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Tokyo Vision: Katie Ledecky Chasing History and Three-Peat In 800 Freestyle Had the COVID-19 pandemic not shaken the world, the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo would be unfolding right now, titles and podium finishes earned by the finest athletes from around the world. Instead, we are in a competition l...

AUSTRALIAN TRIALS, Day 3, Heats: Ariarne Titmus And Mollie O’Callaghan Headline All-Star Cast Into 200 Metres Freestyle final; Kaylee McKeown Misses Top Eight Defending Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus and world record holder Mollie O’Callaghan will lead an all-star cast into tonight’s 200m freestyl....

Aussie 'Awesome Foursome' Puts on Early Speed Show at NSW State Champs Swimming Australia’s “awesome foursome” have blasted out their own double-barreled attacks on an action-packed day three of finals at the NSW State Open Championships in Sydney today. Kaylee McKeown (USC Spartans, QLD), Mitch Lar...

Queenslanders Kiah Melverton and Kareena Lee produced a sneak preview of the kind of race over 1500m freestyle that will see Olympic spots up for grabs next year, when they went head to head over 30 laps in Brisbane tonight. [caption id="attachment_399414" align="alignnone" width="700"] Kiah Melvert...

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...

The first session of the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships kicked off with some fast swims at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center in Tokyo. The meet runs from Aug 9-14 and features the following federations: Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, People's Republic of China, Cook Isl...

Ariarne Titmus World Record Leads Top Women's Performances of Summer 2022 A busy stretch of senior-level international competition wrapped up earlier this month with the World Championships, Commonwealth Games and European Championships all held in quick succession. Not all of the world's top perfor...

Commonwealth Games: Australia Races to World Record in Women's 800 Freestyle Relay; Titmus Throws Down 1:52 The Sunday session of the Commonwealth Games ended with a bang as the Australian women surged to the world record in the 800 freestyle relay. This was the kind of swim Australia was expecting ...

Commonwealth Games: Ariarne Titmus Holds Summer McIntosh at Bay in 400 Free for Fourth Gold Medal In a highly-anticipated showdown between the world-record holder and the teenage sensation who has taken women's swimming by storm this year, Ariarne Titmus reminded the world of her skills in the 400 f...

Kyle Chalmers Stops the Clock at 47.59 In The 100m Freestyle To Book His Place For "The Greatest Race" Defending Olympic 100m freestyle champion Kyle Chalmers is primed for what he has declared will be “one of the greatest races in swimming history” after barnstorming his way into the top five times...

Ariarne Titmus Terminates the 400m Freestyle World Record Clocking 3:56.40 In Adelaide Performance of the Week, Sponsored by Luma Lanes Australia’s Tokyo Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus has tonight blasted her way to a new world record in the women’s 400m freestyle – clocking 3:56.40 at the SA Aquat...

Ariarne Titmus Adds 200m Freestyle To Winning Weekend Records continued to tumble at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre tonight with Tokyo golden girls Ariarne Titmus and Chelsea Hodges leading the way on the final night of the NSW State Open Championships. Olympic champion Titmus (St Peters Wes...

Multiple swimmers surged up the world rankings on the final night of the 2018 Australian Pan Pacific Trials. Veteran Mitch Larkin led the way in the 200 backstroke after blasting a 1:55.40. The time is now the second fastest in the world so far this year. Kaylee McKeown and Minna Atherton did likewi...

Australia’s lone 2021 Tokyo Olympic swimming qualifier, Noosa’s Kareena Lee, will be a serious contender for a second event at next year’s Games after a powerful win in the 1500m freestyle at tonight’s Queensland State Championships in Brisbane. The 26-year-old, coached by legendary Platinum Coach J...

Australian swimmers have made a splash on both sides of the country with an exciting weekend return to racing in Perth, WA and on Queensland’s Gold Coast. After months of hibernation, meet cancellations and hundreds of kilometres in training due to COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions it was finally ...

World Champions and Olympians joined by “Sons And Daughters” As Record Entries Line Up For Queensland State Short Course Championships The who’s who of Queensland swimming, including individual world champions Emily Seebohm (Griffith University), Ariarne Titmus (St Peters Western) and Mitch Larkin (...

BREAKING: Australian Olympic hopeful Lani Pallister clocks Australian 800m freestyle Short Course Record of 8 minutes 11.71 [caption id="attachment_391687" align="alignright" width="553"] RECORD BREAKER: Lani Pallister off to a flying start with a new Australian record in the 800m freestyle.Photo Co...

Commonwealth Games: Summer McIntosh Goes 4:29 Again in Dominating 400 IM A summer of potential for Summer McIntosh has turned into a summer of excellence. The latest installment Friday at the first night session of the Commonwealth Games can only be described as Ledeckyian in its dominance. McIntosh...

World Championships: Katie Ledecky Wins 800 Free, First to Win 5 Straight World Titles If anyone can understand how difficult it is to win five straight World Championships, it might just be Katie Ledecky. She won the 400 freestyle at three straight Worlds before Ariarne Titmus dethroned her in 2019...

No less than 23 Rio Olympians led by gold medallists Kyle Chalmers (Marion, SA) , Cate and Bronte Campbell (Knox Pymble, NSW) and Emma McKeon (Griffith University, QLD) will line up in this week’s three-day 2020 NSW STATE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre starting Friday. ...