A Grant Hackett record that stood for more than three decades has been toppled in an “omen” of Olympic potential for the Brisbane Olympics. Meet the 38 record breakers of the GC Long Course Championships.
With the clock ticking down to the Brisbane Olympics, we’ve run our eyes over the state’s brightest young stars who could be centrestage come 2032.
She’s our greatest Olympian and an eight-time world record holder, but Aussie swimming star Emma McKeon may be in for her biggest challenge yet. See the video.
Two of Australia’s leading sports teams – SailGPs Flying Roos and the Dolphins – are collaborating in a hunt for “little gems” to deliver lucrative triumphs on the water and Olympic medals in it.
From Australia’s record golden haul at the Paris Games to controversies that split the sporting world – we look back at 100 moments that shaped the sporting calendar.
The mastermind behind Australia’s efforts in the pool at Paris and Tokyo has been locked in until 2028, while other key pillars to drive the Dolphin’s medal hopes are also falling into place.
Australia’s swimmers have been put on notice – and then some. Ahead of the LA Games, the Americans have signalled their Aussie assault by breaking a stunning 21 world records.
Countless world records have been demolished at the world swimming champions as one man broke an iconic barrier for the first time.
The queen of the pool is back in the water for the first time since her heroics in Paris, but it certainly wasn’t easy going for Mollie O’Callaghan in Queensland.
World champion swimmer Sam Short had a feeling his Paris campaign wouldn’t go to plan. Now he’s revealed the painful injury that ruined his Olympic dream.
Olympic silver has become world championship gold for an Aussie star who wasn’t going to swim in Budapest after a mentally draining year
As Dawn Fraser was undergoing emergency surgery after her horror fall, one question from medical staff stunned her daughter.
Days after her iconic godmother Dawn Fraser suffered a bad fall, an Aussie swim star has delivered gold for her country.
Staring death in the face the same way she stared down her opponents when she was winning Olympic gold medals for Australia in the pool, Dawn Fraser’s fighting spirit has pulled her through life’s toughest battle.
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