Australia

arena Swim of the Week: 17-Year-Old Iona Anderson Hits 57.16 100 Back (SCM) In Australia

Anderson came within nine one-hundredths of the Australian Age Record for 17-year-olds held by current world record holder Minna Atherton.

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Kaylee McKeown Discusses Her World Champs DQ, Regan Smith, And Cate Campbell’s Comment

McKeown unpacks every topic, even whether or not she’ll do the Olympic 200 IM/200 Back double. If I missed a question, let me know in the comments.

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2026 Commonwealth Games Potentially Getting Postponed To 2027

The Commonwealth Games Federation is willing to push back the dates of the quadrennial event after Victoria, Australia’s surprising withdrawal as hosts.

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Matthew Ward, Nikoli Blackman Wrap Up 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games With More Gold

The 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games wrapped up from Trinidad & Tobago but not before Matthew Ward (SCO) & Nikoli Blackman (TTO) topped the podium.

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Full Debrief with Kyle Chalmers of the 2023 World Championships

We had a full sitdown with Kyle Chalmers, the 2023 world champion in the 100 free, 400 free relay, and mixed 400 free relay.

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Oscar Bilbao & Matthew Ward Complete Sweeps At Commonwealth Youth Games

Catch up on day three action of the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games which saw sweeps by Scotland’s Matthew Ward and England’s Oscar Bilbao.

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Kyle Chalmers Says Paris2024 Will Be His Last Olympics, But That Doesn’t Mean Retirement

While Kyle Chalmers said that the Paris 2024 Olympics will probably be his last, he also indicated that he would keep racing beyond those Games.

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Kyle Chalmers WANTED to be Out in 23.0 in the 100 Free Final at World Champs

The seasoned vet was so comfortable with his backend speed that his goal was to go out in 23.0.

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Watch All 13 of the Australian Gold Medals at the 2023 World Championships

Australia led the gold medal table with 13 gold medals, setting five new World Records (3 relay, 2 individual) at the 2023 World Championships.

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Matthew Ward Continues Backstroke Attack At Commonwealth Youth Games

Scotland’s Matthew Ward is now 2-for-2 in boys’ backstroke events at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games taking place in Couva, Trinidad & Tobago.

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Watch Kaylee McKeown Sweep the 50-100-200 Backstrokes at the 2023 World Championships

Kaylee McKeown set a new Championship Record in the 100 backstroke, also winning the 50 and 200 backstrokes.

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Goldilocks: Cam McEvoy’s Stroke Rate “Just Right” in his 21.06 50 FR at World Champs

For this analysis, I really want to focus on the stroke rates and stroke length, which go hand-in-hand to some degree.

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WATCH: All Of Mollie O’Callaghan’s Swims From the 2023 World Championships

Mollie O’Callaghan became the first woman to win both the 100 and 200 freestyles at a World Championship, also breaking the 200 free WR in the process.

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SwimSwam’s Awards for the 2023 World Championships — Men’s Edition

Qin Haiyang set four Asian records in his first five swims en route to SwimSwam’s Male Swimmer of the Meet honor for the 2023 World Championships.

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Madden, Galea Lead All Earners at U.S. Pro Champs With $4500 in Prize Money (Full Table)

Paige Madden and Matthew Galea each won 3 individual events at last weekend’s U.S. Pro Championships to lead all swimmers with $4500 in earnings.

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