{"id":440921,"date":"2020-07-22T16:17:47","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T23:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=440921"},"modified":"2020-07-22T16:17:47","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T23:17:47","slug":"australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia’s Elite Swimmers Will Return To Competition With Virtual Racing Format"},"content":{"rendered":"

Five months after the COVID-19 pandemic shut out, Australia\u2019s competition starved swimmers will finally see a return to racing in a series of virtual competitions around the country tomorrow (Friday, July 24).<\/p>\n

Three venues on the Gold Coast, Melbourne, Adelaide and the Sunshine Coast will fire the gun to coincide with what would have been the opening day\u2019s competition at the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics.<\/p>\n

But swimmers will not be competing in the traditional distances (50,100, 200, 400, 800 and 1500m) \u2013 replacing the Olympic program with \u201coff events\u201d including races over 25, 75, 150 and 300m for all strokes and also a 200m individual medley \u2013 combining short course with long course.<\/p>\n

The Gold Coast Aquatic will play host to the majority of swimmers from South East Queensland, joined by the Melbourne Sports And Aquatic Centre, the SA Aquatic And Leisure Centre and the University of Sunshine Coast.<\/p>\n

\"Jacco

BACK ON DECK: Jacco Verhaeren is excited to see racing return to Australia with virtual meets. Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr (Swimming Australia).<\/p><\/div>\n

Australian National Head Coach, Jacco Verhaeren <\/strong>who will relinquish his role when he returns to the Netherlands at the start of October said it was time the athletes had an opportunity to race again and for Swimming Australia to trial its virtual systems to prepare for the unknown in the future.<\/p>\n

Verhaeren and his team led by Swimming Australia\u2019s Performance Solutions Manager Jess Corones<\/strong> and incoming National Head Coach and Victorian State Coach Rohan Taylor <\/strong>have worked to pull the virtual meet planning schedule together, with his High Performance coaches, admitting it was still work in progress.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will have our first \u2018Vrtual Meet\u2019 here on the Gold Coast on Friday which will be a good start, something for the athletes to look forward to on the opening day of when the Olympics would have been on in Tokyo,\u201d said Verhaeren.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nice to recognise that moment and give them a hit out with some alternative events.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the same time in MSAC Melbourne, Victorian athletes will race over the same events so we can have a Virtual Competition there.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is also important for Swimming Australia to trial some virtual systems we are working on which may very well be required in the future as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf a meet for whatever reason can\u2019t happen or people can\u2019t travel inter-state that we at least have a solution for people to race and enjoy the competition pretty much from their home pool.”<\/p>\n

Verhaeren said that the Gold Coast meet had attracted swimmers from throughout Queensland, including Michael Bohl\u2019s<\/strong> Griffith University group, Chris Nesbit\u2019s<\/strong> TSS Aquatic Team, a small group from Dean Boxall\u2019s <\/strong>St Peters Western club, Vince Raleigh\u2019s <\/strong>group from Chandler and David Lush\u2019s<\/strong> team from his new Moreton Bay club.<\/p>\n

Craig Jackson\u2019s<\/strong> MSAC group with Olympic champion Mack Horton will be joined by Wayne Lawes<\/strong> Nunawading club after her has taken over from Scott Talbot<\/strong> who leaves next month to take up a role in Great Britain while Peter Bishop\u2019s<\/strong> Marion team will be on show in Adelaide.<\/p>\n

Head Coach Chris Mooney<\/strong> from the USC Spartans will also stage a series of races, with his group that incudes Kaylee McKeown, Leah Neale, Mikkayla Sheridan<\/strong> and Jake Packard.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we are trying to do is to encourage athletes to train with purpose and not just swimming laps up and down and more importantly we don\u2019t have massive expectations on performance,\u201d said Verhaeren.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir training has been compromised over the past five months \u2013 it\u2019s really more to engage and get the feel of racing again\u2026.and of course, particularly in Melbourne we have to abide by the restrictions which are obviously in place.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an attempt to get the people going and to excite them in the first step towards competition again.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll see if they enjoy it as we trial our virtual systems and align the results and in another a month we will have another one.<\/p>\n

\u201cMoving forward, if National or State meets are cancelled then we will have virtual online solutions and we combine all the results.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd to be truthful I\u2019m sure there will be more excitement just to see each other again and it\u2019s not so much about the results \u2013 although I\u2019m sure they will give it a crack but that\u2019s why we chose \u2018off events\u2019 to give them that feeling of racing again.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be other options as well as the virtual options, we can\u2019t rule out any scenario, and while we are preparing for all meets to go ahead, they may go ahead in a different format.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s important for these guys to get a good Olympic preparation to change their training up with some racing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among those Olympians in the water will be Mack Horton, Mitch Larkin, Emma McKeon, Leiston Pickett<\/strong> and Madi Wilson<\/strong> amongst others.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Five months after the COVID-19 pandemic shut out, Australia\u2019s competition starved swimmers will finally see a return to racing in a series of virtual competitions around the country tomorrow (Friday,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7938,"featured_media":440928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,122075],"tags":[120625,34913,27538,16505,34450,124479,51047,35730,27548,25316,53098,45316,41043,34441,27891,5635,124480],"class_list":["post-440921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-oceania","tag-chris-nesbit","tag-craig-jackson","tag-emma-mckeon","tag-jacco-verhaeren","tag-jake-packard","tag-jess-corones","tag-kaylee-mckeown","tag-leah-neale","tag-leiston-pickett","tag-mack-horton","tag-madi-wilson","tag-michael-bohl","tag-mikkayla-sheridan","tag-mitch-larkin","tag-peter-bishop","tag-rohan-taylor","tag-wayne-lawes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nAustralia's Elite Swimmers Will Return To Competition With Virtual Racing Format - Swimming World<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Australia's Elite Swimmers Will Return To Competition With Virtual Racing Format\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Five months after the COVID-19 pandemic shut out, Australia\u2019s competition starved swimmers will finally see a return to racing in a series of virtual competitions around the country tomorrow (Friday,\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-07-22T23:17:47+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/swimming1.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1300\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8440dfbfa2c11516d012d826615532e6\"},\"headline\":\"Australia’s Elite Swimmers Will Return To Competition With Virtual Racing Format\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-22T23:17:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-07-22T23:17:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/\"},\"wordCount\":836,\"commentCount\":3,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/swimming1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Chris Nesbit\",\"Craig Jackson\",\"Emma McKeon\",\"Jacco Verhaeren\",\"Jake Packard\",\"Jess Corones\",\"Kaylee McKeown\",\"Leah Neale\",\"Leiston Pickett\",\"Mack Horton\",\"Madi Wilson\",\"Michael Bohl\",\"Mikkayla Sheridan\",\"Mitch Larkin\",\"Peter Bishop\",\"Rohan Taylor\",\"Wayne Lawes\"],\"articleSection\":[\"-Home Slider\",\"Oceania\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/\",\"name\":\"Australia's Elite Swimmers Will Return To Competition With Virtual Racing Format - Swimming World\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/swimming1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-22T23:17:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-07-22T23:17:47+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/swimming1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/swimming1.jpg\",\"width\":1300,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy:\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Australia’s Elite Swimmers Will Return To Competition With Virtual Racing Format\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8440dfbfa2c11516d012d826615532e6\",\"name\":\"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/user-7938-100x100.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/user-7938-100x100.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent\"},\"description\":\"Ian is a former News Ltd. Australia Olympic and Swimming correspondent through the 1970s and 80s, who became the first Swimming Australia Media Manager in 1991 and spent the next three decades working with coaches Don Talbot, Leigh Nugent, Alan Thompson and Jacco Verhaeren on the Australian Dolphins Swim Teams. Has attended every Olympic Games since his debut in LA in 1984 and Tokyo 2020 will be Ian's 10th Olympics. Awarded an OAM in 2019 for his services to Australian sport and the media. Father of 2004 Olympic swimming gold and silver medallist Brooke Hanson.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/ianhanson\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Australia's Elite Swimmers Will Return To Competition With Virtual Racing Format - Swimming World","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Australia's Elite Swimmers Will Return To Competition With Virtual Racing Format","og_description":"Five months after the COVID-19 pandemic shut out, Australia\u2019s competition starved swimmers will finally see a return to racing in a series of virtual competitions around the country tomorrow (Friday,","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2020-07-22T23:17:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1300,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/swimming1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@swimmingworld","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/"},"author":{"name":"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8440dfbfa2c11516d012d826615532e6"},"headline":"Australia’s Elite Swimmers Will Return To Competition With Virtual Racing Format","datePublished":"2020-07-22T23:17:47+00:00","dateModified":"2020-07-22T23:17:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/"},"wordCount":836,"commentCount":3,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/swimming1.jpg","keywords":["Chris Nesbit","Craig Jackson","Emma McKeon","Jacco Verhaeren","Jake Packard","Jess Corones","Kaylee McKeown","Leah Neale","Leiston Pickett","Mack Horton","Madi Wilson","Michael Bohl","Mikkayla Sheridan","Mitch Larkin","Peter Bishop","Rohan Taylor","Wayne Lawes"],"articleSection":["-Home Slider","Oceania"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/","name":"Australia's Elite Swimmers Will Return To Competition With Virtual Racing Format - Swimming World","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/swimming1.jpg","datePublished":"2020-07-22T23:17:47+00:00","dateModified":"2020-07-22T23:17:47+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/swimming1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/swimming1.jpg","width":1300,"height":600,"caption":"Photo Courtesy:"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-elite-swimmers-will-return-to-competition-with-virtual-racing-format\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Australia’s Elite Swimmers Will Return To Competition With Virtual Racing Format"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8440dfbfa2c11516d012d826615532e6","name":"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/user-7938-100x100.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/user-7938-100x100.jpg","caption":"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent"},"description":"Ian is a former News Ltd. Australia Olympic and Swimming correspondent through the 1970s and 80s, who became the first Swimming Australia Media Manager in 1991 and spent the next three decades working with coaches Don Talbot, Leigh Nugent, Alan Thompson and Jacco Verhaeren on the Australian Dolphins Swim Teams. Has attended every Olympic Games since his debut in LA in 1984 and Tokyo 2020 will be Ian's 10th Olympics. Awarded an OAM in 2019 for his services to Australian sport and the media. Father of 2004 Olympic swimming gold and silver medallist Brooke Hanson.","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/ianhanson\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"THEY'RE OFF AND RACING: Competition will return to the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre (pictured) along with Melbourne, Adelaide and the Sunshine Coast. Photo: Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/swimming1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-1QHD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7938"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}