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Lani Pallister and Mollie O’Callaghan Lead Australia’s New Kids On The Blocks For Budapest Australia has arrived in Budapest without five of their big guns from a women's team that left Tokyo with a swag of medals – but the new kids on the blocks led by freestylers Lani Pallister and Mollie O'Callag...

LENNY K SMASHES 100 BACK WR!!; "THORPEDO" DOES IT AGAIN! By Stephen J. Thomas The media keep asking the swimmers, what they think of the Sydney Olympic pool? And the swimmers reply by breaking world records - six so far! This is a fast pool no doubt about it but it has been open for five years. It's...

By Stephen Thomas SYDNEY, December 4. IN the hiatus that has followed the pressure and tension associated with the World Championships and Goodwill Games, many of Australia's leading swimmers have been using the opportunity to take some important 'dry land' matters in hand. Several have ...

A REMARKABLE 6th WORLD RECORD IN SIX WEEKS TO HEYNS By Stephen J. Thomas It looked for a while tonight that we would see a day of competition go by without a world record being broken. Susie O'Neill, the favorite of the Australian crowd, again fell short of Mary T's 200 fly record. Penny Heyns, the ...

FIVE WORLD RECORDS FOR THE AUSSIES!! By Stephen Thomas After the rigors of the Pan Pacific Championships, it was not surprising that many of the leading Australian swimmers set themselves a limited program or decided to rest from this meet altogether. The SC Championships commenced only four days af...

By Stephen J. Thomas SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - A large contingent of over 30 elite Aussie swimmers will cross the Pacific to compete in the US Open Championships starting December 1, in San Antonio, Texas. The Aussies will be participating as part of various state and club swimming affiliations rather tha...

By Ian Hanson February 15. ONE of Australian Swimming's biggest names, Samantha Riley, has joined Kieren Perkins, Susie O'Neill and Chris Fylder in retirement. Riley today announced her retirement from the sport which has seen her become one of the highest profile swimmers in Australia. Her ...

LENNY AND PENNY MAKE IT A DOUBLE By Stephen J. Thomas American Lenny Krayzelburg took down the 200m backstroke world record by 0.80 while South African Penny Heyns continued her amazing run to break her 200m breaststroke world record for the second time in two days. Both swimmers have established wo...

By Stephen J. Thomas Sydney, Australia - Another sensational night of short course swimming in Sydney saw Aussie stars Ian Thorpe and Susie O'Neill lower their own world marks for the 200m freestyle and 200m butterfly, respectively. Ian Thorpe continued where he left off last year with his first wor...

Australia's best swimmers will vie for places on the 2000 Olympic Swimming Team when Australian Swimming hosts The Telstra 2000 Selection Trials and Australian Championships in Sydney in May. The Sydney International Aquatic Centre, the Olympic swimming venue, will stage the eight-day championships ...