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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...

The Queensland Swimming Championships has a proud and rich history in Australian swimming with established Olympians and those with dreams of joining them rubbing shoulders “at Chandler” over the next week of open and age group racing. Chandler as it was born in 1981 officially morphed into the Slee...

Behind Summer McIntosh, Women's 400 IM Has Largely Stagnated The 4:30-barrier in the women's 400 IM went down during the polyurethane-suit era as Australia's Stephanie Rice and Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry (now the President of the International Olympic Committee) achieved the feat at the Beijing Olym...

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 ...

By Eric Bugby, Swimming World Contributor “Numbers never lie.” It’s a sports idiom. Like all sayings, they become overused, cliché, and eventually “miss the mark.” But this one “goes the distance.” Sorry. But numbers are important enough for ESPN to create a show outlining how they can shape the fut...

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...

Australian Championships, Day 2: The Unstoppable Kaylee McKeown’s 4:28.22 - The Third Fastest 400IM In History - But It’s “No” For Paris An unstoppable Kaylee McKeown has tonight swum the third fastest 400IM in history – blasting out a time of 4:28.22 to set her second National record in two days .....

By Tucker Rivera, Swimming World College Intern. Hello, and welcome back to “Should World Records be Faster?” Last week, we talked about the progression of world records since the mid-nineties and made predictions about what we can expect to see at the 2028 L.A. Olympic Games. This week, however, we...

Each day through July 23, Swimming World's Jeff Commings and David Rieder will offer medal predictions in the 19 swimming events on tap at the Commonwealth Games, which begins July 24 in Glasgow, Scotland. We invite you to offer your picks in our Reaction Time comments section below! Commentary by J...

Less than two weeks to go until Olympic Trials get underway in Omaha, Neb. But before the meet, we wanted to look back at some of the great moments from past editions of the meet held inside the CenturyLink Center. Welcome to #TrialsThrowback! For our first #TrialsThrowback we covered the men’s 400 ...

Olympics: Green And Golden Days Return To Tokyo’s Pool of Dreams With A Headline Act From Australia’s Dolphins The glory days of the Australian Swim Team returned in spectacular style in a memorable eight-day Olympic gold medal rush at the Tokyo Aquatic Centre – and already team bosses are planning ...

Paris Olympics: Kaylee McKeown Draws On Her “Superpower” Dad to Unleash Successful Defense of 100m Backstroke Gold In 2020, the McKeown family lost its biggest fan, a man who they believe continues to shine down on them in times of need and with 20 metres to go in the women’s Olympic 100m backstrok....

Olympics Day 2 Notebook: Time for Emma McKeon’s Individual Shining Moment? Emma McKeon has been an international force for Australia since 2013, a presence never missing from the Dolphins’ lineup in any of the relay events at an international meet during that eight-year span. She has won 17 medals a...

Ariarne Titmus Cruises To a 4:05.43 In Opening 400m Freestyle Heat at Australian Trials Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus (St Peters Western, QLD) has kicked started her World Championship campaign for Fukuoka with a comfortable 400m freestyle heat swim this morning, clocking 4:05.43 on the opening s....

Kaylee McKeown On Song For Medley After Breaststroke-Freestyle Double at Victorian State Championships Dual Olympic backstroke champion Kaylee McKeown has tonight served notice of a pending  200m individual medley attack after winning a rare double –on the opening night of the Victorian State Open C...

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...

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....

The International Swimming Hall of Fame 2019 induction class was welcomed in on Saturday night at the Fort Lauderdale Harbor Beach hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on May 18, 2019. [gallery type="slideshow" ids="370058,370050,370059,370057,370049,370043,370044,370045,370046,370038,370047,370048,370...

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...

Kaylee McKeown Closes South Australia States With Sizzling 2:05.51 in 200 Back Aussie swim star Kaylee McKeown has saved her best till last – producing the swim of the meet with a sizzling time of 2:05.51 to win the 200m backstroke on the third and final night of the South Australian State Swimming ...