Australia

Coach Scott Volkers Removed from Queensland, Australia’s Hall of Fame

Swimming Queensland (SQ) has announced that former Olympic swim coach, Scott Volkers, will be removed from its Hall of Fame…

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World Championships Preview: Men’s 50 Breaststroke

South African Cameron van der Burgh will be looking to collect his third World Championship title…

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Cate Campbell Looking Beyond Rio

Aussie sprinting mega-star Cate Campbell has a vision of her career extending well beyond 2016.

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World Championships Preview: Men’s 100 Breaststroke

Great Britain is in position to sweep the men’s 100 breaststroke Adam Peaty and Ross Murdoch.

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Swimming Australia: World Class Team Seeks Glasgow Gold

Cochrane, Cole and Hall all recorded times at the Australian Championships in Sydney in April in their respective events that rank them number one in the world and will headline for the Australian team.

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Australia loosens qualifying times for Short Course Championships

Swimming Australia has relaxed its qualifying standards slightly for the 2015 Hancock Prospecting Short Course Nationals, standards that had originally taken huge leaps forward from 2014.

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Five Big Things From Day Four of 2015 World University Games

Five big things we noticed from day four of the World University Games…

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World University Games: Smith Breaks 400 Freestyle Games Record

The women’s 400 freestyle kicks off day four of the World University Games…

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World University Games: Day Three Prelims

The men’s 200 butterfly was the first event of day three of the World University Games…

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Doyle Becomes First Irish Swimmer to Book a Ticket to Rio

Fiona Doyle posted a 1:07.67 in the semi-final of the 100 breaststroke at the World University Games becoming the first Irish swimmer to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games…

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Five Big Things From Day One of the 2015 World University Games

Five things we noticed from day one of the 2015 World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea…

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World Championships Preview: Women’s 100 Butterfly

Sarah Sjostrom will be looking to repeat as world champion…

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Trojan Swimmers Pinzon and Dvariskyte Make A Very Funky Couple

“We met a year ago and it was love at first sight. Rami was quite upfront about it, she was actually the one that asked me out. We went for sushi after a swim,” Omar recalls.

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Brian King isn’t USA Swimming member, no jurisdiction to ban in United States

Banned Australian swim coach Brian King is not a USA Swimming member, and the United States’ swimming federation lacks the jurisdiction to ban him, USA Swimming said today, but his application could be rejected if he applied in the States.

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Australia’s Bobby Hurley: On the Mend and In the Hunt

From short course world record holder to athlete in injury recovery, Australia’s Bobby Hurley is back at it in his quest for a spot on his country’s 2016 Olympics roster.

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