna 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 ...
Read more1Two-Time Australian Olympian Matt Targett on Comeback Trail08 October 2020Two-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...
Read moreMack Horton, Emma McKeon, Lani Pallister and Matt Wilson Unveil Exclusive Tokyo 2020 Swimwear Range Down Under12 May 2021Two 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...
Read moreSwimming Australia Unveils "Greatness Starts Somewhere” Drive On Road To Tokyo 202023 October 2019Swimming Australia unveils “Greatness Starts Somewhere” Australia has a rich and storied history when it comes to Olympic swimming – winning a total of 58 gold medals since Sydney lifesaver Freddie Lane won double gold in the River Seine at the 1900 Games in Paris. From the first females Sarah ‘Fann...
Read moreBREAKING: Swimming Australia Releases 2021 Calendar with Domestic Competition To Play Vital Role02 July 2020Swimming Australia has today confirmed the event dates for its national competition schedule leading into the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics next year, with the domestic calendar set to play a vital role in the athletes’ preparation. The four major national meets organised in the first half of 2021 ...
Read moreKaylee McKeown The Name On Everyone’s Mind With Australian Trials To Start Saturday In Adelaide09 June 2021Kaylee 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...
Read moreAustralia’s Olympic Tribulations Before The Trials Will Be Taylor-Made For Tokyo's Golden Opportunities17 May 2021Australia’s Olympic Tribulations Before The Trials Will Be Taylor-Made For Tokyo's Golden Opportunities Australian head coach Rohan Taylor has provided a detailed look at where he thinks the Dolphins are sitting one month out from the Olympic Trials in Adelaide – after which he will send the Olympic...
Read more1Tracy Stockwell (Caulkins) To Lead Independent Female Panel To Investigate Swimming's Ongoing Issues12 June 2021Tracy 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...
Read more6FLASH! Kaylee McKeown Blasts World Record 57.45 in 100 Backstroke at Aussie Trials; Ariarne Titmus Scares Ledecky Record13 June 2021Kaylee 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 ...
Read more12021 Australian Olympic Trials: Titmus, Chalmers, Campbell, McKeown Lead Psych Sheets26 May 2021The 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...
Read moreAmazon Prime Video and Swimming Australia In Historic Streaming Splash Down Under03 February 2021Amazon 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...
Read moreKyle Chalmers Visualizes Tokyo Gold: ".....To Put Myself In That Position Where I Believe I Can Win"16 February 2021Operations, 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...
Read moreAustralian Para Trials Attract Who’s Who And A Host Of New Faces With Their Sights On Tokyo11 June 2021This 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...
Read moreZac Stubblety-Cook’s Sizzling 2:06.28 Down Under Sets Up A Tokyo Showdown With Anton Chupkov15 June 2021Zac Stubblety-Cook’s Sizzling 2:06.28 Down Under Sets Up A Tokyo Showdown With Anton Chupkov Australia’s Zac Stubblety-Cook has set up an Olympic showdown with Anton Chupkov in Tokyo after missing the Russian’s 200 breast world record by just 0.14 in a race against the clock at the Australian Trials...