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"All the water in the Pacific Ocean can’t sink a ship, its only the water that you let in!"

Aussie Training Change-up: Fraser-Holmes Joins McEvoy At Bond

Thomas Fraser-Holmes moves under Richard Scarce at Bond University, the home swimming club of speedster Cameron McEvoy.

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Aussies Bring 20-Strong Roster To FINA Short Course World C’ships

Check out who made the cut to represent Australia at December’s Short Course World Championships.

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4 Australian Olympians Decline SC Worlds Spots After Nationals

Kyle Chalmers, Madi Wilson, Cameron McEvoy, and Maddie Groves will all be sitting out the 2016 World SC Championships, despite earning spots on the team at the Australian Short Course Championships this week.

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Hurley Fights Injury, Seebohm Strikes Again On Final Night In Brisbane

The final night in Brisbane saw one more All Comers Record go down, while a 2016 Olympian was upset in the men’s 100m backstroke.

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Watch Race Videos From 2016 Aussie Short Course Championships

Watch some of your favorite Aussies stars’ race videos from the 2016 Australian Short Course Championships currently taking place in Brisbane.

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Seebohm Scores Two More Wins, While Sucipto Downs All Comers Record

With an additional two gold medals tonight, Aussie Emily Seebohm brought her short course national title total to 12.

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Seebohm Lights Up Brisbane For Aussie SC C’ships Day 2 Prelims

This morning, Emily Seebohm scored two Australian Short Course titles in timed finals, while also claiming one top seed for tonight’s session in Brisbane.

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Hosszu Finishes 2016 World Cup With $386K, Morozov With $332K

Katinka Hosszu wound up with just over $386,000 in prize money on the 2016 World Cup tour, closely rivaling her record 2014 haul.

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Hosszu Wins 6th Straight World Cup, Morozov Wins Men’s Title

For the 6th consecutive year, Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu has won the FINA World Cup title in runaway fashion, with Russia’s Vladimir Morozov getting his first win on the men’s side.

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Hosszu Hauls In 5 More Golds To Close 2016 FINA World Cup – Hong Kong

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu finished her dominant World Cup performance with 5 more golds.

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Seto, Atkinson Soar In Tokyo World Cup Points

Katinka Hosszu and Vladimir Morozov still lead the series and cluster points after Tokyo, but second-place swimmers Alia Atkinson and Daiya Seto each racked up big point totals and are in line for sizable cluster 3 bonuses.

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Worrell Crashes 100 Fly Party On Day 1 of FINA World Cup – Tokyo

Up until this point of the series, the 100 fly had been dominated by Jeanette Ottesen and Katinka Hosszu. In Tokyo, however, Team USA’s Kelsi Worrell took control of the race, picking up her first gold of the 2016 World Cup series.

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Chalmers Wins His First 2016 World Cup Gold On Day 2 In Singapore

Romachuk completed his sweep of the distance races in today’s 1500 free. His 14:15.49 in that race crushed the previous World Cup Record of 14:27.65 set by Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri in 2013.

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Hosszu Breaks Ottesen’s 100 Fly Streak On Day 1 of Singapore World Cup

At the last 5 World Cup meets in a row, Ottesen had picked up gold in the 100 fly, but Hosszu edged her out by hundredths this time with a 56.02 to Ottesen’s 56.08.

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Something May Be Brewing At Bond As McEvoy Welcomes New Talent

“It’d be great to have more people on the team,” says the fastest 100m freestyler ever in a textile suit, Cameron McEvoy, of his Bond University club.

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