Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent - (Author)

Rohan Taylor Reappointed As Australia’s National Head Coach For A Third Olympic Campaign Rohan Taylor, the man who steered Australia to gold-studded Olympic campaigns in Tokyo and Paris, has been reappointed as head coach for the next Games in LA28. [caption id="attachment_485674" align="alignleft.....

Emerging Queensland Teen Lincoln Wearing Breaks Grant Hackett’s Long Standing 1500m Freestyle Age Record A star was born at the 2024 Hancock Prospecting Queensland Championships this week, with the arrival of a 15-year-old Brisbane schoolboy Lincoln Wearing who smashed a 28-year-old record held by ....

Queensland Championships, Night 4: Shayna Jack and brother Jamie Set Their Sights on LA28 After Impressive 50m Freestyle Double Act Paris golden girl Shayna Jack and her exciting little brother Jamie Jack have taken their first steps towards delivering a “sister-brother” act for the LA28 Olympic Ga....

Queensland Championships, Day 3: Self Coached Jamie Jack Fires Off Impressive 48.27, Wins 100m Freestyle From Kai Taylor48.96 Emerging Queensland sprint star Jamie Jack has taken a huge leap towards easing the pain of missing this year’s Paris Olympics with an impressive win in the 100m freestyle f....

Australia Banking on Brazilian Coach Fernando Possenti To Bring The Midas Touch To Its Olympic Marathon Program Swimming Australia is hoping the appointment of Brazilian Fernando Possenti as it's new Open Water Head Coach will provide the golden glow to its open water program for LA28 and towards B....

2024 Queensland Championships: Mollie O Back In The Fast Lane Just For Fun After The Games Five-times Olympic gold medallist Mollie O'Callaghan has dived back into racing at the 2024 Hancock Prospecting Queensland Championships and has made a splash both in and out of the pool at Brisbane's Sleeman ...

Olympic freestyle great Kyle Chalmers was a surprise starter on the opening day of the 2024 Hancock Prospecting Queensland Championships in Brisbane yesterday - swimming breaststroke.  The triple Olympic medallist swam the breaststroke leg in his adopted Queensland club St Andrews record-breaking 4....

Breaking News: Aussie Olympic Legend Dawn Fraser Released From Hospital Olympic legend Dawn Fraser has been released from a Sunshine Coast Hospital in Queensland today - nine days after a fall at her daughter’s home. The Fraser family issued this statement today, saying that the 87-year-old Nationa....

Olympic legend Dawn Fraser Recovering From Hip Surgery After Suffering A Fall At Home Australian Olympic great Dawn Fraser has drawn on all her spirit and determination as she recovers from a fall that has left her with a broken hip, four broken ribs and a gashed arm – and support from a sport’s lo....

Budapest 2024: Summer McIntosh and Lani Pallister Headline “Mini Blockbuster” In Women’s 400 Free The opening day of the six-day 2024 World Aquatics Short Course Championships, starting in Budapest tomorrow, will feature a “mini blockbuster” when world record holder and Olympic silver medallist Can....

Olympic Gold Medallists Emma McKeon and Mack Horton Elected To Swimming Australia Athletes Commission Australia’s most celebrated Olympian Emma McKeon and fellow Olympic gold medallist Mack Horton are amongst a new look Swimming Australia Athletes Commission announced today. The Commission, which .....

Mollie O’Callaghan and Shayna Jack Return For A Dose Of Racing And Reality At Queensland Championships Australian Olympic golden girls Mollie O’Callaghan and Shayna Jack will headline the starting line ups for next month’s 2024 Hancock Prospecting Queensland Championships, running from December 14.....

Australia’s Most Decorated Olympian Emma McKeon Hangs Up Her Goggles Australia’s most decorated Olympian Emma McKeon has today officially announced her retirement from all levels of swimming – hanging up her goggles after the most celebrated career of any Australian swimmer. McKeon boasts an unsurpa...

Kyle Chalmers Coach Peter Bishop The Shock Appointment As The New Head Coach Of Dutch National Team In a shock move, celebrated Australian coach Peter Bishop – the man behind the career of Australia’s Olympic freestyle sprint king Kyle Chalmers – has been appointed as the new head coach of the Dutc....

Worldwide Search For Olympic Medal Winning Coach To Spearhead Sydney University Performance Centre New South Wales sporting administrators are confident of attracting a high profile Olympic medal winning coach to spearhead its latest high performance collaboration with Sydney University. The Sydne.....

The waters have been smoothed and peace has been restored in the corridors of power at Swimming Australia – and its back to the business of what really matters - trying to win more gold medals than the U.S. at the next Olympics in Los Angeles. Latest CEO, two-time Olympian Rob Woodhouse, has delive....

Olympic Champion Zac Stubblety-Cook To Join Adam Peaty’s Coach Mel Marshall On The Gold Coast Australia’s Olympic champion breaststroker Zac Stubblety-Cook has revealed he will link with celebrated British Olympic coach Mel Marshall on the Gold Coast as he kick-starts the next chapter of his career....

Rookie Queensland Butterflyer Harrison Turner Rewarded With Dolphins Call Up For World Short Course Championships Brisbane-based Nudgee College 20-year-old Harrison Turner will make his international debut at the Budapest World Short Course (SC) Championship from December 10-15 after being called i....

Kaylee McKeown Announces Surprise Withdrawal from World Short Course Championships; World Cups Remain on Schedule Kaylee McKeown has announced her surprising withdrawal from December’s World Short Course Championships in Budapest, just four days after the 24-strong Dolphins team had been announced.....

McKeown Magic Adds Midas Touch To Australia Dolphins Team  For Budapest World Short Course Championships Australian Olympic golden girl Kaylee McKeown will headline 12 Paris Olympians who will fill half of the 24-strong Australian Dolphins Swim Team for the  World Short Course Championships in Buda....