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Aussie Swimming legend Cate Campbell Officially Calls Time On a Stellar Career In The Pool Cate Campbell, four-time Olympian and the Australian Swim Team’s flagbearer for over a decade, has today officially retired from the sport she began when taught to swim by her mother in a lake in Malawi in So....

Ian Thorpe Declares Australia's 41-Strong Swim Team for Paris As The Country's Best Ever Four-time Olympians Cameron McEvoy and Bronte Campbell will spearhead a 41-strong swimming team announced tonight after a record breaking and emotion charged Trials meet concluded tonight at the Brisbane Aquatic...

AUSTRALIAN TRIALS, Day 6, Heats: Shayna The Jack of Hearts Now The Trump Card In Tonight’s 50m Freestyle Finale with Emma McKeon and Cate Campbell Shayna Jack (St Peters Western, QLD) is primed to become the next swimmer to break the 24 seconds barrier in tonight’s red hot 50m freestyle final on t.....

Para Legends With Berets And Baguettes Headline 30-strong Australian Swim Team For Paris Paralympic Games Australia will send a 30 strong team of  swimmers to this year’s Paralympic Games in Paris with a blend of some of the most exciting, experienced and successful swimmers to ever feature on an .....

AUSTRALIAN TRIALS, Day 5, Finals: Mollie O’Callaghan, Shayna Jack 1-2 In Helter-Skelter 100m Freestyle Final After a dramatic and emotional day, St Peters Western training partners Mollie O’Callaghan and Shayna Jack have tonight won Australia’s two coveted spots in the blue ribband 100m freestyle i....

Australian Trials: How Kyle Chalmers Overcame Crippling Back Spasms To Qualify For A Third Olympic Campaign In Paris Aussie freestyle sprint king Kyle Chalmers has revealed how a crippling back injury almost derailed his Paris Olympic campaign after qualifying for a third Olympic Games in Brisbane ....

Australian Trials, Night 4 Finals: Kaylee McKeown Nudges 200 Back WR; Kyle Chalmers Wins 100 Free; Olympic Redemption For Lizzy Dekkers The world’s premier women’s backstroker Kaylee McKeown has tonight given her own world record a huge nudge swimming the second fastest time in history – just 0.16 o...

AUSTRALIAN TRIALS, Day 4, Heats: Kyle Chalmers In 48.39 Leads Next Gen Contenders Into 100m Freestyle Final Australian sprint king, Kyle Chalmers leads a field of Paris contenders into tonight’s 100m freestyle final in Brisbane, a next gen group he hopes to spearhead into the Olympic arena in six w....

Australian Trials, Day 3 Finals: Record Fourth Olympics for Cam McEvoy Who Is Joined By Games Rookie Ben Armbruster World champion sprinter Cameron McEvoy took just 21.35 seconds to seal a place in Australian swimming history – becoming the first male swimmer to qualify for four Olympic teams in Par...

BREAKING: Ariarne Titmus (1:52.23) Wins World Record Breaking Duel With Mollie O’Callaghan In Epic 200m Freestyle Battle Royal  Ariarne Titmus and Mollie O’Callaghan have lifted the roof off the Brisbane Aquatic Centre tonight in a world record race for the ages with Titmus setting a new global mar....

AUSTRALIAN TRIALS, Day 3, Cam McEvoy The Top Qualifier For The 50m Freestyle Final In A Sizzling 21.43; Joined by Isaac Cooper And Kyle Chalmers Australia’s 2023 world champion Cam McEvoy has sizzled in this morning’s 50m freestyle heats, clocking 21.43 - a top five time in the world this year - as....

AUSTRALIAN TRIALS, Day 3, Heats: Ariarne Titmus And Mollie O’Callaghan Headline All-Star Cast Into 200 Metres Freestyle final; Kaylee McKeown Misses Top Eight Defending Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus and world record holder Mollie O’Callaghan will lead an all-star cast into tonight’s 200m freestyl....

AIR FRANCE: Max Giuliani takes off to Paris after a barnstorming 200m freestyle win.Photo Courtesy Wade Brennan (Wade's Photos).

AUSTRALIAN TRIALS, Day 2 Finals: Kaylee McKeown 'Disappointed' After Missing 100m Backstroke World Record By 0.08; "Mollie" O Back In Business Kaylee McKeown has tonight locked in a date with destiny in Paris in July after scaring the daylights out of her own 100m backstroke world record on night t....

AUSTRALIAN TRIALS, Day 2, Heats: Elijah Winnington v The Son Of A Gun in Men’s 200m Freestyle Final Elijah Winnington will be chasing his second Olympic qualifier when he lines up against the son of a swimming legend in tonight’s 200m freestyle final on night two of the Australian Trials in Brisban....

AUSTRALIAN TRIALS, Finals, Day One: Elijah Winnington And Sam Short Stage Ding Dong 400m Battle – Next Stop Paris And The Olympic Games World champions Elijah Winnington and Sam Short have booked their places on the Australian Swim Team for Paris after a ding dong 400m freestyle battle on the openi....

AUSTRALIAN TRIALS, Finals, Day One: Emma McKeon Ticks The Paris Box in The 100m Butterfly Alongside New Breaststroke Olympians Sam Williamson and Joshua Yong Australia’s most successful Olympian – five-time gold medallist and 11 time medallist - Emma McKeon has tonight booked her place on a third .....

AUSTRALIAN TRIALS, Finals, Day One: Ariarne Titmus And Kaylee McKeown Rocket To the Top Of The World And Book Their Tickets To Paris Paris-bound Australian golden girls Ariarne Titmus and Kaylee McKeown have tonight sent messages to the world “Bring it On” after rocketing to the top of the world ra....

AUSTRALIAN TRIALS, Day One, Prelims: Ariarne Titmus On World Record Pace From The Get Go – Before Backing Off Defending Olympic 400m freestyle champion Ariarne Titmus has kick-started her campaign to Paris on world record pace in Brisbane today. Right from the opening gun in the first heat of the...

Australian Trials: Ariarne Titmus and the Aura That Surrounds The Olympic Champion As She Prepares for 400 Freestyle on Day One Australia’s dual Tokyo gold medallist Ariarne Titmus (St Peters Western, QLD) will take with her the aura of being the defending Olympic champion when she strides onto poo....