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#4 100 Back Performer Of All-Time Mollie O’Callaghan May Not Swim Event In Paris

Check out what the #4 100m backstroke performer of all-time Mollie O’Callaghan had to say after her remarkable swim at the Australian Olympic Trials.

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2024 Australian Olympic Trials: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

We’ll see what Australia’s #2 performer of all-time, Maximillian Giuliani, can do in his pet event of the men’s 200m free tonight in Brisbane.

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2024 Australian Olympic Trials: Day 1 Photo Vault

Re-live some of the action from day one of the 2024 Australian Swimming Trials, courtesy of Stephen Thomas of Sharp Focus Pics.

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Pavalic Hits Croatian 50 Free Record, Sakci Speeds At 2024 Golden Bear

A Croatian national record bit the dust in the women’s 50m free while Turkey’s Emri Sakci notched multiple wins at Golden Bear.

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2024 Australian Olympic Trials: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

2023 world champion in the men’s 400m freestyle, Sam Short, will try to top the podium in this pet event and qualify for this summer’s Olympic Games.

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Kaylee McKeown Clocks 2:06.63 200 IM Statement Swim For Aussie Record

Versatile Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown just put up the fastest 200m IM of her career, clocking a new Aussie national record of 2:06.63.

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Hear From The Big Winners On Night One Of 2024 Australian Trials

“It definitely takes that little bit of added pressure off, I think knowing I’m going to Paris now,” says Australia most decorated Olympian, Emma McKeon.

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9 Aussie Swimmers Make Paris 2024 Cuts On Day One Of Olympic Trials

Check out the athletes who made the Paris 2024 Olympic Qualification Times on day one of the 2024 Australian Trials in Brisbane.

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All The Links You Need For The 2024 Australian Olympic Trials

Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown is set to be in action on day one of the 2024 Australian Olympic Trials, contesting the women’s 200m IM event.

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Israel Announces 11-Strong OLY Roster With European Championships Serving As Last-Chance

20-year-old Anastasia Gorbenko is currently ranked 5th in the world in the women’s 400m IM, one of her 4 individual events for Paris.

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Retirements: Japan’s Olympic Medalist Masato Sakai & World Champion Kanako Watanabe

2016 Olympic silver medalist Masato Sakai and 2015 world champion Kanako Watanabe, both of Japan, have decided to hang up their goggles.

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Records Fall & Israeli Roster Grows At Olympic Trials

Check out the progress being made at the 2024 Israeli Olympic Trials, including a notable victory by Aviv Barzelay in the women’s 200m back.

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2024 Australian Olympic Trials Previews: The Holes

Australia has some potential holes at next week’s Olympic Trials, with both the men’s and women’s sides needing an athlete to step up and fill the gap.

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South African Breaststroker Lara Van Niekerk Out Of Paris 2024

South African national record holder Lara van Niekerk will miss the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris due to circumstances ‘outside of her control.’

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2024 Mare Nostrum – Monaco: Day 2 Prelims Recap

Olympic champion Kristof Milak is in the hunt for more Mare Nostrum hardware, claiming the top seed in the men’s 100m fly for tonight’s main event.

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