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2020 Swammy For Female Swimmer Of The Year Goes To Australia’s Kaylee McKeown

This year’s Swammy award for Female Swimmer of the Year goes to backstroke ace and Australia’s newest world record holder – Kaylee McKeown.

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2020 Swammy Awards: Chris Mooney Earns Oceanian Coach Of The Year

USC Spartan Head Coach Chris Mooney, right, has been awarded our 2020 Swammy for Oceanian Coach of the year. Read who else was shortlisted here.

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Olympic Champion Emily Seebohm Opens Up About Dealing With Eating Disorder

The 28-year-old Australian revealed she’s dealt with an eating disorder for over two years in an Instagram post on Friday morning.

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SSPC: James Magnussen Explains What Went Wrong at the 2012 London Olympics

Maggie admits that his legendry 47.10 100 free at the 2012 Olympic trials swim hid some of the doubts he had at the time about his Olympic prep

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SSPC: Lani Pallister Breaks Down What It’s Like Having Your Mom as Your Coach

Pallister has been coached by her mom from a young age and explains the ups and downs that can come with your mom being your coach.

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SSPC: Emily Seebohm Shares Hilarious Story of Nearly Losing Olympic Relay Spot

Seebohm takes us through how trying to buy a bicycle almost lost her spot on the 4×100 medley relay at the Beijing Olympics

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High-Level International Meets For January 2021

January 2021 is essentially here, which means we’re finally seeing the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games on the horizon.

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2020 Swammy Awards: Kaylee McKeown Earns Oceania Female Swimmer Of The Year

Kaylee McKeown produced some of the most impressive swims worldwide over the course of the 2020 calendar year, including a short course World Record.

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Throssell, Incerti Among History-Makers At Western Aussies

Olympian and relay world record holder Brianna Throssell was among the history-makers at the just-concluded 2020 Western Australia Championships.

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Jury Acquits Australian Swim Instructor of Five Charges, Deadlocked On Other 21

A jury acquitted Australian swimming instructor Kyle Daniels on five sexual abuse charges last week, but reached a deadlock on the remaining 21 charges.

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Meet Flynn Southam, Australia’s New 15-Yr-Old Sprint Prodigy

15-year-old Flynn Southam of Australia broke his countryman’s/ Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers’ national age record in the 100m free last week.

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2020 Swammy Awards: Matt Wilson Earns Male Oceania Swimmer Of The Year

For the second consecutive year, Australia’s Matt Wilson has earned the Swammy Award for the Oceania Male Swimmer of the Year.

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Incerti, Pollard Impress On Opening Day of Western Australia Championships

24-year-old Zac Incerti set a new WA Residential Record to win the men’s 200 freestyle in a time of 1:48.36.

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James Magnussen on 2011 Scuffle with Russians in 4×100 Free Ready Room

Magnussen not only had pneumonia 2 weeks prior to the meet, but in the ready room for the 4×100 free relay there was a bit of a scuffle with the Russian team

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Hauck Claims All Comers Record For 17-Yr-Olds In 200 Back

The 2020 Queensland Championships is nearing its final day but the younger set of swimmers aren’t going out quietly in Brisbane.

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