Jessica Ashwood

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“I want people to want to do the distance events again, because we have such a good history with it.”

34 Swimmers Named to the 2016 Australian Olympic Team

There will 34 athletes headed to Rio, which includes 19 women and 15 men, which is significantly smaller than the 2012 team that included 47 swimmers…

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Australian Championships: Photo Gallery

Experience some of the great moments of the Australian Championships…

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Hocking Qualifies for Her Third Olympic Team

Belinda Hocking qualified for her third Olympic Games winning the women’s 200 backstroke in a time of 2:06.49…

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Australian Championships: Day 7 Finals Live Recap

Athletes will by vying for Olympic team spots in the women’s 200 backstroke and 800 freestyle as well as the men’s 100 butterfly and 50 freestyle…

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2016 Australian National Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Alicia Coutts looks to make her third Olympic Team on the fourth night of Australian Championships…

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2016 Canadian Olympic Trials: Day 5 Finals Live Recap

Penny Oleksiak will seek her third individual event for the Olympics tonight in the 100 free, coming into tonight as the top seed.

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Australian Championships: Day Two Final Live Recap

Olympic team spots are up for grabs in the women’s 100 butterfly, men’s 100 breaststroke and women’s 400 freestyle…

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2016 Australian Championships: Day Two Photo Vault

Experience some of the special moments from day two of the 2016 Australian Championships…

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Five More Athletes Qualify for the Australian Olympic Team

Five athletes qualified for Rio leaving just one spot on the team unfilled…

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Australian Championships: 3 Big Things From Day Two Prelims

There were several storylines coming out of the second day of preliminaries in Adelaide, but here are what we saw as three of the biggest…

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2016 Australian Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Both of Australia’s reigning world champion backstrokers – Mitch Larkin and Emily Seebohm – are set to take on heats of the 100 back on day 2 of the Australian Olympic Trials.

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2016 Australian Championships (Olympic Trials) – Women’s Preview

The depth in the women’s events will make several of the races at Australian Olympic Trials extremely exciting…

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Bronte Campbell Battles Head Cold, Still Scores 24.71 50 Free Prelim

Bronte Campbell’s 50 freestyle, despite a head cold, highlights day 2’s prelims at Australia’s NSW Open Championships in Sydney.

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2016 NSW Open C’ships Preview: Maggie, McEvoy, Campbell, Seebohm

Stacked talent awaits in Sydney at the 2016 NSW Open Championships starting Thursday.

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2016 Aquatic Super Series Preview

The Chinese and Japanese teams will have a hard time overcoming the talent and depth of the Australian team in Perth…

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