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Kyle Chalmers On Worlds Qualification: “The 50 Is Such A Weird Event”

26-year-old Kyle Chalmers reaped silver in tonight’s 50m freestyle race, establishing a new lifetime best en route to qualifying for the World Championships.

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Carmen Weiler Fires Off Spanish Record In Women’s 100 Back – 58.83

Spain’s Carmen Weiler cranked out a new national record of 58.83 while racing in the heats of the women’s 100m backstroke.

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Turner & Goedemans Among Newcomers To Aussie World Championships Roster

Harrison Turner exploded to victory in the men’s 200m butterfly on day three of the 2025 Australian World Championship Trials.

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Ed Sommerville Rocks 1:44.93 200 Free To Make Aussie Trials Statement

You may not have heard of Ed Sommerville, but the 20-year-old just became Australia’s 4th-best 200m freestyle performer in history.

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Australian World Championships Roster Updates Through Day Two Of Trials

16-year-old Sienna Toohey qualified for her first senior Australian international team, reaping gold in the women’s 100m breaststroke event.

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Notes & Quotes From Day One Of 2025 Australian World Championship Trials

Despite winning 50m back gold, Olympic multi-gold medalist Kaylee McKeown said, “Tonight just wasn’t my night and I didn’t swim the way that I wanted to.”

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Australian World Championships Roster Updates Through Day One Of Trials

Catch up on who made the grade for this summer’s World Championships roster through day one of the 2025 Australian Trials.

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Lani Pallister Joins Exclusive Sub-4:00 Club En Route To 400 Freestyle Gold

Olympian Lani Pallister ripped a monster effort of 3:59.72 to take women’s 400m freestyle gold on night one of the 2025 Australian World Championship Trials.

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Alexandria Perkins Claims 100 Fly, Becomes #3 AUS Performer Of All Time

Alexandria Perkins ripped a lifetime best of 56.42 to win the women’s 100m fly on day one of the 2025 Australian World Championship Trials.

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Chalmers Eyes Brisbane 2032 With 50s Now Part Of Olympic Program

26-year-old Kyle Chalmers will be racing this week in South Australia but is already eyeing a potential bid for the 2032 Olympic Games.

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Olympic Medalist Matsushita Puts Up In-Season 1:56.73 200 IM

Olympic silver medalist Tomoyuki Matsushita logged an impressive in-season outing to take 200m IM gold at the Tokyo Swimming Championships.

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Beyond The Lane Lines: 2028 Olympic Games Updates

The latest edition of Beyond the Lane Lines includes financial and sporting updates from the 2028 Olympic Games as well as news from Britain & Singapore.

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17th Tokyo Swimming Championships: Mizuki Hirai Rips 56.74 100 Fly

University of Tennessee commit Mizuki Hirai put up a near-lifetime best in the women’s 100m fly at the 17th Tokyo Swimming Championships.

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Arel Gültekin Becomes Breakout Turkish Star In Slovenia & Beyond

Arel Gültekin made some major noise while recently competing in Slovenia, including breaking multiple Turkish age group records.

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Clareburt, Fairweather Headline New Zealand Roster For Singapore

Reigning 400m IM world champion Lewis Clareburt has been named to the New Zealand roster for this summer’s World Championships.

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