{"id":652452,"date":"2026-08-23T23:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T06:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=652452"},"modified":"2026-08-23T23:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T06:42:15","slug":"sydneys-pool-of-dreams-to-host-2027-world-aquatic-championship-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sydneys-pool-of-dreams-to-host-2027-world-aquatic-championship-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney\u2019s Pool Of Dreams To Host 2027 World Aquatic Championship Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Sydney\u2019s Pool Of Dreams To Host 2027 World Championship Trials <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cream of Australia\u2019s swimmers will again converge onto the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre (SOPAC) next year for the 2027 World Aquatic Championship Trials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The stars of this year\u2019s Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacs \u2013 led by world class freestylers <strong>Lani Pallister, Sam Short, Cam McEvoy, Kyle Chalmers, Flynn Southam, Mollie O\u2019Callaghan <\/strong>and <strong>Meg Harris \u2013 <\/strong>will headline a who\u2019s who for the second straight year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cementing itself once again as the official home of Australia\u2019s premier Olympic sport.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Olympic city from 26 years ago hosted this year\u2019s Trials and will continue to usher in a new golden era of a Dolphins team that unleashed its superpowers in Glasgow and Irvine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sydney, often referred to as Australia\u2019s \u201cPool of Dreams\u201d has been synonymous with so many special meets \u2013 headlined by the 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympic Trials Meets and the 1999 Pan Pacs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regarded as one of the fastest pools in the world \u2013 with over 40 world records set in the SOPAC \u00a0pool since it opened in 1994. The six-day Trials event will not only bring together Australia\u2019s leading Olympic swimmers but also its star-studded Paralympic swimmers led by Sydney&#8217;s own <strong>Tim Hodge, \u00a0Ben Hance, Tom Gallagher, Col Pearce, Lakeisha Patterson and Brenden Hall &#8211;<\/strong> along with two of its greatest characters in <strong>Grant &#8220;Scooter&#8221; Patterson <\/strong>and <strong>Ahmed Kelly.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Trials to run <strong>from Monday, May 31 to Saturday, June 5<\/strong> and will be supported by the NSW Government through the NSW Office of Sport.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 23rd\u00a0<span data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\">World Aquatics Championships<\/span>\u00a0will take place in\u00a0<strong data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\">Budapest, Hungary<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong>from\u00a0<strong data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);\">26 June to 18 July 2027<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the first time, the elite competition will run concurrently alongside the World Aquatics Masters Championships. The venue and dates for the World Para Championships are yet to be officially announced.<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins team selected from this year\u2019s event went on to post a dominant performance at the Commonwealth Games, securing 44 percent of Australia\u2019s medal tally.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_652454\" style=\"width: 931px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-652454\" data-attachment-id=\"652454\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sydneys-pool-of-dreams-to-host-2027-world-aquatic-championship-trials\/sopac-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SOPAC-1.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1980,1493\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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class=\"wp-caption-text\">LANES OF GOLD: Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. \u00a0Photo Courtesy SOPAC.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0The able-bodied Dolphins swim team went on to deliver their most successful Pan Pacific Championships campaign ever, while the Para Pan Pacific Championships team will take to the pool this weekend in California.<\/p>\n<p>Swimming Australia CEO <strong>Rob Woodhouse<\/strong> said SOPAC remained one of the most iconic venues in Australian swimming and an ideal stage for the nation\u2019s best athletes to chase World Championship selection.<\/p>\n<p>Woodhouse, himself a two-time Olympian said the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre holds a unique place in the story of Australian swimming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 2026 Trials showed what is possible when world-class athletes, passionate clubs, fans, broadcast and government partners come together around a major national event,\u201d said Woodhouse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 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