Swimming backflip over Qatar world championships
Swimming’s world governing body have agreed to a compromise concerning the 2024 World Championships in Qatar which will significantly reduce the workload on swimmers prior to the Paris Olympics.
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Swim champ’s new ink is totally baffling
Aussie World Championships hero Kyle Chalmers has revealed his craziest tattoos yet, revealing a bizarre reason for his new ink.
King Kyle leaves no one behind with relay swim for the ages
Kyle Chalmers has produced some incredible achievements in the pool over the journey, but his astonishing relay leg at the world shortcourse championships deserves a lofty mention on that list.
Kyle Chalmers pulls off ‘absurd’ comeback
Kyle Chalmers delivered an all-time comeback to seal gold for Australia at the world championships in a remarkable tied finish.
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Grant can still hack it as Rio mentor: Chalmers
KYLE Chalmers says he would love Grant Hackett to be at the Rio Olympics as a mentor but the AOC are staying tight-lipped on the fast-fading prospect.
Grant Hackett faces double blow
GRANT Hackett is facing costly consequences for his mid-air spat with a male passenger that has again tarnished his image.
Hackett questioned after plane row
OLYMPIC legend Grant Hackett has been questioned by Federal Police over an incident on a flight home from the Australian swimming championships this morning.
From schoolboy to big fish in Olympic pool
THE stars are starting to align rapidly for Adelaide swimming star Kyle Chalmers after winning selection in Australia’s squad for the Rio Olympics.
How Aussie swim team won back fans
THE once-shiny Dolphin Express sat idle after a London Games smeared with boorish behaviour and bullying. But this crop of swimmers is winning back the fans.
Coach’s ringing endorsement of Aussie swim team
AUSTRALIA’S swim coach Jacco Verhaeren has labelled the 34-member team named for the Rio Olympics on Thursday night “one of the best I have ever seen.”
‘Spin and win’: Campbell breaks 50m record
CATE Campbell jokes that all she did was hit a poker machine “spin” button and – ding, ding, ding – up came a new 50m freestyle Commonwealth record.
Teen swimmer’s bizarre mining shout out
NORMALLY athletes thank their parents and their coaches, but Australian swimming’s bright young star had someone else he wanted to mention.
How Swimming Australia fixed ‘toxic’ culture
AFTER the disaster of the London Games, Swimming Australia turned to global sporting organisations to help rebuild its battered reputation.
Triple treat for history-making McEvoy
CAMERON McEvoy swam a blistering 50m freestyle at the Olympic swimming trials on Wednesday night to complete a clean-sweep of the 50m, 100m and 200m.
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