August
Australian swimmers fall one race short of breaking 68-year hoodoo
Every Olympics, Australia and America fight to top the swimming medal tally. In Paris, it came down to the wire.
- Zoe Samios
Australia’s swimming champs deliver relay gold again
The Australian women have delivered another gold, with a record-breaking win in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay.
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- Hans van Leeuwen
July
Meet the data junkies helping the Aussie team succeed
They aren’t Olympians or even in Paris, but this team is critical to Australia’s success.
- Zoe Samios
Noise, pressure and humility: Australia’s epic night in the pool
The world-beating Dolphins must brim with self-belief, right? Yet ask them how winning feels, and they say they can’t believe it. It’s all part of staying grounded.
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- Hans van Leeuwen
An industry that began in the 1950s now breeds Olympic swimming gold
The rise of learn-to-swim schools in Australia has delivered an unexpected benefit: generations of elite swimmers faster than anyone else on Earth.
- Zoe Samios
Korea-supporting Aussie swim coach spared the axe
Michael Palfrey, who said he wanted his protégé Kim Woo-min to beat his Aussie 400m rivals, will continue training Australian swimmers.
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- Zoe Samios and Hans van Leeuwen
July 2023
Australian swimmers smash world records, win four gold medals in Japan
Ariarne Titmus and the men’s 4x100m relay teams brought a glorious opening night in Fukuoka on Sunday.
- Steve Larkin
September 2022
- Opinion
- Sporting rules
Why lessons from America’s Cup win still matter
Australia II became the pride of the nation when skipper John Bertrand and his crew won the America’s Cup in 1983. Bertrand is still passing on the lessons that come from losing – and coming back to win.
- Jennifer Hewett
July 2022
The fashionable look this winter? A waterproof, wearable tent
Once exclusively revered by the cold-water swimming set and hardcore surfers, robes lined with recycled Coke bottles are appearing everywhere.
- Eugenie Kelly
December 2020
Tokyo possible for China's Sun after doping ban win
The World Anti-Doping Authority says a Swiss court has overturned Chinese swimmer Sun Yang's eight-year ban for doping, sending the case back to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
September 2020
What business can learn from sport and the military
Swimming Australia took lessons from the military about performing 'when it really counts under enormous pressure'.
- Sally Patten
March 2020
Ban throws NRL, AFL seasons into disarray
The National Rugby League and AFL are contemplating playing to empty stadiums this season after the government ban on gatherings of more than 500 people.
- Mark Ludlow and Patrick Durkin