In his first time speaking publicly since being appointed as Swimming Australia CEO, Rob Woodhouse said his organisation won’t stand in the way of athletes speaking out against the recent Chinese doping scandal.
Is it time the cauldron was converted into a river of gold? That’s the question that critics of Queensland’s cut-price planning for the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics should be asking, writes JULIAN LINDEN.
Mack Horton did it in 2016, now this Australian swim team plan to use the motivation of controversy surrounding Chinese swimming as “fuel to the fire” for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
International swimmers who win medals at the Paris Olympics could be offered cash sweeteners to race in China as part of a peace offering to help calm the current turbulence in the sport.
The Olympic Games are coming to Brisbane eight years early, with Dean Boxall transforming the suburb of Indooroopilly to prepare Australia’s swimmers to conquer Paris.
Almost a week on from the story that rocked world sport, when Julian Linden first reported that many Chinese swimmers were allowed to compete at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics despite positive drug tests, WADA has acted. But is it enough?
Mack Horton’s stance against Sun Yang received widespread media coverage. But there was another protest more than 25 years earlier involving two of Australia’s best swimmers at the time, which has yet to receive any exposure, until now.
Cody Simpson has addressed partner Emma McKeon’s uncertain future after the Olympic hero’s recent shock confession.
This Olympic team will probably have our three most successful Olympians ever swimming in the same team. It’s important we don’t take it for granted, writes JAMES MAGNUSSEN.
The Chinese anti-doping agency says it will co-operate with WADA’s audit into the case where 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for trimetazidine, but said USADA is spreading misinformation.
Anti-doping officials have caused fury after a move surrounding China’s drugs scandal that’s “pulling the wool over our eyes”.
The pop singer-turned-swimmer is remaining philosophical as he faces an uphill battle to qualify for the Olympics and prepares to make a decision about his future.
Australia’s anti-doping watchdog has joined the United States in calling for an independent review into the Chinese swimming scandal that has rocked the sports world in the lead up to the Paris Olympics.
A former athlete turned pharmacist who founded a drug testing company, which is used by the AFL and NRL, has labelled China’s confusing food contamination claim as ‘very unusual’.
The Australian government has been called on join the anti-doping crusade and ensure our swimmers have a fair chance of winning gold at the upcoming Paris Olympics.
The Chinese swim team at Tokyo Olympics, in 2021, had almost two dozen members who had tested positive to a banned substance ahead of the Games, but were allowed to compete due to contamination.
Most of the world is outraged by how WADA handled drug positives for 23 Chinese swimmers, but the anti-doping body says it did nothing wrong.
Tim Fuller, who represented Shayna Jack in her doping appeal process, has erupted over the ruling for the Chinese swim team.
A former WADA executive has lifted the lid on the Chinese swimming drugs scandal, admitting he was kept in the dark over the mass ‘contaminated’ doping results.
The Chinese swimming scandal which has rocked the sporting world could claim a high-profile target – with the World Anti-Doping Agency suddenly in the crosshairs ahead of the Paris Olympics.
Explosive revelations that nearly two dozen Chinese swimmers were cleared after testing positive to a banned drug has lit the fuse for the most politically charged Olympics in more than 30 years.
Aussie sporting royalty have reacted with scorn as bombshell new details emerged around the doping scandal that’s rocked the Olympics.
Australian head swim coach Rohan Taylor was tight lipped in his reaction to the alleged Chinese doping revelations that have shocked the swimming world on the eve of Paris Games, but expects a full review to take course.
An Australia Olympic great has condemned the cover up of a Chinese doping scandal from the Tokyo Games that has rocked world swimming and could see Australian women promoted from bronze to silver medallists.
A prominent sports lawyer said it “beggars belief” that the WADA cleared a mass Chinese swimming drug scandal swiftly and discreetly prior to the Tokyo Olympics, as Shayna Jack was dragged through hell to prove her innocence.
Kyle Chalmers has revealed an Aussie rules mishap last September almost ruined his Olympic dreams, suffering an embarrassing fall that resulted in surgery.
Cody Simpson’s dream since returning to the pool is hanging by a thread in the wake of girlfriend Emma McKeon’s Games call.
Almost two dozen Chinese swimmers were cleared to compete at the Tokyo Games despite testing positive to a banned substance.
Turning 30 next month and confirming her retirement after the Olympics, Emma McKeon is managing her ageing body for the final farewell.
Preparing for her third Olympic campaign, all-time great Emma McKeon has made a shock call about her future.
Preparing for her third Olympic campaign, all-time great Emma McKeon has made a shock call about her future.
Swimmers can spend a lifetime trying to find fractions of a second, but Cody Simpson has just eight weeks to find a full second – leaving his ultimate Olympic fairytale in jeopardy.
Kyle Chalmers has found a new lease on life in isolation on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland and has uncorked a new personal speed record that puts his Paris Olympic dreams in sharp view.
Swimming champion Ariarne Titmus is in the most important part of her Olympic preparations as she attempts to make herself the most ‘high performing vehicle possible’ and do more than just defend gold.
Stephanie Rice’s place in swimming history is fading after an Aussie superstar broke another one of her records ahead of the Olympics.
Should IOC money should filter down to the athletes who win medals? Australian swim stars Ariarne Titmus and Zac Stubblety-Cook have weighed into the debate, with the Olympic breaststroke champion in Tokyo taking the ‘purist’ approach.
Kaylee McKeown may have just become the third-fastest woman in history in the 400m individual medley but she’s adamant the event will not be appearing on her schedule any time soon.
Kaylee McKeown has put her Olympic rivals on notice with a blistering performance in the 200m individual medley, in which she set a new Australian record on her way to victory.
Aussie Olympic powerhouse Kaylee McKeown has sent a warning shot ahead of Paris, shattering a record that had stood since 2009.
Meet each and every Aussie Olympian as they are named to wear the green and gold in Paris in July and see which athletes hail from your local area with our interactive map.
With the countdown to the Games well and truly on for the nations best athletes, JULIAN LINDEN takes a look at who wins medals for Australia and why it’s all set up for a huge summer in Paris.
Not many swimmers change coaches and homes so close to an Olympics, but Kyle Chalmers has, so how is the ‘King’ been able to switch lanes so quickly with Paris just around the corner?
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Swimmer James Magnussen’s plan to be “juiced to the gills” at the Enhanced Games has been mocked by world authorities.
Aussie pool queen Ariarne Titmus has been left gobsmacked by a detail emerging from Brisbane’s Olympics venue butchery.
Australian swim queen Ariarne Titmus has delivered a rallying cry for Brisbane Olympics organisers as swimmers prepare for the Paris Games trials in the four-decade-old Chandler Pool.
He only retired from swimming two months ago but Olympic gold medallist Mack Horton this weekend takes a massive step pursuing his new sporting passion.
One of the all-time greats of Australian swimming has launched a furious tirade on organisers of the proposed Enhanced Games.
From overburdened grassroots volunteers to power-hungry governing bodies, Australian sport is headed for ‘oblivion’ if it doesn’t change, according to Kieren Perkins. SHANNON GILL witnessed a stunning address from the swim icon turned ASC boss.
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