Daniel Kowalski

Making the US Olympic Team vs. Making the Podium at the Olympics, a Statistical Review

Hali Flickinger occupies a pretty unique space in American swimming history, threading a needle that nobody else has done in at least 40 years.

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Legendary Australian Sports Journalist Wayne Smith Dies At 69

“Smithy” was highly respected by his peers and played a pivotal role in Brisbane earning the 2032 Olympic bid.

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Pair Of Masters World Records Set At 2020 IGLA Championships

Jerry Frentsos and Dorothy Dickey set new Masters World Records competing at the 2020 International Gay & Lesbian Aquatics Championships in Melbourne.

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922 Athletes Competed in International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics Competition

The International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics competition took place during the week of June 24, drawing a total of 922 athletes across all aquatic disciplines.

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Aussie Swimmers Assn Questions Possible Targeting In Whereabouts Cases

Thomas Fraser-Holmes is appealing his 12-month ban for having missed 3 drug tests over a 12-month period.

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Swimming Breaks Through List of Australia’s Most-Watched TV Broadcasts

Forget The Beatles and “Star Wars”…it’s Grant Hackett who ranks higher on Australia’s most-watched TV shows from the 20th centry.

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Australian Swimmers Express Discontent With FINA’s Anti-Doping Program

After three very high profile cases of world and Olympic champions caught violating FINA’s anti-doping rules and getting off with reduced…

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Cotterell Feels That Australian Swimmers Need to be Tougher

A few weeks ago Brian King‘s name appeared in the press, he is the man now training Sun Yang in Australia….

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Peter Bernek Breaks 15-Year Old Grant Hackett World Championship Record

Championship Records have not been rare at the 2014 World Short Course Championships, but historically, Championship Records in the men’s…

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Cotterell To Be Inducted Into Sport Australia Hall of Fame

On Thursday Denis Cotterell will be inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame…

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Commonwealth Games Flashback: Kieren Perkins Rocks the 800 & 1500m Freestyle World Records

20 years ago at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Kieren Perkins thrilled the swimming world by smashing two world records in one race

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Looking Back at the Career of Brenton Rickard

On August 5th, a day after the 2013 FINA World Championships concluded Australian breaststroker Brenton Rickard decided it was time to call it a career… (Photo Credit, Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

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Swimming Australia Announces “Off the Block” Program, Including Adolescent Psychologist

Swimming Australia, in the latest move to overhaul their culture, has announced a new “Off the Blocks” program that intends…

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Australian Men’s 4 x 100 freestyle relay team will answer for their behaviour

At press conference later today all six members of Australia’s men’s 4 x 100 freestyle relay team will admit to…

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