Swimming Australia

Swimming Australia Receives Huge Funding Cut from Australian Government

Swimming Australia lost around half-a-million dollars a year in government funding for 2013-2014, the Australian Olympic Committee announced today. (Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Swimming Australia Levies Fines, “Deferred Suspensions” on Six Olympians

Swimming Australia has handed down their most severe penalties yet by their integrity review panel. (Photo Courtesy: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Auburn Signs Sub-23 Sprinter/Butterflier Alex Press From Australia

The Auburn men have added a huge signing from Australia to their class of 2017. (Photo Courtesy: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Ledecky Swims to World Leader in 800 Free; Breeja Completes Breaststroke Sweep

Nobody even sniffed Katie Ledecky in the 800 free as she closed the meet with a world-leading 8:20. (File Photo from Olympic Trials: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Kyle Chalmers Again On Fire at Australian Age Champs: 14-Year Old Goes Under 51 Seconds

The South Australia Swim Center in Adelaide has served as the host to record-breaking-swim after record-breaking-swim this week. (Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Alexander Graham Breaks Aussie National Age Record in 100 Back on Day 2 in Adelaide

Day two of the 2013 Australian Age Championships in Adelaide, South Australia were just as exciting as the first day…

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Swimming Australia Officially Appoints Mark Anderson as New CEO; Michael Scott High Performance Director

By this point, it wasn’t much of a secret to anybody down under, but early Tuesday morning, Swimming Australia officially…

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Kyle Chalmers Breaks Two Australian Age Records on Day 1 in Adelaide

Making good use of their sparkling $100 million aquatics center in Adelaide, South Australia, day one (out of six) of the…

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Interim Head Coach to be appointed in Australia

Earlier today news broke that Leigh Nugent had been fired from his position as Head Coach, in a statement given…

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Leigh Nugent Fired as Head Coach of Swimming Australia National Team

In perhaps the final straw, or a sacrificial lamb of, the chaos that has ripped through Swimming Australia since last…

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Campbell Sisters Shine at Brisbane Senior Metro Championships

Across the country from the New South Wales Championships that drew most of the Australian eyes last weekend, the Brisbane…

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Coutts shows her versatility on the final day of New South Wales Championships

On the final day of the New South Wales State Championships Olympic star Alicia Coutts displayed her versatility by winning…

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Big day for Japan in New South Wales

On the second evening of the New South Wales State Open Championships Japanese swimmers Ryosuke Irie, Aya Terakawa and Kosuke Hagino all…

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Australian Olympic Committee Launches Investigation

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has announced that they will be conducting their own investigation into the behaviour of James…

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Will there be a comeback for Ian Thorpe?

Although Ian Thorpe has talked about making comebacks for the both the 2013 World Championships and the 2014 Commonwealth Games,…

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