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Kieren 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 .....

World Championships, Day Five Finals: Australia's Super-Charged Golden Girls Make It Nine Gold in 4x200 Free Relay in World Record Time Australia’s super-charged golden girls – Mollie O’Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Brianna Throssell and Ariarne Titmus – have won gold medal number nine for the Dolphins in...

'Lost, Depressed, Irrelevant': Stephanie Rice Opens Up about Post-Swimming Struggles Australian Olympic champion Stephanie Rice opened up this week about her post-swimming struggles and the challenge of transitioning back to non-swimming life. Rice posted a short clip to her Instagram feed of her cr...

Pre-Race Rituals Stephanie Rice, a three-time Olympic gold medalist, explains that she did "eight arm swings, four goggle presses and four cap touches" before every race. But why? [caption id="attachment_360639" align="alignright" width="268"] Stephanie Rice[/caption] On the surface, these repeated ...

Olympic golden girl Bronte Barratt and her 2008 Australian Beijing teammate and bronze medallist Patrick Murphy have welcomed the arrival of their first-born son William Oswald, to swimming's lovers lanes. Triple Olympian Barratt gave birth to the couple’s healthy baby boy in Brisbane this week with...

Beijing Gold Medallist Bronte Barratt Named On The Brisbane Olympic 2032 Organising Committee Triple Olympic swimmer and Beijing gold medallist, Bronte Barratt has been elected as the athlete’s voice on the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games Organising Committee, the Australian Olympic Committee announced ...

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...

By David Rieder Six years ago at the FINA World Championships in Rome, 42 total world records went down in a suit-aided blitz, leaving behind in seemingly-unbeatable marks in the women's 100 fly and 200 IM. Sarah Sjostrom and Ariana Kukors lowered long-standing world records in their respective even...

Teenage World champion and Tokyo Olympic hopeful Ariarne Titmus has been crowned the 30th Australian Swimmer of the Year in Sydney tonight – adding her name to a who’s who of the sport. The 19-year-old from St Peters Western achieved what many thought was impossible when she beat US wonder-swimmer ...

Top Five Must Watch Events In Five Days At The Australian Swimming Championships Here are the five must watch events in five days at this year’s Australian Swimming Championships starting today at the SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre in Adelaide. Ian Hanson has sort some pool deck insights from Miami s...

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...

The Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu broke the most infamous world record of the techsuit era as she clipped Ariana Kukors' amazing women's 200-meter IM global mark at the 2015 FINA World Championships. Hosszu, who broke down in tears after the tremendous feat, did what no one thought would be done anytime ...

Queensland Champs, Finals, Day 4: Cameron McEvoy Priming His Performance To Defend 50m Freestyle Crown In Doha World champion Cameron McEvoy is primed to defend his 50m freestyle crown in Doha in February where victory will see the triple Olympian join an elite band of the world’s greatest sprinter....

Swimmer Stephanie Rice is a two-time Olympian, triple Olympic gold medalist and five-time world record holder who dominated the 200 and 400 IM events.  For her performance in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, she was awarded "Female Swimmer of the Meet" alongside Michael Phelps receiving the counterpa...

Swimming Australia has partnered with Speedo for more than 60 years, dating back to the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, but that partnership will be coming to an end, effective Dec. 31. The two organizations announced the split in a press release Tuesday. “The partnership with Speedo has been one of thi...

She first showed promise of being a great swimmer at 16, when she qualified for the 2005 Junior Pan-Pacific Championships. It was there that Stephanie Rice won two gold medals for Team Australia. Rice burst onto the international senior scene in 2006 under coach Michael Bohl, winning two gold meda.....

Queensland’s new wonder girl Kaylee McKeown has clocked the second fastest time in history with a new Commonwealth and Australian record of 57.93 in a stunning swim on the opening night of the Queensland State Championships at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre. The 19-year-old from the USC Spartans on the...

Kaylee McKeown has tonight sent a firm message to the world: “count me in”  for the 200m individual medley at this year’s Olympic Games in Paris after clocking 2:06.99 to break the National record on the opening night of the 2024 Australian Championships on the Gold Coast. The 22-year-old from Grif....

Brisbane schoolgirl Elizabeth Dekkers has wasted no time staking another flying leap towards Tokyo selection, clocking the fourth fastest time in the world this year with her stunning 200m butterfly of  2:07.25 (28.86; 1:01.23;1:33.61) on a rain swept Gold Coast tonight. Dekkers (Newmarket Racers, Q...

Stephanie Rice was on the crest of a wave of success when she claimed three Olympic golds at the Beijing 2008 Games. Or so it seemed to the world watching the speed and smiles. The story had a hidden side: on her way to double medley triumph over 200 and 400m and a share in the 4x200m freestyle gold...