Australia

50 Years In The Service Of World Records

Family-owned company Malmsten celebrates 50 years with a forward-looking perspective as headquarters in Åhus, Sweden are being prepared for future growth.

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Kyle Chalmers Will Return to Marion Swimming Club After Queensland Championships

Chalmers has been training with St. Andrews Club since March of this year after his longtime coach, Peter Bishop, had his coaching accreditation revoked.

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Swimming Australia Appoints Cunha’s Coach Possenti as Open Water Head Coach

Swimming Australia has revealed its new open water head coach, as Fernando Possenti takes over the reigns on the heels of Ana Marcela Cuhna’s success.

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Mollie O’Callaghan Takes 100 Back, Mitch Larkin’s Aussie Age Record Goes Down In QLD

Olympic champion Mollie O’Callaghan was one of the day two stars at the 2024 Queensland Championships while a Mitch Larkin record bit the dust.

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Zac Incerti Makes Backstroke Appearance At 2024 Western Australia Championships

28-year-old Olympian Zac Incerti raced in the men’s 50m backstroke final at the 2024 Western Australia Swimming Championships.

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Chalmers (Breaststroke), O’Callaghan & Jack Have Speedy Starts To 2024 QLD Championships

26-year-old Olympic multi-medalist Kyle Chalmers dove in for the breaststroke leg on St. Andrew’s gold medal-winning medley relay.

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Elijah Winnington Opens Up On Post-Olympic Demons: “I Was In a Really Bad Spot”

Winnington struggled mentally coming out of the Olympics, making the decision to compete at Short Course Worlds one he wrestled with for a while.

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Australian Swimming Legend Dawn Fraser Released From Hospital After Fall

After spending nine days in the hospital recovering from a fall, Fraser has reportedly made considerable progress and been allowed to return home.

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Top-Seeded Americans Bring in Two More Big Names for Men’s 4×200 Free Relay Final (LINEUPS)

The Americans could chase another World Record if leadoff leg Luke Hobson swims well – which he has been all week in Budapest.

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U.S. Adds Paige Madden, Alex Walsh to Finals of 800 Free Relay at Short Course Worlds

The U.S. will turn to Alex Walsh to lead off its women’s 800 free relay at the Short Course World Championships for the second straight edition.

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Europe, Asia, Oceania, World Junior, Canada Records Fall In Mixed 4×50 medley relay

Russia’s 4×50 Mixed Medley Relay Victory was one of three new continental records. Russia’s lead-off leg, swum by Miron Lifinstev, was an unofficial WJR.

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Alexandria Perkins Downs Super-Suited Oceanian Record In Women’s 50 Fly (24.68)

Perkins put up a time of 24.68 to win bronze and break the 15-year-old Oceanian and Australian Record of 24.69 set by Marieke Guehrer in 2009.

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Lani Pallister Sets New Championship Record In 800 Free, Gose Breaks 2nd German Record Of Meet

Lani Pallister (Australia) swam to a new Championship Record, breaking the old record that China’s Li Bingjie swam at the 2021 edition of the meet.

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2024 SC Worlds Relay Lineups: No Walsh or Douglass for American 200 Mixed Medley in Finals

Regan Smith will swim the butterfly leg on the mixed 200 medley relay instead of the World Record holder in the 50 fly Gretchen Walsh.

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Dawn Fraser Doing “So Much Better,” But “Not Out of the Woods Yet,” Her Daughter Says

Dawn Fraser (right, with her goddaughter Lani Pallister) is up and walking, her daughter Dawn-Lorraine Ward told media this week.

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