2023 AUSTRALIAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- April 17 – 20, 2023
- Marine Parade, Southport, Queensland
- Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
- Long Course Meters
- Meet Central
- Entry Sheets
- Prelims at 10 a.m. AEST / 8 p.m. EST; finals at 6 p.m. AEST / 4 a.m. EST
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- Day 1 Prelims Recap
- Day 1 Finals Recap
Chelsea Hodges will miss the 2023 Australian Championships, Australian Trials, and World Championships this summer after undergoing surgery to repair torn cartilage in her right hip.
The 21-year-old Olympic gold medalist wrote on Instagram that she had been rehabbing a stress fracture in her lower back since January, but when she tried to return to the pool, she felt a familiar hip pain. Seven years ago, Hodges had the same major surgery on her left hip.
“This year hasn’t planned out how I expected but I’ll be coming back stronger than ever,” Hodges said.
Hodges faces a four-month recovery period before she can return to training breaststroke again.
Last year, Hodges broke the Australian record in the 50 breast at Australian Trials with a 30.15 before lowering that mark to 30.05 at the Commonwealth Games, where she took bronze. She went on to help Australia’s 200 medley relay team break the world record (1:43.35) at the Short Course World Championships last December. At the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, she helped Australia’s 400 medley relay team break an Olympic record (3:51.60) en route to the gold medal.
