Read more1Can Anyone Track Down Sarah Sjostrom’s World Record in Women’s 100 Free?15 December 2025Can Anyone Track Down Sarah Sjostrom’s World Record in Women’s 100 Free? When Sarah Sjostrom became the first woman ever under 52 seconds in the 100 freestyle, her world record seemed unlikely to last eight days, let alone eight years. On day one of the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, Sjostrom...
Read moreSam Short Wins 400 Freestyle Battle of World Champions Against Woomin Kim at Queensland Championships15 December 2025Sam Short Wins 400 Freestyle Battle of World Champions Against Woomin Kim at Queensland Championships World championship silver medallist Sam Short has won an enthralling 400m freestyle “battle of the world champions” against Korean rival Woomin Kim on night three of the 2025 Hancock Prospecting Qu....
Read moreAustralia’s Forgotten 1980 Olympians Finally Recognized After Divisive and Disastrous Moscow Saga29 July 2025Australia’s Forgotten 1980 Olympians Finally Recognized After Divisive and Disastrous Moscow Saga It was a diminished and puzzled Olympic team that left Australian shores in 1980 under a cloak of darkness, some heading off to secret training camps receiving death threats and branded as traitors as ....
Read moreKieren Perkins Welcomes Junior Pan Pacs Down Under As Part Of The Green And Gold Decade19 May 2023Kieren Perkins Welcomes Junior Pan Pacs Down Under As Part Of The Green And Gold Decade Australian swimming legend Kieren Perkins has welcomed the arrival of next year’s Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships onto Australian shores for the first time. The 2024 Junior Pan Pacs will be staged in .....
Read more9Ranking the Best Women's Swimmers in the World From 1-25 As Olympic Year Arrives04 February 2021Ranking the Best Women's Swimmers in the World From 1-25 Looking ahead to yet another Olympic year and putting 2020 in the rearview mirror, Swimming World decided to compile a list of the 25 best swimmers in the world leading into 2021. There was a lot of fast swimming in the first three months of 2...
Read more26The 35th Anniversary of Kristin Otto and An Olympic Golden Haul Under Dark Clouds09 September 2023Tarnished Gold: How the Success of Kristin Otto Was Smoke and Mirrors This month marks the 35th anniversary of the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. It was an Olympiad known for the excellence of Janet Evans and Matt Biondi, but also for the questions that surrounded East German star Kristin Otto, who wa...
Read moreTokyo Flashback: Adam Peaty Fuels Great Britain to Inaugural Gold in 400 Mixed Medley Relay (Updated)31 July 2022Tokyo Flashback: Adam Peaty Fuels Great Britain to Inaugural Gold in 400 Mixed Medley Relay One year has passed since the Olympic Games, delayed by a year due to COVID-19, unfolded in Tokyo. To celebrate what went down in the Japanese capital, Swimming World is revisiting the championship finals – e...
Read moreTitmus Test For An Excited And Nervous 'Arnie' Who Returns to Brisbane’s Crowded House10 December 2021Titmus Test For An Excited And Nervous “Arnie” Who Returns to Brisbane’s Crowded House One of Australia’s Tokyo golden girls Ariarne Titmus arrived at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre today and unlike her Olympic successes at a Games swum in empty Stadiums, the 21-year-old returned to racing in front of ...
Read moreAustralian Women Set to Show Off Freestyle Talent and Depth Again in 202327 April 2023Australian Women Set to Show Off Freestyle Talent and Depth Again in 2023 Last week’s Australian Championships were hardly more than a tune-up, a glorified exhibition. Sure, national titles are plenty meaningful, but without selection for any major meets on the line, most of the country’s top perfor...
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 more1Australia’s Aquatic Stars Light Up The Catwalk At Speedo’s Paris Olympic Swimsuit Reveal27 March 2024Australia’s Aquatic Stars Light Up The Catwalk At Speedo’s Paris Olympic Swimsuit Reveal The stars of Australia’s aquatic sports lit up an otherwise inclement day when Speedo unveiled its “space age” connected Olympic swimsuits for Paris - overlooking the 2032 Games city of Brisbane today. The gol.....
Read moreAustralian Trials, Day 5, Finals: Australia Unearths Its Next 1500m Star With Benjamin Goedemans Producing the Swim Of His Life in 14:52.9913 June 2025Australian Trials, Day 5, Finals: Australia Unearths Its Next 1500m Star With Benjamin Goedemans Producing the Swim Of His Life in 14:52.99 Australia has unearthed a rising star in 21-year-old Queenslander Benjamin Goedemans who has barnstormed his way into a second event for this year’s World Cha....
Read more2Liam Schluter Sets S14 400 Free World Record, Cate Campbell Posts World-Leading 100 Free at 2019 Australian Champs07 April 2019In a stunning display of racing, rising star of the pool Elijah Winnington claimed his first national title, hometown hero Kyle Chalmers showed his talents extend beyond freestyle and Liam Schluter (S14) smashed his own world record on the opening night of 2019 Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimmin...
Read moreInside With Brett Hawke Podcast Rattles the Railing With Aussie Dean Boxall, Coach of Ariarne Titmus01 September 2021Inside With Brett Hawke Podcast Rattles the Railing With Aussie Dean Boxall, Coach of Ariarne Titmus When the 2020 Olympic Games are remembered, several memories will immediately jump out. Some individuals will focus on the five gold medals won by Caeleb Dressel. Others will recount the seven medals...
Read more4Aussie Swimming legend Cate Campbell Officially Calls Time On a Stellar Career In The Pool25 June 2024Aussie Swimming legend Cate Campbell Officially Calls Time On a Stellar Career In The Pool Cate Campbell, four-time Olympian and the Australian Swim Team’s flagbearer for over a decade, has today officially retired from the sport she began when taught to swim by her mother in a lake in Malawi in So....
Read more32019 FINA World Championships Predictions: United States, Australia Rekindle Rivalry in Women's 4x200 Free Relay13 July 2019The United States and Australia have been the two best countries for most of history in the sport of swimming. And it looks like those countries are headed for a showdown in the 4x200 freestyle relay. The Australians stunned the Americans last summer at Pan Pacs in the women's 4x200 free relay, brea...
Read more11Swimming Siblings: When Two (or More) Members of One Family Achieved International Success19 June 2023Swimming Siblings: When Two (or More) Members of One Family Achieved International Success When a child dives into summer league or club swimming for the first time, he or she often has familiar company with a sibling: a few years older, a few years younger or even a twin. When a swimmer reaches eli...
Read moreMollie O'Callaghan Named Australia's Olympic Program Swimmer Of The Year At Glittering Awards Ceremony in Sydney28 August 2022Mollie O'Callaghan Named Australia's Olympic Program Swimmer Of The Year At Glittering Awards Ceremony in Sydney Teenage sensation Mollie O’Callaghan has tonight beaten an all-star field to be crowned the Australian Olympic Swimmer of the Year at a glittering awards ceremony in Sydney tonight. A nig...
Read moreAustralia Loses Olympic Breaststroke Ace Jenna Strauch For World Champs; Cate Campbell Also Out Of Trials31 May 2023Australia’s Dolphins Lose Olympic Breaststroke Ace Jenna Strauch For This Year’s World’s In Fukuoka and Cate Campbell Also Out Of Trials Australia has suffered another major body blow on the eve of its World Championship Trials following the withdrawal of Tokyo Olympian and World Championship silver...
Read moreWorld Championships, Day Two Finals: Zhang Yufei Ends Bronze Age With Title In 100 Butterfly24 July 2023World Championships, Day Two Finals: Zhang Yufei Ends Bronze Age With Title In 100 Butterfly A look at the credentials of Zhang Yufei shows an athlete with a vast collection of medals from international competition. Most notably, the Chinese star owns a gold medal from the 200-meter butterfly at the...