McKeon wins bronze in women’s super final
EMMA McKeon has pulled out a stunning 200m freestyle performance with an incredibly brave swim to claim a deserved bronze medal at the Rio Olympic Games.
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Wiki trolls target ‘Phelps Pool Boy’ le Clos
MOMENTS after Michael Phelps defeated Chad le Clos to claim his 20th Olympic gold medal, trolls mercilessly took hold of the American rival’s Wikipedia account.
‘Great’ Britain? Stuttering Poms go quiet in Rio
RUBBING the nose of a famous old rival in the dirt is normally considered extremely poor sportsmanship. But when it comes to the struggling Poms, normal doesn’t apply …
Why is this swimmer giving the finger?
SANTO Condorelli does this before every single race. Seems rude, right? That’s just because you don’t know the whole story.
Hortons issue worldwide apology
THE Hortons know it’s time to apologise – but it won’t be to drug cheat Sun Yang or even a furious Chinese public.
Rio Games Day 4 swimming form guide
AHEAD of the swimming action on Day 4 at the Rio Games, take a look at the form guide for each event.
Horton welcomes calls to clean up sport
AUSTRALIA’S clean sport campaigner Mack Horton said he was grateful other Olympic swimmers had joined his fight for change in swimming.
Chalmers puts world on notice
CAMERON McEvoy’s biggest threat to the Olympic 100m freestyle crown is an Australian after two of his main rivals almost saw their dreams go up in flames in the heats.
The greatest Olympic meme
MICHAEL Phelps has delivered what will undoubtedly be one of the lasting images of the 2016 Games, sending Twitter into a meme-frenzy.
Yang ‘p***es purple’: French swimmer
A FRENCH swimmer has joined Australian gold medallist Mack Horton in slamming Chinese drug cheat Sun Yang, saying the 200m freestyle champion “p***es purple”.
Sevens heaven, hopes sunk in pool
A round up of what went down on day 3 in Rio: our women’s rugby sevens team win their gold medal match with the Kiwis, but medal hopes fall short in the pool …
Swim bosses dive for cover over drugs claims
OLYMPIC swimmers and coaches have lost complete faith in the sport’s governing body amid revelations it inexplicably let two convicted drug cheats escape out of competition testing for five months last year.
‘She has absolutely no shame’
A RUSSIAN drug cheat has wept uncontrollably at the Rio swimming centre in a move that has seen her branded “shameless”.
Olympic superstar’s mysterious fall
SHE was one of the star’s of the London Games, winning four gold. But in a stunner today, the American finished last in the semis.
Phelps: 37th most successful Olympic country
NO man is an island. But if Michael Phelps was his own entity, he’d be the 37th most successful country in the history of the Olympics. Not bad, not bad.
Michael Phelps’ ridiculous Olympic diet
AS a top-up snack after his historic 19th Olympic gold medal, Michael Phelps scoffed enough pasta for four dinners – which is nothing compared to what he’s done before.
The super nans of the Olympic Games
AS Adam Peaty stormed home to win Great Britain’s first male swimming gold medal in 28 years, there was another Pom stealing some of his limelight.
Phelps’ fairytale nearly didn’t happen
HE WAS the hero for the Americans in the 4x100m relay, but Michael Phelps was so close to not even getting in the water at all.
Swimming Day 3: Preview, form and tips
IT is set to be another jam-packed session in the pool, with a handful of Australians up for medals, including Emily Seebohm in the 100m backstroke.
American’s fiery finger wag
AMERICAN star Lilly King was unknowingly captured by a TV camera as she sent a message to a “drug cheat”.
Swimmers back Mack as fight gets ugly
NEWLY-crowned Aussie golden boy Mack Horton has picked a scab – and now the debate over drugs in sport is going to get bloody.
‘The boy is clean and we are angry’
CHINESE journalists had just finished getting selfies with swimmer Jiayu Xu but their smiles quickly vanished when asked about Aussie Mack Horton.
Twitter exposes McEvoy’s greatest threat
SOCIAL media has prepared Cameron McEvoy for the precise ambush of US star Nathan Adrian before the two swimmers go head to head in Rio.
Revealed: Relay moment that showed Phelps’ genius
US VIEW: He was no sure thing to race the 4x100m relay but when he did Michael Phelps produced something he’d never done before, despite four Olympics and 19 gold medals.
Can Aussie swim couple get gold?
AUSTRALIAN world champions and swimming super couple Mitch Larkin and Emily Seebohm have willingly embraced underdog status.
What really goes on inside Rio village
PARTIES, condoms and celebrities. Olympian Melanie Wright reveals what really happens when 10,000 athletes live together.
Out of our way, the Aussies are here
IN A show of force and intent, Australia’s fresh-faced Olympic swimming team have taken over Rio’s Olympic Aquatic Stadium
Sharp practice means Wilson is Rio ready
MADISON Wilson issued a warning to her backstroke rivals in Rio, declaring her training was “a lot faster” than last year when she was a shock world titles silver medallist.
‘I thought I’m going to vomit all over myself’
AUSSIE swimmer Alicia Coutts knows she’s left nothing in the tank for her third Olympic Games and there was almost television footage to prove it.
Campbell joins social media blackout
CATE Campbell is the latest of our swimming stars to stop using social media during the Olympics, telling her followers that she will be “taking a break”.
Bronte cool as ice on Cate’s WR
FINALLY the Campbell sister rivalry just got real. Very real. When Cate broke the 100m freestyle world record last month, Bronte was nowhere to be seen.
Olympic legends help raise McKeon’s stocks
DAVID McKeon has taken advice from Olympic greats Mark and Tracey Stockwell every day for the past year as he looks to conquer his nerves on the world stage.
Bruce’s 50 must-see Rio moments
WORRIED you might miss the Rio Olympic moments we’ll be talking about for years? Fear not, Channel 7’s Bruce McAvaney is here to mark your card …
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.
Respect now due to class of 2016
AUSTRALIA’S swim team will have the rock star treatment without the rock star behaviour when they arrive in Rio via a $300,000 private charter 737 jet on Sunday.
Video: McEvoy’s mind-blowing science lesson
WORM holes dinosaurs and e=mc2. Cameron McEvoy is passionate about science, so when we approached him for a physics lesson, he blew our minds. WATCH HERE.
‘Disrespectful’ to compare us to London team
TEAM leader and world record holder Cate Campbell launched an emphatic and passionate defence of the Australian swim team and its cultural rebuild.
Swim team from Stilnox to scrabble
FROM Stilnox to scrabble, parties to fancy dress — this is the PG-rated Australian Olympic swim team of 2016.
McLoughlin’s irritating formula to success
BEEP … beep … beep. Like a fridge with a door left open, an annoying sound to a normal person is actually a formula to make Jack McLoughlin swim to victory.
Swimmers’ preparation is down to the letter
AUSTRALIAN swimmers have received personal handwritten letters of inspiration from past Olympic greats to help them cope with the stress and pressure of competing in Rio.
McEvoy’s plans to make a Big Bang in Rio
HE IS hoping to leave Rio as the biggest name in swimming, catapulting him alongside Usain Bolt as a star of the games; but instead of partying, Cameron McEvoy has just one “must do” item on his list.
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