Australia

16-Year-Old Erika Fairweather Throws Down 4:07 400 Free At Vic Open Day 2

Fairweather destroyed the field in tonight’s 400 free, hitting a 4:07.23, nearly 10 seconds faster than Molly Batchelor’s previous meet record of 4:09.23.

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Beyond The Lane Lines: Dutch Olympian Dion Dreesens Retires

Catch up on various stories found around the web in this week’s edition of Beyond the Lane Lines. Dion Dreesens and trio of Kiwi swimmers highlight the news.

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McEvoy Tops Men’s 100 Free Field, Fairweather Impresses On Vic Open Day 1

Day 1 of the 2020 Vic Open is done and dusted with Cameron McEvoy, Jack McLoughlin and Jess Hansen among the gold medalists.

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David McKeon’s Swim Clinic Raises $17,500 For Australian Bushfire Relief

McKeon was joined by the likes of Ian Thorpe, Cate and Bronte Campbell, Emily Seebohm and others as they raised money for bushfire relief.

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Breaststroke Battle Brewing, As JPN’s Shoma Sato Devises New Race Strategy

This weekend’s Konami Open may give Shoma Sato the chance to try out a new race strategy essentially nothing to lose and some cash and confidence to gain.

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Stubblety-Cook To Show His Early 2020 Hand At Victorian Open C’ships

Aussie Zac Stubblety-Cook unleashed the fastest 200m breast time of his career last December. Let’s see what the man has up his sleeve at the Vic Open.

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Heavy Lies The Crown Part 2: Men With OLY Qualifying Times

Lithuanian swimming ace Danas Rapsys appears multiple times on the men’s world rankings, taking into account only those performances that qualify for Tokyo.

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Beyond The Lane Lines: Millfield Swimmer Honors Aussie Roots

Catch up on the swimming-related news round-up from around the world in this week’s edition of our series Beyond the Lane Lines.

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Kansas City Chiefs Win First Super Bowl in 50 Years: a Swimming Retrospective

On Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs won their first Super Bowl in 50 years. We use that as a measuring stick to mark the passage of time in our own sport of…

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Heavy Lies The Crown Part 1: Women With OLY Qualifying Times

One month into the Summer Olympic year, let’s examine who is ‘the hunted’ by listing women having clocked OLY-qualifying times thus far.

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On-The-Mend Cartwright Joins Elite & Budding Stars At Aussie Event Camps

Aussie men and women will be heading to their annual National Event Camps next month, with high-profile coaches such as Michael Bohl & Dean Boxall.

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Watch: Australian OW Champions Talk About Their Races, Prep for Tokyo (Video)

We’ve posted videos of interviews with some of the champions from this weekend on our YouTube channel.

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Noosa Club Dominates as Lee and Sloman Sweep 5K Time Trials in Australia

Kareena Lee won the women’s 5km time trial Australian Championship on Monday, adding to her title in the 10km from Saturday.

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Johanna Griggs, Jennifer McMahon Among Those To Recieve Australia Day Honours

Former competitive swimmers and Commonwealth medalists Johanna Griggs and Jennifer McMahon have today been awarded Australia Day Honours.

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Swim Coach Scott Volkers Asks Court to Clear Latest Abuse Charges in Australia

Volkers, who was the coach of 8-time Olympic medalist Susie O’Neill in the 1980s, was charged in 2017 after having charges for the same accusations dropped…

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