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Defending champion Cam McEvoy is one of 20 members of Australia's triumphant Fukuoka team who have been named on the Dolphins 24-strong pool and open water squad for February's Doha World Aquatics Championships. McEvoy will attempt to become only the fourth swimmer to win back-to-back 50m freestyle ...

Kaylee McKeown Goes 57.84 to Nudge 100m Backstroke World Mark – Clocking The Fastest Time In The World This Year World beating Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown, fresh from her 200m backstroke world record last night has nudged her own 100m world record, clocking the fastest time in the world this yea...

World Championships, Day Six: Maggie Mac Neil Goes 54.05 to Add 100 Fly WR There was nothing to separate Torri Huske and Maggie Mac Neil in the final of the women’s 50 butterfly. It took something outstanding from Mac Neil in the final. The Canadian delivered a savage third 25 to take control of the...

FLASH: Kaylee McKeown Shatters 100 Backstroke World Record at Aussie Short Course Champs Australian swimming’s “Miss Unstoppable” Kaylee McKeown has tonight continued her world record backstroking assault, setting a new short course global mark in the 100m backstroke in Adelaide, clocking a time of....

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...

Paris Olympian Alexandria Perkins is on a roll at the World Trials meet in Adelaide, taking down Cate Campbell’s seven-year-old Australian All-Comers 50m butterfly record, clocking a time of 25.46 in the day two heats session. Four-time Olympian Campbell, who was in the commentary booth calling the....

Ian Thorpe Declares Australia's 41-Strong Swim Team for Paris As The Country's Best Ever Four-time Olympians Cameron McEvoy and Bronte Campbell will spearhead a 41-strong swimming team announced tonight after a record breaking and emotion charged Trials meet concluded tonight at the Brisbane Aquatic...

Australian SC Championships: Backstroking Golden Girl Kaylee McKeown Returns To Racing In Adelaide En-Route To Budapest Backstroking golden girl Kaylee McKeown will headline 13 members of Australia’s Paris Olympic team when they return to racing at this month’s Australian Short Course Championships....

Queensland Champs, Finals, Day 3: Cody Simpson and Alexandria Perkins Fly Off The Blocks and Into The Australian All-Time Top 10  Paris Olympic hopefuls Cody Simpson (Griffith University) and Alexandria Perkins (USC Spartans) wasted no time flying off the blocks on Night Three of the 2023 Hancock P....

AUSTRALIAN TRIALS, Finals, Day One: Emma McKeon Ticks The Paris Box in The 100m Butterfly Alongside New Breaststroke Olympians Sam Williamson and Joshua Yong Australia’s most successful Olympian – five-time gold medallist and 11 time medallist - Emma McKeon has tonight booked her place on a third .....

World Championships, Day 8 Prelims: Leon Marchand 7th in 400 IM We’ve reached the final day of the 2025 World Aquatics Championships, another chance for the trajectories of Summer McIntosh and Leon Marchand to intersect. Both the Canadian teen and the French star were the leading lights of the Paris...

World Championships, Day Seven Finals: Gretchen Walsh Dominates 50 Butterfly for Second Individual Gold On Day Seven of the World Championships in Singapore, Gretchen Walsh carried the momentum from her 100-meter butterfly gold medal and walked away with another world title, this time in the 50-mete...

Josh Edward-Smith, Alexandria Perkins and Lily Price Named in 20-Strong Australia A Team For TYR Pro Championships in Irvine The world’s leading 200m backstroker Josh Edward-Smith and budding butterfly girls Alexandria Perkins and Lily Price have been named in a 20-strong Australia A team to contest...

Kyle Chalmers Paris Butterfly Dream Hatches Re Think On Budapest World Championship Plan Kyle Chalmers dream to swim at the Paris 2024 Olympics in butterfly could well be the telling factor that will see him reverse his decision and declare himself available to swim at this year’s World Swimming Cha...

As Kyle Chalmers Makes Return From Shoulder Surgery, Kaylee McKeown Blazes 58.69 in 100 Back Nunawading Olympic hopeful Matthew Temple’s 100m freestyle win at the South Australian State Swimming Championships in Adelaide tonight has shot him into contention for Australia’s Tokyo relay squad as defen...

As Dolphins Prep For World Champs Trials, Kaylee McKeown Goes 4:34.96 in 400 IM More than 150 of Australia’s top swimmers led by Tokyo Olympic champions Kaylee McKeown and Zac Stubblety-Cook have converged on the Gold Coast for a three-day Swimming Australia High Performance Invitational Meet at the...

World Champion Freestyler Sam Short Bolsters Australian Dolphins World Cup Squad Reigning 400m freestyle world champion Sam Short (Rackley, QLD) will be joined by the Campbell sisters Cate and Bronte, the return of World champion backstroke ace Mitch Larkin and a host of exciting youngsters in Aust....

Australian Open Championships, Day One Preliminaries: Meg Harris Off To A Flyer Clocking 52.60 in the Opening 100m Freestyle Heat Swimming Queensland’s prodigal daughter Meg Harris has set a cracking pace on opening morning of the 2024 Australian Open Swimming Championships, clocking 52.60secs, the....

Emotional Shayna Jack Back With Vengeance Declaring: “I know I’ve Still Got It.” With a career threatening ban well and truly behind her it was time for Shayna Jack to shine in her happy place - the pool where she grew up racing as an age grouper. And the 23-year-old Commonwealth and Pan Pac gold me...

Kaylee McKeown Ponders Steps Towards 200IM Assault As Olympic And Paralympic Stars Line Up For NSW Championships Australia’s premier Olympic swim coach Michael Bohl has given an insight into a “non-stop” racing schedule and the decisions facing his triple Olympic golden girl Kaylee McKeown (Griffith...