Australia

Australians Name 43 Swimmers to World Championship Roster; 19 For Montreal

Swimming Australia put 62 total swimmers on their World Championship rosters on Friday: 43 will go to Barcelona, and 19 will go to Montreal. (Photo: Swimming Australia)

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Fraser-Holmes Downs Commonwealth Record; Young 1500 Freestylers Light Up

Australia’s Thomas Fraser-Holmes broke a National and Commonwealth Record in the men’s 400 IM on the final day of the 2013 Australian National Championships. (Stock Photo Courtesy Swimming Australia)

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James Magnussen Says 47.53 100 Free Wasn’t 100 Percent

Featured video interview of World Champion James Magnussen.

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Missile blasts 50 freestyle; Hocking tops in 200 backstroke

After posting a world’s best in the 100 freestyle, James Magnussen knew that he was ready to do something special…

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Australian Swimming Team Bloopers, Featured Video

This works, if you like interview flubs….and belly rolls, tongue rolls, tongues touching noses, dancing, crazy stretching (not so crazy…

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Campbells go one two in prelims; Johansson impressive in the 50 breast

Cate and Bronte Campbell have another chance to take the top two spots in an event heading into Barcelona. Only…

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SwimSwam Exclusive Interview with Michael Scott

On April 8th, 2013 Swimming Australia announced that Michael Scott would be the next High Performance Director of the organization….

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Sibling success for the campbell sisters

Sisters Cate and Bronte Campbell started the sixth evening of the 2013 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships with some excitement finishing one, two in…

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Coutts swims her fifth event qualifying first in the 50 butterfly

In her fifth event of the championships Alicia Coutts qualified first for the women’s 50 butterfly semi-final recording a time of 26.47….

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Electrifying 100 freestyle performances by Magnussen and Campbell

Heading into the meet James Magnussen hoped that everyone would go back to focusing on the pool and not on…

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Minnesota Signs Austrian World Championhip Qualifier Jakub Maly for 2013-2014

Minnesota has picked up two new swimmers for their men’s recruiting class, including an Austrian World Championship qualifier. (Stock Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Campbell records a world’s best in the prelims of the 100 freestyle

Cate Campbell started off the fifth day of preliminaries at the EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships by posting a world’s best in…

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Meet Cameron Jones, Aussie Blue Chipper in the Recruiting class of ’14

Cam could be the future of Australian sprinting. He lives and trains in Brisbane and is hoping to come to the States as a freshman in the fall of 2014…

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