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World Championships: How The Dean Of St Peters Unlocked Australia’s Treasure Trove Of Gold In Fukuoka Australia’s triple Olympic and world beating freestyler Ariarne Titmus has provided an emotion charged tribute to her coach Dean Boxall after the Dolphins delivered another record-breaking night in....

A 25,000 Capacity Games Time National Aquatic Centre Confirmed As Brisbane’s 2032 Olympic Swimming Venue Olympic champion Cam McEvoy has today led a collective voice of approval on behalf Australia’s aquatic family with the announcement that a National Aquatic Centre (NAC) would become swimming’s .....

By Brooke Hanson MELBOURNE, April 22. CENTRAL Queensland teenager Craig McLennan became the first Australian 13-year-old to break the 25 second barrier for 50 meters freestyle in a swim which almost went unnoticed at the end of night three of the Tip Top National Age Group Swimming Championships in ...

BRISBANE, April 10. SWIMMERS at the Goodwill Games will get US$50,000 for a world record set during the Brisbane event from August 29 to September 9, officials said on Tuesday. Australian 50-meter butterfly world-record holder Geoff Hueghill said the package, which includes a total prize purse for s...

BRISBANE, Aug. 31. THE undefeated Aussie men put a whuppin' on a badly undermanned European All-Stars team, lashing them into submission 113-35. In the second dual meet, the US men fell to the World All-Stars, 80-5 - 68.5, in a meet that went down to the final event. Aussies Roll On The Aussies ...

CANBERRA, Australia, May 17. WORLD champion and Olympic gold medallist Cate Campbell has posted her second fastest 100m freestyle of the year and the third fastest in the world this year, to round out a strong and spirited Grand Prix for members of the Australian Swim Team in Canberra today. More th...

BRISBANE, Australia, June 4. THE 2014 Australian Commonwealth Games swim team will come together once again for the second Grand Prix meet this year, to be held at the Chandler Aquatic Centre in Brisbane, from Friday June 6 to Saturday June 7. The 59 Glasgow bound swimmers will be joined by some hig...

By Stephen J Thomas 25 July, BRISBANE. AUSTRALIAN head coach, Don Talbot banned the entire Australian Olympic team from wearing any form of bodysuit during the Grand Prix meet held in Brisbane this weekend and will extend this to the final pre-Olympic meet to be held in Melbourne on August 26-27. It...

By Wayne Smith BRISBANE, March 20. NOT content with being Australia's No.1 Olympic sport, swimming is planning to dive into the mass entertainment market to challenge football, cricket and basketball. Australian Swimming Incorporated president John Devitt announced yesterday Australia would host...

By Phillip Whitten PERTH, Australia. Aug. 5. FOR eight long years, China's He Cihong held the world record in the women's short course 200 meters backstroke, suspect though that record was. Tonight, that record was shattered - not once, but twice within the space of 90 minutes - by two diffe...

STANFORD, Clalif., Feb. 5. THE No. 1-ranked Stanford men's swimming and diving team (6-0, 2-0 Pac-10) travels south to Los Angeles to take on No. 8 USC on Saturday, February 9 at 1 p.m. in continued league action. Last Time Out: The top-ranked Stanford men's swimming team defeated No. 9 Ariz...

OSAKA, Japan. May 25. CHINESE women swam two world-leading times on the next to last day of competition at the East Asian Games in Osaka, Japan. Qi Hui, 16, lowered her time in the 200m individual medley to 2:13.09, defeating Japanese champion Tomoko Hagiwara by almost three full seconds. The Chines...

BRISBANE, Australia, April 3. THE third night of action at the Australian Nationals and Commonwealth Games Trials featured a pair of Australian All-Comers records falling by the wayside once Christian Sprenger and Emily Seebohm churned to victory in their respective events. FINALS St. Pete's Grant I...

By Brooke Hanson HAZELWOOD PONDAGE, Australia. October 6. THREE time Olympic "Super Mum," Hayley Lewis, once again stamped her dominance on Australian Swimming, winning the 5K marathon swim at Austraia's Trials for the World Open Water Swimming Championships in blustery conditions at the Hazelwo...

Kylie Palmer, an Olympic Gold Medalist from Australia, suffered a deep cut on the webbing of her left hand between her thumb and forefinger, as reported by The Australian. She reportedly cut herself while using a knife. The injury forced her to withdraw from next week's Victorian Championships. The ...

By Janelle Miles and Will Swanton, AAP BRISBANE, Sept. 1. LEISEL Jones, the baby of the Australian Olympic swimming team was presented with a memento money can't buy for her 15th birthday on Wednesday. She was given a signed card by her 43 team mates including the likes of Kieren Perkins, Susie ...

BRISBANE, Australia, April 4. A big upset followed by an Australian record being smashed were some of the highlights tonight at the Australian Nationals and Commonwealth Games in Brisbane. FINALS Nunawading's Belinda Hocking, the top-ranked swimmer in the world with a 2:06.40 from the NSW State Cham...

LIVORNO, ITALY, April 13. WHAT'S a world record worth? If you're an American and you set an individual mark at this year's Goodwill Games in Brisbane come September it's 50 big ones (dollars, that is, not Big Macs!). And if you're Italian Olympic gold medalist Massi Rosolino it&#...

TOLENTINO, Italy, March 11. ARENA, one of the world’s leading brands in aquatic sports, is pleased to announce that it has renewed its sponsorship agreement with Australian backstroke, freestyle and IM swimmer, Emily Seebohm. The 21-year-old, who lives and trains in Brisbane, first joined the arena ...

CANBERRA, April 20. AUSTRALIAN SWIMMING INC. president Terry Gathercole today announced the re-appointment of National head coach Don Talbot for a further 12 months and the resignation of National Youth coach Bill Sweetenham. Talbot agreed to his new 12-month contract in Perth last week, while Sweet...