Campbell sisters: Our last chance to make history
THE stakes could not be higher for the Campbell sisters, with Cate ready to call time on her career and hand the baton over to Bronte soon after the Rio Olympics.
Swimming
Surfing, horse riding ‘too risky’ for swimmers
AUSTRALIA’S Olympic swim team have been formally told to avoid “risky” activities between now and Rio.
Chalmers keen to fend off Thorpe comparisons
HE is a teenage man-child who races adults in a swimming pool and breaks them. Kyle Chalmers is the next Ian Thorpe, right?
From ‘broken swimmer’ to dual Olympian
RIO-BOUND West Australian Blair Evans admitted to being a “broken swimmer” when she first teamed up with coach Bud McAllister in 2014.
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.
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.
Hocking causes boilover to make third Olympics
BELINDA Hocking caused the biggest upset of the Olympic swimming trials by beating world champion Emily Seebohm in the 200m backstroke on Wednesday night.
What’s going on with this swim cap?
STRANGE markings on Cameron McEvoy’s swimming cap have revealed an intriguing element of the amazing young athlete’s persona.
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