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2021 Australian Championships – Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Mitch Larkin will race both the 200 back and 200 IM during day 4 finals, having posted the top prelim swim in the back and the 3rd fastest in the IM.

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Mitch Larkin Hits Fastest 200 Back Since Winning 2016 Olympic Silver – 1:54.38

Larkin is now the second-fastest man in the world this season, trailing only fellow 2016 Olympic medalist Evengy Rylov’s 1:53.23.

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Zac Incerti Jumps From 23rd Seed To 1st Place In 400 Free Prelims – 3:49.75

Incerti managed to clip more than 10 seconds off his 4:00.49 in the 400 freestyle to post the top morning swim and move up 22 places at Australian Nationals.

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2021 Australian Championships – Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Following an outstanding day of women’s 200 freestyles, this session will give us a look at how well they will fare in the 100.

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New Zealand To Give Vaccination Priority To Olympic-Bound Athletes

New Zealand has become the most recent country to announce that those headed to Tokyo this summer will be permitted to jump the COVID-19 vaccine queue.

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Australian Women Are Getting Deeper in 200 Free

The Australian women posted some solid in-season swim across the prelims and finals in the 200 freestyle at 2021 Nationals.

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Alex Baumann To Replace Leigh Russell As Swimming Australia Chief

Alex Baumann, already part of Swimming Australia’s administration, will take over as the organization’sChief Executive this May.

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6 Women Hit 53.8 Or Faster During 100 Free Prelims At Australian Nationals

Campbell and McKeon led the way with prelim swims of 52.43 and 52.71, respectively during day 2 prelims at Australian Nationals.

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Olympian Georgia Bohl Scratches From Australian Nationals Due To Knee Injury

The 2016 Australian Olympian has decided to give herself time to recover before the fast-approaching Olympic Trials this June.

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2021 Australian Championships – Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Among those set to battle during the finals session will be Zac Stubbletly-Cook, Jake Packard, and Matthew Wilson in the men’s 100 breast.

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10th Seed Zach Incerti Hits 1:46.89 200 Free To Top Prelims At Aussie Nats

Incerti managed to move from 10th to 1st seed in the prelims of the 200 freestyle, out-swimming Thomas Neil and Elijah Winnington.

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Start Lists Reveal Stacked Fields For 2021 Australian Swimming Championships

Nearly every one of Australia’s fastest swimmers and expected 2021 Olympians are gearing up to race this week for 2021 Australian Champs.

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All The Links You Need For OLY Qualifying Meets For Week Of April 12th

Great Britain’s versatile Abbie Wood will try to capture her spot on the British Olympic roster this upcoming week in London.

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Sam Short Overtakes Decades-Old Kieren Perkins 800 Free Age Record

Competing in the 17-year-old age category of the 800m free Rackley swimmer Samuel Short busted out the fastest result of his life, clocking a time of 7:52.18.

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15-Yr-Old Southam Slams 22.83 50 Free Aussie Age Record

15-year-old Flynn Southam is on a roll at these Australian Age Group C’ships with the budding sprint ace firing off his second age record in as many days.

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