Australia

Top 4 Women At Aussie Trials Deliver Sub-WR Add-Up In 200 Free Final

The Australian women just keep getting faster in the 200 freestyle and have but their own 4×200 freestyle relay second in serious jeopardy.

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Ariarne Titmus Scares Pellegrini’s 200 Free WR With 1:53.09 Aussie Record

Ariarne Titmus has qualified for a second Olympic event and got within inches of Federica Pellegrini’s 2009 200 freestyle world record of 1:53.98.

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2021 Australian Olympic Trials: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Ariarne Titmus scared the world record in the 400 freestyle yesterday. Today she holds the top seed in the 200 freestyle.

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2021 Australian Olympic Trials: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

Reigning Olympic champion in the men’s 200m free, Mack Horton, missed out on an individual qualification in that event but will try for the 800m free today.

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Winnington Is First Aussie To Snag Individual Event #2 For Tokyo

The Australian roster for Tokyo grew by a notable amount on day 3 of the Trials, while Elijah Winnington now has 2 individual events.

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Seebohm Defies Odds & Makes 4th Aussie Olympic Team

On the national team for fifteen years, Australian backstroking ace Emily Seebohm has qualified for her fourth Olympic Games.

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Kaylee McKeown Drops 57.45 to Break Regan Smith’s World Record in the 100 Back

19-year-old Kaylee McKeown went 57.45 to break the 100m backstroke World Record of 57.57 set by Regan Smith in 2019.

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2021 Australian Olympic Trials Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Mitch Larkin led the qualifiers for the 100 back on Day 2 of Australian Olympic Trials, the only backstroker under the Olympic Qualifying Time in the field.

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Titmus’ 3:56.90 Nearly Takes Down Ledecky’s 400 Free World Record

The women’s 400m free for Tokyo is anything but a done deal with Aussie Ariarne Titmus nearly breaking Katie Ledecky’s world record here at Trials.

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Aussie Tamsin Cook’s Comeback Complete With 400 Free Olympic Spot

Australian Olympian Tamsin Cook may have taken some time off from the sport, but the 22-year-old has come back with competitive fire.

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From Surgery To The Top, Chalmers Takes 200 Free Title At Aussie Trials

Olympic gold medalist Kyle Chalmers is just getting started at Aussie Trials, taking the men’s 200m freestyle title for his first Tokyo berth.

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2021 Australian Olympic Trials: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

The Australian team will be trying to build off the day 1 momentum established by swimmers like Emma McKeon, Brendon Smith, and Elijah Winnington.

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Six Aussies Earn Olympic Roster Spots Through Day 1 Of Trials

Emma McKeon already has Olympic medals from Rio but she just nabbed a spot on the Aussie roster to try to add more in Tokyo.

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‘Animal’ Winnington Shuts Gold Medalist Horton Out Of 400 Free For Tokyo

Mack Horton was relegated to 3rd place in the men’s 400m free at Aussie trials, meaning the man will not be defending his gold medal from Rio in this event.

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Brendon Smith Hits 4:10.04 400 IM Australian Record To Qualify For Tokyo

Smith has booked his ticket to Tokyo by taking out Thomas Fraser-Holmes’ 2013 400 IM Australian record by just 0.10 seconds.

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