Australia Mourns Gathercole30 May 2001By Ian Hanson SYDNEY, May 30. AUSTRALIAN Swimming is today mourning the loss of one of its greatest administrators, former Olympian, master coach and fierce anti-drugs campaigner Terry Gathercole, who died in Canberra this morning, aged 65. Gathercole, died of a heart attack after a long illness and...
Read more1970 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games Flashback: Celebrating A Karen Moras World Record 50 Years On18 July 2020It is 50 years ago today that a 16-year-old Sydney schoolgirl Karen Moras stunned a packed crowd at the Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh to smash her own world record in the 800m freestyle. Her stunning solo swim in a time of 9:02.45 was the major highlight of Australia’s dominance in the pool a...