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Swimming Australia announces Podium Centres for 2014

Swimming Australia CEO Mark Anderson: “We have a vision of wanting to be the best in the world by 2020 and the establishment of high quality daily training environments is pivotal to achieving this objective.”

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Swimming Australia Seeks Open Water Coach and Performance Manager

Swimming Australia’s Director of High Performance Michael Scott: “The new Open Water Coach and Performance Manager will work to improve the pathway for potential open water swimmers in Australia, who ultimately have the ability to achieve consistent podium performances in open water swimming at international benchmark events.”

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Vdovychenko Hired As NTC Canberra Paralympic Coach

Swimming Australia is pleased to announce that Yuriy Vdovychenko will take up the new position of Paralympic Coach at the…

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Want to Swim the Swan River – Feature Video

Video is courtesy of Swimming Australia. Via Youtube: Registrations are now open at www.aquaticsuperseries.com.au WHEN: Sunday 2 February 2014 To celebrate…

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Swimming celebrates International Volunteers Day with call for Local Legends

Swimming Australia CEO Mark Anderson: “For swimming in Australia to be successful, we need to ensure that we are building and investing in a strong community base for our sport, and community starts at the volunteer level.”

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Swimming Australia Developing A Framework For Inclusion

Swimming Australia will celebrate Social Inclusion week and the International Day of People with a Disability, by turning its focus…

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Swimming Upstream – Complete Film

The true story of Tony Fingleton, a young man from a troubled family who found the inner strength to become a champion.

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Cate Campbell Elected To AOC Athlete’s Commission

Cate Campbell has represented Australia proudly at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic games collecting a total of three medals; 2012…

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Magnussen and Fox scoop major NSWIS Awards

World championship heroes James Magnussen and Jessica Fox have capped standout performances in the sporting arena in 2013 by clean sweeping the major gongs at the New South Wales Institute of Sport Awards held at the Australian Turf Club on Thursday night.

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Freney Named NSW Young Australian Of The Year

Australia’s golden girl from the London 2012 Paralympic Games, Jacqueline Freney was last night announced as the New South Wales…

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$2.218 Million The Final Tally at the 2013 FINA World Cup Series

Chad Le Clos (above) and Katinka Hosszu combined for over $600,000 of the more than two-million given away at the FINA World Cup Series in 2013.

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Simon Cusack, Coach of Campbell and Sprenger, Named AIS Coach of the Year

Simon Cusack, the coach of Cate and Bronte Campbell, has been named the National Coach of the Year by the Australian Institute of Sport.

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World Cup Wrap Up; Final Day In Beijing

The final evening of the 2013 FINA World Cup Series in Beijing should provide the audience with some exciting racing….

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Beijing World Cup Day One

Women’s 800 freestyle World record holder Mireia Belmonte of Spain started out the night with a victory in the 800…

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Tokyo World Cup By The Numbers

The Best Performers – Tokyo: Men GYURTA Daniel (HUN): 2:01.30 – 984 pts – 200m breast LE CLOS Chad (RSA):…

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