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Can Marrit Steenbergen Defeat the Australians In Their Own Backyard? Discover the Excitement of Friday's Meet in Brisbane. Marrit Steenbergen, the Dutch wonder woman dubbed “The Steen Train” and British Olympic golden boy Duncan Scott have touched down in Brisbane ready to take on Australia’s best ....

Janet Evans - Ahead of Her Time On September 22, 1988, Janet Evans delivered a performance that was well ahead of its time. Racing at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Evans claimed victory in the 400-meter freestyle with a finish that was awe-inspiring. When Janet Evans stepped onto the blocks for t...

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...

Australia's Dean Boxall wins Swimming World's 2018 International Swim Coach of the Year award for his efforts in training distance phenom Ariarne Titmus. [caption id="attachment_344881" align="alignnone" width="569"] Photo Courtesy: Swimming Australia/Delly Carr[/caption] Boxall coaches Titmus, 20...

Each day through August 4, Jeff Commings will take you back 30 years to the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, highlighting one of that day’s swimming events that continues to be a benchmark for the current culture of the sport. A full list of medalists from that day’s competition follows at the end of t...

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, June 25. BILL Sweetenham may be a stern taskmaster but apparently his brand of "tough love" is having a major impact on the fortunes of British swimming. At this weekend's Scottish Nationals and Youth Championships, the final qualifying competition for Great Britain's Worl...

Remembering Dr. Bob Treffene – A man At The Heartbeat Of  Swimming  For Five Decades Dr. Bob Treffene, a pioneer in the often complex world of sports science, was “a one of a kind” who helped transform the world of swimming. Swimming in Australia, Great Britain and around the world is saddened this ...

A Sippy Woodhead NAG Record is 45 Years Old; A Look at U.S. Life in 1978 (Hint: $.63 Gas) In light of the several National Age-Group records that went down over the weekend at Winter Juniors, it seemed like a good time to pay homage to an NAG that has stood the test of time. How does the cliché go? ...

Michelle Ford Joined By Australian 800m freestyle Greats Shane Gould and Jenny Turrall For A Trip Down Swimming’s Memory Lanes Australia has a proud history when it comes to the women’s 800m freestyle with no less than seven swimmers between 1956 and 1978 re-writing the world record books in the e.....

GLASGOW, Scotland, July 28. PLENTY of amazing swims went up on the scoreboard tonight, but South Africa's Chad le Clos skyrocketed to the top of the world in the 100 fly as he threw down the gauntlet in the event at the Commonwealth Games. LIVE RESULTS LIVE STREAM FINALS Men's 200 back Australia ear...

Maddy Gough Joins Short Course Record Rumble With The Fifth Fastest 1500m In History It was Maddy Gough’s turn to keep the records rolling in Brisbane today with the 21-year-old Queenslander from the Gold Coast demolishing her own Australian 1500m freestyle mark, clocking the fifth fastest time in h...

Ariarne Titmus, Summer McIntosh And Katie Ledecky Ready To Rock World Record In 400m Freestyle Showdown Three women under Summer McIntosh’s world record of 3:56.08 in the women’s 400m freestyle! That’s the bold prediction from former world record holder Ariarne Titmus for what is shaping as a spec.....

Dual Tokyo Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus has revealed she wants to be at her peak for this year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and that may mean she won’t defend her world 400m freestyle crown three months earlier. A decision that could also mean that the next big showdown between swimming’s f...

EXCLUSIVE: No Celebrations for Shayna Jack Who Talks Crowd Support, Goals, A Weekend Camping Trip And Training On Christmas Day Shayna Jack is in the zone and when her return to the pool is complete with her surprise entry into Wednesday’s 1500m freestyle at the 2021 McDonald’s Queensland Swimming C...

Pre-coverage of the World Championships is sponsored by Wylas Timing. Each week until the start of the swimming competition at the world championships, Swimming World will look back at a previous performance at the world championships that still carries significance. By Jeff Commings, Swimming World...

GLASGOW, Scotland, July 27. THE oldest Commonwealth Games record in the book took a tumble as Tracey Wickham's historic 800 free mark from 1978 was erased by Jazz Carlin during day four prelims. LIVE RESULTS Women's 200 back Canada's Hilary Caldwell opened the fourth day right with a swift swim of 2...

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, Jan. 12. AFTER a pair of outstanding early-season swims by Grant Hackett during the first three days of the Queensland Open and Age Group Championships at the Chandler Aqauatic Centre here earlier in the week, Thursday's and Friday's' competition has been more low ke...

Memories of Moscow 1980 - Today marks the 40th anniversary of the fifth day of racing in the pool at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, where Michelle Ford, of Australia, stopped the East German machine with victory over 800m freestyle. Here's the second in a two-parter as Swimming World continues it...

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...

Ariarne Titmus is poised to become the youngest female swimmer since Hayley Lewis to take out the coveted Olympic Program Swimmer of the Year at the 30th Anniversary of the Australian Swimmer of the Awards in Sydney on Sunday night. Athletes, coaches, clubs and volunteers will converge on the Museum...