Australia

Verhaeren: “You are Only as Good as Your Last Performance”

In an exclusive interview with SwimSwam Australian National Team Head Coach Jacco Verhaeren discusses the performance of the Australian team in Rio…

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High School Musical – AussieStyle (Video)

Perk up your afternoon by singing along with Aussie Paralympians.

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Team USA Wins 4th Straight Junior Pan Pacific Championship Title

After the final night of competition at the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Maui, Hawaii, the USA men and women have won the combined team title.

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2016 Jr Pan Pacific Championships Day 4 Finals

Canadian Mary-Sophie Harvey took the women’s 200 IM on the final evening of the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Championships…

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2016 Jr Pan Pacs Day 4 Prelims: Cartwright, Hoffer Set Up Heated 50 FR Battle

Team USA’s Ryan Hoffer clocked a personal best 22.73 this morning, but will go into finals as the second seed to Australia’s Jack Cartwright, who won the 100 and 200 freestyles earlier in the meet.

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Horton Received 500,000 Angry Comments on One Instagram Post

After calling Sun Yang a ‘drug cheat’ Mack Horton received half a million angry comments on a single Instagram post…

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Kyle Chalmers Latest Australian Hospitalized Before Leaving Rio

It’s been rough sledding for the Australian Olympic swim team: after a somewhat-disappointing Olympic meet, Cate Campbell announced a hernia surgery, Bronte Barratt and Madison Wilson were hospitalized for pneumonia and now 100 free gold medalist Kyle Chalmers has also been hospitalized.

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Geoff Heugill: Australians Should Base In U.S. To Prep For 2020 Games

Two-time Olympic medalist Geoff Huegill thinks that Australian swimmers should seriously look at relocating to the U.S. in preparation for the next Olympic Games in Tokyo.

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2016 Junior Pan Pacific Championships: Day One Finals

American Cassidy Bayer dominated the women’s 200 butterfly winning the event by almost four seconds on the first evening of the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Championships…

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King Kyle has Some Fun Chatting with the Thorpedo

Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers sits down with Ian Thorpe for two very different interviews…

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2016 Queensland Short Course State Champs: Preview

2016 Queensland Short Course Championships Friday, August 26th-Sunday August 28th Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Psych Sheets and Live Results The final…

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2016 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships: Preview

Australian Minna Atherton will be one of nine World Junior Championship medalists who will be competing at the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships…

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Storied Coach Michael Bohl Reacts To Post-Rio Aussie Criticism

Current St. Peters Western Head Coach, Michael Bohl, responds to criticism concerning Australia’s swimming performance at the 2016 Olympic Games.

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Cate Campbell To Undergo Hernia Surgery Upon Return From Rio

World record-holder Cate Campbell swam through a hernia at the Rio Olympics and will require surgery when she returns to Australia, according to a report from the Sydney Morning Herald.

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Madi Wilson and Bronte Barratt Hospitalized in Rio for Illness

Aussie Olympic medalists Madi Wilson (pictured) and Bronte Barratt were both hospitalized in Rio today for separate illnesses. Wilson suffered abdominal pain, while Barratt has contracted pneumonia.

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