Mitch Larkin

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

Elmslie Gets the Best of Barratt in the 200 freestyle at the Victorian Championships

Brittany Elmslie took the women’s 200 freestyle in a time of 1:57.44 finishing 13 one-hundredths of a second ahead of Bronte Barratt…

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Larkin Collects Two Gold on the Second Night of the Victorian Championships

Mitch Larkin won both the 200 IM and 200 backstroke on the second night of competition at the Victorian Open Championships…

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Victorian Open Champs, Including Kenneth To and Cate Campbell Comebacks, to Be Live-Streamed

Sisters Bronte and Cate Campbell (above) are both entered to swim in the Victorian open Championships from January 16th-18th.

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Clary and Lochte to Lead American Team in Perth

The United States will be bringing a 24 member team led by Tyler Clary and Ryan Lochte to compete at the BHP Billiton Super Series…

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Kawecki Puts Up World’s Second Fastest 100 Backstroke at Polish Nationals

Radoslaw Kawecki won the men’s 100 backstroke at the Polish National Championships recording a time of 50.03…

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2014 Swammy Awards: Australian Coach of the Year Simon Cusack

In 2014 Simon Cusak’s athletes won 10 Commonwealth Games medals and nine Pan Pacific Championship medals…

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Short Course World Championships Day Five Prelims Live Recap

Rikke Moeller Pedersen’s 200 Breaststroke, an event she holds the met record in SCM and the world record in LCM, will be one of the highlight races of the final day of competition at Short Course Worlds.

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2014 World Short Course Championships: Day Three Prelims Real-Time Recap

Chad le Clos will compete in the 50 fly today after setting the world record last night in the 100 fly.

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RACE VIDEO: Watch Mitch Larkin Win World Championships in 100 Backstroke scm

Race Video is courtesy of Universal Sports Network, a SwimSwam partner.

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Larkin Sweeps Backstrokes, McKeon Wins 5th Gold on Final Day of Aussie SC Champs

Australia’s Mitch Larkin will head into the 2014 Short Course World Championships with all three Australian short course meters backstroking titles in…

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Seebohm Joins Larkin in 100 Backstroke Australian Record Party at SC Nationals

Mitch Larkin continued on his tear on day two of the 2014 Australian Short Course Championships in Adelaide, and broke…

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Mitch Larkin Breaks Another Australian Record in Semis of 100 Back at SC Nationals

Mitch Larkin has broken another Australian backstroker record, and is one of five swimmers to have tentatively earned their spot on Australia’s team for Short Course Worlds.

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Australia to Select Short Course Worlds Team Beginning Wednesday in Adelaide

With the absence of Cate Campbell and Alicia Coutts, Bronte Campbell will have the opportunity to be Australia’s sprint star in Adelaide.

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Mitch Larkin Breaks Australian Record in 200 SCM Backstroke By Almost a Second

Mitch Larkin has broken the Australian National Record in the 200 SCM backstroke.

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