Swimming Australia

Hackett Clocks Solid 400m Freestyle Effort at Queensland Qualifying Meet

Australia’s distance swimming legend Grant Hackett returned to the pool this morning at the Queensland Qualifying Meet, swimming the 400m, 200m and 100m freestyle events.

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Denmark’s Former NTC Coach Rollason Now Hired On in Australia

Gungahlin Leisure Center, located on the northern side of Canberra, Australia, has announced the appointment of former leading Dane swimming…

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Cowdrey Appointed as GM of Australia Commonwealth Youth Games Team

Recently-retired Australian Paralympian swimmer, Matt Cowdrey, has been appointed as the General Manager of the Australian Commonwealth Youth Games Team for…

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McKeown Among 3 Aussie Swimmers Relocating to Sunshine Coast University

The Sunshine Coast Daily is reporting that three Australian national team members will be permanently relocating to the University of…

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Australia’s Grant Hackett Returns to Competition at Queensland Meet March 14-15th

Grant Hackett is set to compete at Queensland’s “Medal Shots Long Course Qualifying Meet” March 14th & 15th at the Brisbane Aquatic Center.

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Australia’s Christian Sprenger Looks Forward to Return to Pool at 2015 Australian Swimming Championships

Christian Sprenger from Australia seems to have successfully recovered from shoulder surgery and is looking forward to getting back on the competitive swimming scene with the 2015 Australian Swimming Championships.

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Swimming Australia Signs Hancock Prospecting as Biggest Financial Partner Headed Toward Rio

After a half-decade that has been rife with suspensions, drug abuse, sexual harassment accusations, and a seemingly-unending turnover of leadership, Swimming…

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Australia’s Brianna Throssell Rips World’s New #1 200m Butterfly Time

Brianna Throssell dethroned USA’s Cammile Adams as the worlds #1 in the women’s 200m butterfly.

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Queensland swim club official jailed after guilty plea in indecent sexual conduct case

A 57-year-old official with an Australian swimming club plead guilty this week to indecent treatment of a child, among other things, after making inappropriate advances on a 15-year-old swimmer, the Courier-Mail reports.

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Unfortunate Run of Freak Accidents Leaves Belinda Hocking’s Swimming Career in Question

2014 Commonwealth Games and Pan Pac Champion Belinda Hocking may not race at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

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New Zealand’s Lauren Boyle Now Training with Australian Coach Denis Cotterell

Swimming New Zealand has confirmed that its current short course 1500m world record holder, Lauren Boyle, is now training under Australia’s Denis Cotterell.

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16-Year Old Kyle Chalmers Swims 49.40 in 100 Free to Break Australian Age Record

16-year old Kyle Chalmers has broken the Australian National Age Record in the 100 long course meter freestyle on Saturday…

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Hosting 2017 Worlds a “Possibility” for Australia

With Guadalajara, Mexico now out of the picture as host of the 2017 FINA World Championships, who will now host the event, just two years away?

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Jeanette Ottesen to Travel to Australia to Reunite With Shannon Rollason

Two-time individual long course World Champion has opted to not stay in Denmark to train under the new National Training Center head coach.

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Australia’s Greatest Paralympian Matthew Cowdrey Announces Retirement

Australian para swimmer, Matthew Cowdrey, surprised almost everyone today when he made it publicly known he will not be pursuing…

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