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A decision to withdraw from the 200m freestyle final due to a “shoulder niggle” has paid a golden dividend for Emma McKeon after a thrilling 100m freestyle final at the Australian Swimming Championships on the Gold Coast today. In a history-making win, the 24-year-old broke an eight-year reign by “t...

FINIS-Sponsored Athletes Represent their Countries, Break World Records, and Medal at The Olympic Games FINIS Inc., announced that its FINIS Smart Goggle, Powered by Ciye™, a game-changing goggle that enables swimmers to see their splits and results in real time, has been instrumental in helping Oly...

QLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Triple Olympian Cam McEvoy Keeps On Keeping on as Josh Edwards-Smith Rockets Up The Backstroke Rankings Australia’s Triple Olympian Cameron McEvoy (Sommerville House) continues to turn the clock back with another eye-catching performance to win the 50m freestyle in 22.03 at the Qu...

Kyle Chalmers (Marion) may well consider adding the 100m butterfly to his Tokyo Olympic program according to his coach Peter Bishop – who says it’s not off the table. The Rio Olympic 100m freestyle gold medallist showed his hand in Sydney overnight with an eye-catching personal best time of 51.37 – ...

commonwealthA record breaking “Mac Attack” from Queensland girls Emma McKeon and Kaylee McKeown set  the Sydney Olympic Aquatic Centre alight tonight on a sizzling second finals session at the NSW State Open Championships. [caption id="attachment_422509" align="alignnone" width="700"] RECORD BURST: ...

Emma McKeon Blasts Out A 52.19 To Lead 100m Freestylers Into Tonight's Final Emma McKeon has blasted out the fastest 100m freestyle in the past two years, clocking a stunning 52.19 – the eighth fastest time in history in another super show of strength from Australia’s female freestylers on the day t...

There was no rest for the wicked – as they say, even on the 20th birthday for Kaylee McKeown in Cairns yesterday. Surrounded by her Tokyo Olympic teammates, Australia's latest world-record holder was in the pain lane. Australia’s newest backstroking star farewelled her teenage years unlike most othe...

Queensland and NSW High Performance program swimmers, with their sights set on next year’s postponed Tokyo Olympics, will be next in line for a return to the pool as Australia prepares to start swimming again. And they are hoping the return will be sooner rather than later following a six-week COVID...

Kaylee McKeown Surfaces Again In Sydney - This Time In 58.14 Seconds in The 100m Backstroke Heats The Kaylee McKeown train rolled on in Sydney tonight with the in-form Queensland teenager swimming her second world ranked number one time for 2021 – this time in the heats of the 100m backstroke at the...

Australian Olympic Trials In what has been a lead up like no other Australia's finest swimmers will line up in Adelaide from June 12-17 (Saturday, Australian time) for the 2021 Australian Olympic Trials at the SA Aquatic And Leisure Centre. It has been a frantic and frenetic time where Selection Cri...

Mitch Larkin Works On Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte Weaponry As He Ponders A Tough Choice – 200 back or 200 IM? Mitch Larkin is working on the underwater weapons used so successfully by Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte as he plots “campaign Tokyo” – the 200 backstroke or the 200m individual medley? I...

The 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...

The 2019 Australian World Swimming Trials headed into its fifth morning in Brisbane, as some of the nation's biggest names reconvened for another day of elite competition. With four full days in the books, the Aussie World Championships roster has slowly started to take shape, while the remaining sp...