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(Forbes Carlile, 79, the legendary Australian coach and one of the most outspoken advocates of drug-free sport, wrote this tribute for swiminfo to Terry Gathercole, whom he coached when Terry was a swimmer and with whom he worked to keep swimming drug-free. By Forbes Carlile SYDNEY. May 30. TERRY Ga...

By Ian Hanson BRISBANE, QLD, Australia, March 18. AUSTRALIAN phenom Ian Thorpe tonight smashed the Australian all-comers record and narrowly missed his own world record in a stunning opening swim in the 400m freestyle on the first night of finals at the Australian National Swimming Championships in ...

Federica Pellegrini has added her voice to the global horror as devastating bushfires continue to burn in Australia, saying "we must do something to change the course of history ... NOW". The death toll continues to rise as fire ravages New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia and while rain ha...

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, July 9. UNIVERSITY of Notre Dame men's swimming and diving head coach Matt Tallman officially announced on Wednesday the appointment of Tim Lane as assistant swimming coach and Chris Swenson as the team's director of operations. Both Lane and Swenson will begin work with the pro...

By Ian Hanson HOBART, Tasmania, Australia. March 25. THERE were few surprises on Day Two of the 2001 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships, beeing held on this island state southeast of mainland Australia. The meet also serves as the selection meet for the 2001 World Championships in Japan. Here...

By Belinda Dennett HOBART, Tasmania, Australia. March 27. EIGHTEEN-YEAR OLD Australian wonder boy, Ian Thorpe, destroyed the world record in the 200 meter freestyle with a time of 1:44.69, taking back the mark Dutchman Pieter van den Hoogenband snatched from him at last year's Sydney Olympics at...

SYDNEY, Australia - Trade unions have threatened to paralyze public transportation during the Sydney 2000 Olympics if the New South Wales state government fails to agree to special pay claims for workers. New South Wales state Labor Council secretary Michael Costa on Thursday said union officials ha...

BRISBANE, May 13. OLYMPIC butterfly silver medalist, Michael Klim, is confident Australia can again provide a two-pronged attack on the 100m butterfly after his eye-catching win on day two of the Telstra Grand Prix in Brisbane. Despite being in the midst of heavy training, Klim swam brilliantly in t...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The IOC has approved the addition of whitewater canoeing, women's water polo and trampolining at the 2000 Olympic Games. Whitewater kayaking had been dropped from the program last year on grounds that construction and maintenance costs of a course were too expensive. But orga...

Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus produced an eye-catching marker on Saturday, the 21-year-old nearly logging a sub-4:00 effort in the 400-meter freestyle at the New South Wales Open Championships in Sydney. Titmus, who was crowned titlist in the 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle at last summer’s Olympi...

Cate Campbell Notches Sub-53 Effort in 100 Freestyle at NSW Championships While many of Australia’s top swimmers will be in action at the Queensland Championships over the next few days, Cate Campbell is doing work at the New South Wales Senior Championships. Racing in the 100-meter freestyle, Campb...

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 Stephen J Thomas SYDNEY, March 31. WOMEN accounted for eight of the twelve individual Australian records to fall at the New South Wales Masters Championships held at the Blacktown pool in Sydney's last weekend. Pam Hutchings lowered national marks in four events in the 65-69 age group. She br...

By Stephen Thomas SYDNEY, Jan. 30. IAN Thorpe cruised through the New South Wales Age & Open Long Course Championships held at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre (January 12-19), scoring sufficient points to take male swimmer of the meet honors. Fellow Olympian Elka Graham, until recently ranke...

SYDNEY, Australia, February 27. THIS weekend’s New South Wales open championships Down Under will feature many of Australia’s top swimmers, plus a few international stars that could make some noise at this summer’s major meets. Alicia Coutts and James Magnussen are the top Australian stars at the me...

From Reuter's News Service - Four time Olympic Gold medalist Dwan Fraser, of Ausralia, admitted herself into a hospital in New South Wales on Saturday suffering from chest pains. She was reportedly resting comfortably and returned to Sydney on Tuesday for further tests. Fraser, 59, was the Olympic 1...

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...