{"id":641013,"date":"2026-04-04T18:57:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T01:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=641013"},"modified":"2026-04-04T19:13:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T02:13:38","slug":"zac-stubblety-cook-sam-williamson-back-to-bolster-dolphins-breaststroke-stocks-at-australian-open-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/zac-stubblety-cook-sam-williamson-back-to-bolster-dolphins-breaststroke-stocks-at-australian-open-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Zac Stubblety-Cook, Sam Williamson Back to Bolster Dolphins Breaststroke Stocks at Australian Open Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zac Stubblety-Cook Back To Bolster Dolphins Breaststroke Stocks At Australian Open Championships<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aussie breaststroke aces Zac Stubblety-Cook<\/strong> and Sam Williamson<\/strong> are back on track for a busy international year of racing as he sets his sights on a third Olympics in LA in 2028.<\/p>\n

Twenty-seven-year-old 2021 Olympic champion and Paris silver medallist Stubblety -Cook, was forced out of last year\u2019s World Championships with a back injury.<\/p>\n

But on the eve of this week\u2019s three-day Australian Open on the Gold Coast (April 6-8) the former world record holder has declared he is fighting fit and ready to mount his challenge for this year\u2019s Commonwealth Games and Pan Pac campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt hurt to miss the World Championships and it was a bit more disappointing because I would have been competitive but I am 100 per cent now and am back at my best,\u201d Stubblety-Cook said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith myself coming back and Sam (Williamson)<\/strong> also back from injury and swimming fast \u2026 throw in Gideon Burnes \u2026<\/strong> and it\u2019s an exciting time for male breaststrokers in Australia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Australian Open will be good to see where I am at with race structure against the best swimmers here in Australia and at the same pool I raced my first senior meet \u2013 which was the 2018 Commonwealth Games.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stubblety-Cook declared that Marshall is a new flavour.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a different lifestyle and a different coaching style and I am enjoying it down on the Gold Coast,\u201d said Stubblety-Cook with the 2028 Olympics on the horizon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe two international meets (this year) are very different.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a young kid from Isle of Man swimming fast and Shin Ohashi a <\/strong>17-year-old from Japan who is world class and could be the next Kitajima (4x Olympic gold medallist in breaststroke).<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I know where I believe I can get to and be competitive.\u201d<\/p>\n

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World Champion Breaststroker Sam Williamson Celebrates Successful Return At Victorian State Championships<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n