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Swimming Australia Unveils New Para Athlete Leadership Group

Lakeisha Patterson OAM, Rowan Crothers OAM, Katja Dedekind and Jesse Aungles will lead the Dolphins team through to the Paris Paralympic Games.

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McKeown Continues Siege With 58.31 100 Backstroke

20-year-old multi-Olympic gold medalist Kaylee McKeown hasn’t missed a beat since Tokyo, firing off another monster swim at the 2022 Vic Open.

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Holly Barratt Takes Two Golds To Kick Off Vic Open

34-year-old Holly Barratt topped the podium twice to kick off her Vic Open campaign, first in the 50m fly and the in the 100m free.

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Tokyo Paralympics Day 6: Boki Wins 15th Career Gold As 9 World Records Fall

Belarus’ Ihar Boki took the SM13 men’s 200 IM on day six, his 4th gold in Tokyo and 15th career Paralympic title. His swim was among nine World records too.

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Tokyo Paralympics Day 4 Finals: China (25) and RPC (20) Lead Medal Table

China currently leads the medal table with 25 total medals, five more than the RPC. In the S11 women’s 100 back, China finished 1-2-3, led by Cai Liwen.

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Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Day One Finals: 2 World and 8 Paralympic Records Fall

RPC’s Valeriia Shabalina (S14 W 100 FL) and Roman Zhdanov (SB13 M 50 BR) both broke World records during the first Tokyo 2020 Paralympic finals session.

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2021 Australian Olympic Trials – Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Kyle Chalmers, the 2016 Olympic champion in the 100 freestyle, is the top seed in the event heading into tonight’s finals.

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Cole, Crothers Pick Up 2nd Multi-Class Titles on Final Night of Aussie Nationals

2019 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Sunday, April 7th – Friday, April 12th SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre LCM Meet Site SwimSwam…

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Timothy Hodge Picks Up 4th Multi-Class Win of 2019 Australian Nationals

Hodge tied for first place in the 100 fly Thursday, and already won the 100 back, 200 IM, and 50 back earlier in the meet.

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2019 Vic Open Doubles As Para Swimming World Series

Unique to the 2019 edition of the Victorian Open Championships is the fact that it is incorporating the Melbourne 2019 World Para Swimming World Series. This is the first World Series event ever held in the Oceania region.

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Becca Meyers Shatters Own S12 100 Fly AR on Final Day of Para Pan Pacs

Meyers took almost seven tenths off her previous American Record, going 1:04.22.

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Canada’s Turbide Becomes Repeat Record-Setter at Para Pan Pacs Day 4

Canada’s Nicolas-Guy Turbide set his second Americas record of the 2018 Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championships Sunday.

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Rivard and Meyers Repeat Gold Medalists at Para Pan Pacs Day 2

All a day removed from breaking world records in the 400 free, Aurélie Rivard, Becca Meyers, and Lakeisha Patterson won their respective 100 free races.

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Seebohm’s Coach David Lush Earns ‘Coach Of The Year’ Honors

David Lush, coach of world champion and Olympic medalist Emily Seebohm, has been named ‘Coach of the Year’ by the Australian Swimming Coaches and Teachers Association.

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