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Finally, a Brit that doesn’t mind baths

Even though the carnival is over.

UNSW Underwater Rugby team training at Leichhardt Park Aquatic Centre in Sydney

The unlikely team sport left high and dry when Sydney dive pool closes

A difficult sport to watch is going to become an even rarer sight as underwater rugby loses a subaquatic pitch.

  • Frances Howe
Lord Mayor Nick Reece pledged in his election campaign to provide 50,000 free swimming lessons and $2 pool entry.

Lord Mayor backflips on promise of 50,000 free swimming lessons and $2 swims

Lord Mayor Nick Reece is backing away from a pledge to provide 50,000 free swimming lessons and $2 swimming pool entry across the City of Melbourne’s pools.

  • Cara Waters
Sebastian Rigley, 12, says Turramurra Public has a school swimming carnival but his family has noticed a difference in attitude to swimming.

In NSW, swimming lessons started in 1880. Now some schools struggle to put a relay team together

After nationwide research showed participation in school swimming carnivals had plunged, experts say a lot of students are missing out on key skills.

  • Julie Power and Frances Howe
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School swimming carnivals are dying. It’s putting a generation at risk

One in four schools around Australia have abandoned the annual swimming carnival, research shows, as Royal Life Saving Australia sounds the alarm over safety.

  • Julie Power
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The revised plan for the Brisbane Arena saw the indoor stadium moved to the northern end of Roma Street Parklands.

State welcomes inter-city Olympic tension as Brisbane misses out on Matildas

Queensland’s sports minister has encouraged competitive tension between Brisbane and the Gold Coast over which city should host 2032 Olympic and Paralympic swimming.

  • Cameron Atfield
Max Coten is the winner of the 35th annual Rottnest Channel Swim has crossed the finish line.

Perth swimmer Max Coten first to reach shore in annual Rottnest swim

A cold morning greeted swimmers in this year’s iconic Rottnest Channel Swim with local marathon swimmer Max Coten the first athlete to make it to shore.

  • Sarah Brookes
Peta Bradley wearing the racing suit she wore at the World Ice Swimming Championships, on her property in Armatree, NSW.

Peta trains in a frozen cattle trough. She just became a swimming world champion

Hailing from a tiny town in regional NSW, Peta Bradley is an unlikely ice swimming champion. She says the pain is what motivates her.

  • Frances Howe
Swimming and hockey both want legacy venues from the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Olympic sports push back on venue plan that would leave them with nothing

Hockey has made a pitch to ditch Ballymore for the Gold Coast, while swimming has called for a new aquatic centre at Victoria Park.

  • Cameron Atfield

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