Sad truth behind our false start on path to Paris
Expectations of another big medal haul for our swimmers in Paris are sky high after what happened at the Tokyo games. So should we be worried about this week’s national champs?
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Anchor walks out over Lia Thomas tribute
An American sports personality has laid the boots into a former employee after they delivered a tribute to transgender athlete Lia Thomas.
Titmus responds as Summer’s shadow looms large
Ariarne Titmus won the 400m at the Australian swimming championships, but she couldn’t take back a record that was once hers. See all the results here.
Watch out world: Pain-free Chalmers sends a message
Look out world, Aussie Kyle Chalmers says he has not felt this good since he won Olympic gold in 2016, and he’s backed it up in the pool, solidifying himself as Australia’s best male sprinter.
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Sister act is lapping up the pressure
THE Campbell sisters stand on the verge of creating Olympic history but there is no chance the swimming superstars will be weighed down by the burden of what they can achieve in Rio.
Olympic success is all in the mind
THE Australian swim team’s secret weapon is a sports psychologist who has armed our medal prospects with all the mental tools required to become a champion.
Cate makes the switch to automatic
CATE Campbell’s coach has tried to turn her into a swimming “robot” but from now until the Olympic Games she’s being treated as fragile as a China doll.
True cost of an Olympic medal
AUSTRALIAN taxpayers have handed over an incredible war chest of riches to our swimmers in Rio. The cost of a gold medal will shock you.
Thorpe’s emotional words driving Larkin
WORLD backstroke champion Mitch Larkin has revealed how an “emotional” speech by Australia’s greatest Olympian Ian Thorpe has inspired his Rio Olympic quest.
What price success? How we fund Rio stars
IT HAS cost the Australian taxpayer $38m to get our swimmers to Rio. With estimates the team could win eight gold medals, that works out to $4.75m each.
Seebohm’s anti-social plans for Rio
AFTER reading too many messages of adulation on Twitter prior to her final at the Lodnon Olympics, Emily Seebohm has a whole new approach for Rio.
The scandal that’s left McEvoy lost for words
CAMERON McEvoy is renowned for his intelligence. He’s pondered life’s big questions, is an academic and understands string theory. But this question stopped him in his tracks.
The worst roommates at the Olympics
BRONTE Campbell has warned that however much you prepare for an Olympic Games, success hangs on picking the right person to bunk with. And there’s a group you should definitely avoid.
Chalmers ready to do some heavy lifting
PORT Lincoln’s Olympic story to date rests on the broad shoulders of tuna fisherman turned weightlifting star Dean Lukin. Kyle Chalmers is set to add a new chapter in the pool.
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