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The Night Duncan Armstrong Became the Dragon Slayer and Laurie Lawrence Embodied a Caged Animal On Sept. 19, 1988: Ranked 46th in the world in the 200 freestyle entering the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Australia’s Duncan Armstrong was an afterthought in medal discussions. When the championship fina...

It 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...

Obituary Olympic champion Duncan Armstrong has today paid the highest accolade to his mate, fellow swimmer and coach, Ian “Finnie” Findlay, who passed away, aged 55, after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease on the Gold Coast yesterday. [caption id="attachment_413732" align="aligncenter" width="7...

Seoul Anniversary: When Matt Biondi Surged to Seven Medals at the 1988 Olympics This week, 37 years ago, Matt Biondi took home seven medals from the Olympic Games in Seoul, an iconic performance that continues to be revered. He had it all. The physique. The pure talent. The inner drive. Add those tr...

Brisbane the Preferred Choice for 2032 Olympics; New Aquatic Center Part of Plan A proposed new 15,000 seat aquatic centre, the Brisbane Arena, would provide the South East Queensland (SEQ) 2032 Olympics with a long sought-after Brisbane inner-city pool facility and deliver a golden legacy from Aust...

An Invitation To An Olympic Master Class From Legendary Gold Medal Coach Laurie Lawrence There is always a sense of excitement, anticipation and a certain smell whenever you roll through the doors of a Laurie Lawrence Swim School. It’s a name synonymous with Olympic gold in Australia and saving kids...

Remembering Dr. Bob Treffene – A man At The Heartbeat Of  Swimming  For Five Decades Dr. Bob Treffene, a pioneer in the often complex world of sports science, was “a one of a kind” who helped transform the world of swimming. Swimming in Australia, Great Britain and around the world is saddened this ...

Australia has a proud history in surf lifesaving with so many of its Olympians mixing their successful swimming careers with surf racing. The results of over a century of lifesaving activities feature some of the countries greats from Australia’s first Olympic swimming gold medallist in Freddie Lane...

 Olympic champion Duncan Armstrong helping turn gold dust into gold medals with Australia’s National MLC Flippers Program Olympic champion Duncan Armstrong OAM was front and centre when Swimming Australia, in partnership with MLC, announced its 38-strong next generation 2020 Flippers National Squad ...

Respected Australian sportswriter Wayne Smith is an old school scribe who has always had a keen eye for the finer points of the game and as a clever wordsmith he tells how it is - you can smell the sweat, you can see the blood and relate to the tears. He has been around sports grounds and swimming p...

One of swimming’s sharpest minds, Queensland CEO Kevin Hasemann, believes the sport in Australia is at a crossroads. [caption id="attachment_419030" align="aligncenter" width="650"] ON THE ROPES: Queensland's long-serving CEO has overseen two decades for dominance. Photo Courtesy: Courier Mail.[/cap...

By Belinda Dennett HOBART, Tasmania, Australia. Mrch 29. THE MAN of the moment, Ian Thorpe, became the first person since John Konrads in 1959 to win Australian national titles in the 100m, 200m, 400m, and 800m freestyle after blowing away a field which included six Olympic medalists in a dramatic 1...

Top 9 Olympic Upsets: #1 Laurie's Boys and "Lucky Lane 6" Who will shock the world of swimming in Rio? Is it someone we can anticipate if we take a deeper look into the backstory of past upsets? The understanding and appreciation of an Olympic upset can enhance our enjoyment of tracking athletes in ...

1988 Olympic gold medalist Duncan Armstrong of Australia hopped on the podcast Inside With Brett Hawke to talk about how he won the 200 freestyle in stunning upset fashion with a new world record at the Seoul Olympic Games. Armstrong discussed his tremendous amount of dedication that he had in the f...

Swimming World has learned that Duncan Armstrong, the 1988 Olympic champion and former world-record holder in the 200m freestyle, is training again in a bid to make the 2000 Australian Olympic Team.

Remembering Frank Gailey, the Australian Who Won Four Medals for the U.S. at the 1904 Olympics Frank Gailey holds a special place in the annals of Australian and US Olympic swimming rivalry as the only Australian to swim for an American team and win four medals in St. Louis in 1904 – before the cen....

SYDNEY, Australia, January 22. OLYMPIC swimmer Ryan Napoleon will turn the clock back to the golden era of Australian surf-swim stars when he lines up for competition in both the pool and surf over four frantic days in two states, starting in Sydney tomorrow, Thursday. The 23-year-old Gold Coast-bas...

By Ian Hanson and Belinda Dennett HOBART, March 31. TWENTY-SIX members of Australia's 2000 Olympic team have won selection in the 44-strong Telstra Dolphins Australian team to contest this year's World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan in July. Heading the list are individual Olympic ...

Australia's Duncan Armstrong, 30, 1988 Olympic champ, has decided to re-retire, after announcing he would make a comeback for Sydney 2000. Armstrong was hoping to earn a spot on the Aussie 800 free relay team, which will probably be a heavy favorite for the gold 2 years from now.