Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent - (Author)

NSW State Champs, Day 3: Kaylee McKeown Nudges Own 50 Backstroke World Record with Sizzling 27.06 in Prelims The amazing feats of the unstoppable Kaylee McKeown have continued in Sydney today with the four-time Olympic champion nudging her own world record for 50 metres backstroke – clocking 27.06 ....

NSW Championships, Night 2: Absence Makes The Arms Go Faster for Tara Kinder Who Drops A 200m Breaststroke Rankings Buster Of 2:23.84 Melbourne University student Tara Kinder quit swimming two years ago, the former Victorian Age group star spending 14 months away from the sport. And by her own adm.....

NSW State Championships, Night One: Kaylee McKeown Fires Off An Opening Shot of 2:04.57 To Win The 200m Backstroke After Just Two Weeks Training Australia’s four-time Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown has started 2025 with a bang, after pumping out a solid 2:04.57 to win the 200m backstroke on the op....

Australian Aquatics Sports Launch Eleventh Hour Bid For A 2032 Olympic And Paralympic Legacy AUSTRALIA'S aquatic sports have launched an eleventh-hour plea for a National Aquatics Centre (NAC) to be developed in Brisbane as a critical legacy from 2032 Olympics and Paralympics. [caption id="attachm.....

SHAKE IT OFF: Kaylee McKeown ready for more swift times in Sydney. Photo courtesy: Deep Blue Media.

Dolphins Olympic Quartet Joined By Two Rookies In Australia’s 2025 World Championship Open Water Team Paris Olympic quartet and defending relay gold medallists Moesha Johnson, Chelsea Gubecka, Nick Sloman and Kyle Lee will be joined by rookies Tayla Martin and Thomas Raymond in a six-strong Austra.....

Australia’s Triple Olympian Brianna Throssell Calls Time on A Stellar Career After Olympic Relay Gold in Paris Brianna Throssell, Australian Dolphin number 728 has today announced her retirement from the pool with the same aplomb and humbleness that she brought to her glittering 12-year internation....

Victorian State Championships, Day 3: Carlile’s Paris Olympian Olivia Wunsch Wraps Up Treble With Impressive 200m Freestyle Win Carlile’s Paris Olympian Olivia Wunsch has continued her impressive start to 2025, wrapping up a much sort-after freestyle treble on the final day of the Mattioli Victori.....

Victorian State Championships, Day 2: Hometown Hero Tara Kinder Takes Her Gold Medal Haul To Three With A Tough Double Hometown hero Tara Kinder has taken her gold medal tally to three on day two of the 2025 Mattioli Victorian Open LC Championships – winning a tough double in the 400m freestyle an.....

Victorian State Championships: Paris Pair Olivia Wunsch and Iona Anderson Lead “Girls Night Out” In Impressive Opening Finals Session Paris Olympians Olivia Wunsch and Iona Anderson were joined on top of the podium by fellow rising stars Sienna Toohey and Tara Kinder in what was an impressive “girl....

New Zealand Marathon Swimmer Breanna Ward Achieves Triple CrownAnd Doing It For Shark Survival Inspirational New Zealand marathon swimmer and passionate ocean conservationist Breanna Ward has joined a select band of swimmers to complete the country’s triple crown of marathon crossings – her final s....

Rob Woodhouse Reveals Bold Plans For Revitalised Australian Swimming League Swimming Australia CEO Rob Woodhouse has revealed his plans for a National League as he spearheads the push for a world class Aquatic Centre for the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics and a new Headquarters for Australia's most.....

Portugal, Spain and Ireland Join Forces With The International Federation of Swim Coaches National coaching organisations from Portugal, Spain and Ireland are the latest countries to join the International Federation of Swim Coaches Associations (IFSCA). The IFSCA announced today that the Irish Sw.....

Paris Olympians Kyle Lee and Moesha Johnson Secure Australian Open Water Doubles To Book World Championship Berths For Singapore Paris Olympians Kyle Lee and Moesha Johnson have swum their way onto the Dolphins World Championship team after adding the 5km National titles to their 10km wins on the f....

Paris Olympian Kyle Lee Nails Photo Finish To Claim Maiden 10km National Open Water  Crown Local WA Olympian Kyle Lee has out-touched defending champion Thomas Raymond in a frantic stroke-for-stroke shoot out to win his maiden 10km Australian Open Water Championship in Busselton. The 23-year-old L.....

Australia’s Peak Aquatic Sports Push For World Leading National Aquatics Centre For Brisbane Australia’s peak aquatic sports have today unveiled plans of  a joint proposal for a world-leading National Aquatics Centre at Victoria Park in Brisbane as a legacy piece ahead of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic ....

Swimming Australia And Nine Network Australia Launch Landmark 10-year Broadcast Deal SWIMMING Australia and Nine Network Australia have today announced a landmark 10-year, multi-platform media rights and sponsorship agreement through to 2034 - swimming’s longest and most wide-ranging broadcast deal....

$50,000 Prizemoney On Offer As Olympians And Weekend Warriors Line Up For Australian Open Water Championships In WA Paris Olympic medallists and a host of world champions will headline this year’s $50,000 Australian Open Water Championships and Ocean Swim Festival at Busselton in Western Australia.....

Paris Golden Girl Lani Pallister Claims Record-Equaling Sixth Lorne Pier To Pub; Nic Sloman Wins Men’s Thriller  Queensland’s Olympic and world champion Lani Pallister just keeps on keeping on after adding her record equaling sixth Powercor Pier To Pub classic at Lorne on Victoria’s surf coast yest....

Catching Up With ... Aussie Olympic Champ Jodie Henry Making a Difference for New Generation After a record-breaking week in the pool back in 2004 at Athens, Australia’s Jodie Henry left the birthplace of the Modern Olympic Games as a triple Olympic gold medalist and triple world record holder, hera...