Read moreBackstroking Golden Girl Kaylee McKeown Chasing A Taylor-Made Treble In Glasgow15 June 2026Backstroking Golden Girl Kaylee McKeown Chasing A Taylor-Made Treble In Glasgow Australian swimming’s golden girl Kaylee McKeown will head to Glasgow for what could well be her last Commonwealth Games next month, primed to emulate the gold medal feats of her sister Taylor. [caption id="attachment_6....
Read more2Mollie O’Callaghan Sets The World On Fire With Her Sizzling 100m freestyle of 52.83 At The Australian Championships17 May 2022Mollie O’Callaghan Sets The World On Fire With Her Sizzling 100m freestyle of 52.83 At The Australian Championships Australia’s Tokyo discovery Mollie O’Callaghan (St Peters Western, QLD) has produced the fastest time in the world this year in this morning’s 100m freestyle heats in a sizzling start ...
Read more3Swimming World Magazine Announces Pacific Rim Swimmers of the Year29 November 2016Each year Swimming World Magazine selects the top male and female swimmers from the following regions: Africa, the Pacific Rim, Europe, America, and World. Yesterday Swimming World began announcing the top athletes in each region leading up to the announcement of the Male and Female World Swimmer o....
Read more2019 Australian Swimming World Trials: Larkin, McLoughlin Complete Hat Tricks, Campbell Swims Sixth Fastest 100 Free Ever13 June 2019The penultimate night of the 2019 Australian Swimming World Trials featured the finals of the women's 100 free, men's 200 back, women's 200 breast, men's 200 breast and men's 1500 free. Cate Campbell swam the sixth fastest time ever in the 100 free with a 52.12 on Thursday night in Brisbane. Mitch L...
Read moreThe Soak: Olympic golden girl Mel Wright lending a helping hand in COVID-19 front line17 April 2020The Soak - Swim News In Brief Collated weekly Swimming World soaks up snippets from the realm of water sports around the world in a one-stop digest updated each day of every passing week. If you have a snippet of news for us, let us know: editorial@swimmingworld.com The Week of April 13 - 19, 202...
Read more22019 Australian World Swimming Trials: Minna Atherton, Alexander Graham Seize Top Seeds09 June 2019The 2019 Australian World Swimming Trials entered its second day of competition, as the best swimmers in the country convened in Brisbane for another shot at the World Championships roster. After a climactic first night, the athletes sought to send shock waves throughout the swimming community, hopi...
Read moreCate Campbell Wins 200 Free on Final Night of New South Wales Championships21 January 2018On the final night of the New South Wales state Championships from Sydney, some of the Australian national team put in last minute racing before the Commonwealth Trials next month. Stars Cate Campbell, James Magnussen, Emma McKeon, and Taylor McKeown were on full display on the last night in Sydney....
Read moreCam McEvoy Sprints To Quick Start On Final Morning of Australian Championships02 March 2018The final morning of the 2018 Australian Championships featured all 50's and 400 IM's as the meet has one more session to go before it is history. Veterans Cam McEvoy, Cate Campbell, Ben Treffers and Travis Mahoney were the top seeds as they are set up for the final night of the meet in the Gold Coa...
Read moreSprint Stars Headline Australia's Commonwealth Games Roster06 April 2014BRISBANE, Australia, April 6. THE Australian Swim Team for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow has been announced, tonight following a week of world class action at the Australian Swimming Championships in Brisbane. World champions Cate Campbell, Christian Sprenger and James Magnussen will join g...
Read moreNicholas Dos Santos Scorches 50 Fly at 2015 Jose Finkel Trophy21 August 2015Nicholas Dos Santos unleashed a sizzling men's 50-meter fly at the 2015 Jose Finkel Trophy meet. Dos Santos, already second in the world with a 22.90 at the Maria Lenk Trophy meet, blasted his way to a 23.00 for the win tonight. Only top-ranked Florent Manaudou (22.84) has been faster this year. He...
Read moreThomas Fraser-Holmes Returns To Competition at Australia Pan Pac Trials30 June 2018Defending Pan Pacific champion Thomas Fraser Holmes has taken the first step in his comeback to competitive swimming, qualifying for tonight’s 200m freestyle final at the 2018 Hancock Prospecting Pan Pacific Championship Trials in Adelaide. The 26-year-old is the sixth fastest qualifier for the 10-m...
Read more3Aussie Teen Sensation Kaylee McKeown Sizzles Down Under with a World Class 100m Backstroke Time of 58.1114 November 2020Aussie Teen Sensation Kaylee McKeown Sizzles Down Under with a World Class 100m Backstroke Time of 58.11 Right out of the blue in Queensland this afternoon, 19-year-old Australian Olympic hopeful Kaylee McKeown has clocked the fourth fastest 100m backstroke time in history at the low key Medal Shots...
Read moreThe Soak - Coronavirus Pandemic Causes 14th African Swimming Championships To Be Postponed14 March 2020The Soak - Swim News In Brief Collated weekly Swimming World soaks up snippets from the realm of water sports around the world in a one-stop digest updated each day of every passing week. If you have a snippet of news for us, let us know: editorial@swimmingworld.com The Week of March 10-16, 2020 ...
Read moreCommonwealth Games: Fran Halsall Sets Textile Best in 50 Free; Tops 50 Fly Semis26 July 2014GLASGOW, Scotland, July 26. IT was an epic night of swimming for England's Fran Halsall as she posted a textile best in her 50 free win and clocked a Commonwealth Games record in her 50 fly semis. LIVE RESULTS LIVE STREAM FINALS Men's 200 fly It wasn't his fastest time of the year, but South Africa'...
Read moreJoao Gomes Jr. Breaks Top 10 With Meet-Record 50 Breast at 2015 Jose Finkel Trophy22 August 2015Joao Gomes Jr. took down the meet record in the men's 50-meter breast at the 2015 Jose Finkel Trophy. Gomes Jr. clocked a sizzling 27.03 to win the finale and break Felipe Silva's 2009 record of 27.32. The swim also vaulted Gomes Jr. to seventh in the world rankings. Silva took second tonight in 27....
Read moreChristian Sprenger, Emily Seebohm Blast Aussie All-Comer Records on Night Three03 April 2014BRISBANE, Australia, April 3. THE third night of action at the Australian Nationals and Commonwealth Games Trials featured a pair of Australian All-Comers records falling by the wayside once Christian Sprenger and Emily Seebohm churned to victory in their respective events. FINALS St. Pete's Grant I...
Read more1Sweden Posts New Swedish National Record in 400 Medley Relay at 2015 FINA World Championships09 August 2015The relay team of Yuanhui Fu (59.29), Jinglin Shi (1:05.56), Ying Lu (56.56) and Duo Shen (53.00) from China posted a combined time of 3:54.41 to claim the gold medal in the women's 400-meter medley relay. The foursome were just over two seconds away from the current meet record of 3:52.19 set by Ch...
Read more2Taylor McKeown Demolishes 200 Breast Meet Record at 2015 Jose Finkel Trophy18 August 2015Taylor McKeown crushed the meet record in the women's 200-meter breast in night two of the 2015 Jose Finkel Trophy meet. McKeown, who already ranks 16th in the world with a 2:23.77 from her Australian Nationals, put up a pair of meet records with a 2:28.45 in prelims and a sizzling 2:24.09 in finals...
Read moreEmma McKeon, Sprinters Lead Aussies to Big Day One at BHP Aquatic Super Series30 January 2015PERTH - Emma McKeon led a strong Aussie attack with a double on day one of the BHP Aquatic Super Series as the hosts put on a show against Team USA, Japan and China. Aussie sprinters also dominated with Cate Campbell and James Magnussen powering their way to wins. Medal Table [table] Team, Gold, Si...
Read moreThe “McKeown Mermaid” Sisters Take Us To Their Down Under Ocean Playgrounds in Queensland29 April 2020While COVID-19 has kept the world in lockdown members of Australia’s Dolphins National Swim Team have shared some stunning videos and photos in Australia’s real dolphin playgrounds –courtesy of the “McKeown Mermaids” – Queensland-based swimming sisters Taylor and Kaylee. Rio Olympic breaststroke fin...