IN her first major international meet since taking a post-Rio sabbatical year in 2017, Cate Campbell put her rivals on notice with a gobsmacking time as she and her relay team-mates smashed their own world record en-route to gold.
MIGHTY Mack Horton turned cold-blooded racer supreme to deliver the first gold of Australia’s medal rush just a month after he feared Queensland’s heat would boil away his superpowers in the pool.
ARIARNE Titmus was meant to be the 17-year-old who upset the apple cart against world championship medallist Emma McKeon. But someone forgot to tell Canadian teen Taylor Ruck.
YOU know you’re close with your boyfriend when you can wear his shirt to a swish event.
WHEN swimmer Jack Cartwright’s max heartrate soared over 200 beats per minute during Commonwealth Games selection trials, his Gold Coast hopes looked headed into an ambulance right along with him.
THE Commonwealth Games has its first major controversy after a world champion’s disqualification left Ian Thorpe stunned.
ARIARNE Titmus and Emma McKeon have set the scene for a cracking showdown in the 200m freestyle on Thursday night as Australia looks to get its Games campaign off to a golden start in the pool.
MACK Horton will attempt to replicate his Rio success in the 400m freestyle to kickstart Australia’s campaign in the pool and help decide his future heading into the Tokyo Olympics.
TRACEY Wickham has roused the hit-or-miss Aussie swimmers to “own our pool” by dominating England from opening night as the trigger for a home grown gold rush at the Commonwealth Games.
SHE’S already had to skip university exams to compete on the Gold Coast, but 18-year-old swimmer Laura Taylor had to undergo another undesirable test on Sunday, and one that’s not proved ideal for her Games preparation.
EMMA McKeon will look to spark a Gold Coast gold rush on night one of the Games which could net her as many as six major medals and cement her position as a global swimming star.
KYLE Chalmers has stared down his inner demons and is now convinced he can return to the form that helped him win a shock Olympic gold in Rio.
ARIARNE Titmus is determined to put Tassie back on the map, 36 years after the insult dealt to Tasmania when the state was erased from the last Commonwealth Games opening ceremony held in Queensland.
CATE Campbell says her heart is beating ‘a little bit faster’ being back in an Australian swim team determined not to surrender its position as ruler of the pool.
STARPLEX Swim Centre high performance manager Stephen Garner saw James McKechnie’s potential seven years ago. Now McKechnie is set to make his Australian debut at the Commonwealth Games.
AFTER revealing they crossed paths a decade ago at a swimming meet, model Gabby Epstein says it was “weird and unexpected” that she began dating James Roberts after a shoulder injury forced her out of the highly competitive sport as a teenager.
THREE sets of siblings and a father-daughter combination are set to take up the battle in the pool from the first day of competition at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday.
IT’S not often the thrill of breaking a world record is quickly followed by the sensation “Oh man, I’m in trouble” but that was exactly my reaction after the 1500m freestyle final in 1994, writes Kieren Perkins.
THERE were times breaststroker Leiston Pickett just wanted to give up after missing out on the Rio Olympics but she now has the chance to join a select group of Australian athletes.
SWIMMING champion Giaan Rooney has revealed her pride got in the way when she felt she was “failing” as a mother.
RISING swim star Ariarne Titmus has spoken out about the pressure she felt under to succeed when she moved to Brisbane, saying her family made the ultimate sacrifice to move states for her swimming.
SWIM team bosses have decided against a social media blackout on Australia’s pool stars and have instead crossed their fingers that a wise-use advisory will be enough.
MACK Horton says he would have no hesitation in calling out cheats again if athletes were found to have brought drugs into the Games village.
KYLE Chalmers says winning the 200m freestyle at the Commonwealth Games trials gave him a “shock” but he’s not about to ditch the blue riband 100m as a result.
SHE heads into the Commonwealth Games as world champion and world record-holder but Kylie Masse is preparing for an Aussie fightback on the Gold Coast.
SWIMMING legends Susie O’Neill and Steph Rice have implored fans not to lumber Emma McKeon with expectation ahead of the Games.
SWIMMING Australia has appointed its first female chief executive, with Leigh Russell to take the helm of Australia’s top Olympic sport.
BOND University student Shiqi Thng has developed a formula for helping our swimmers shave valuable seconds of their times — and it could mean the difference between gold and nothing.
ONLY 7 days to go! Get into the Games spirit with limited edition Gold Coast 2018 Official Borobi Pin Collection, available via the token in The Courier-Mail from Wednesday, April 4. Pin your hopes on the Aussies and collect all five!
NINE weeks out from the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, Australia’s star swimmer Stephen Holland couldn’t break an egg let alone a world record.
THEY are here! Some of the best athletes from around the world have hit the Gold Coast for the Commonwealth Games. Before things officially kick off, check out some of the biggest head-to-head battles we can’t wait for.
A REFRESHED and confident Cate Campbell is in the form and mindset to trigger a Dolphins gold rush and our swimmers, in turn, will set the tone for the entire Australian team, writes Kieren Perkins.
James McKechnie’s hard work is finally paying off after the Hilbank swimmer was selected to represent Australia at next month’s Commonwealth Games
EMMA McKeon’s tough call to ditch the 100m freestyle from her packed Commonwealth Games program may turn into a gift from the pool gods for Brisbane’s Shayna Jack.
IN 1982, Queen Elizabeth II hung the 400m gold medal around a delighted Tracey Wickham’s neck. Thirty-six years on, it will be Wickham who has the honour of presenting the gold medal for the cherished event.
TRACEY Wickham was closer to pulling out of her final race than swimming for Commonwealth Games glory in 1982 when it took a crazy, horn-honking bus ride to get her to the blocks in the right mood.
A TINY bee has almost achieved what the world’s best swimmers have been unable to … stopping Mack Horton in his tracks ahead of the Commonwealth Games.
OUR medal-hungry Commonwealth Games swimmers are so serious about getting good sleep they’re bringing their own pillows to training camp, and one is even bringing her mattress topper.
THE country’s best swimmers descend on Queensland’s capital this weekend to head into Commonwealth Games camp – and Cate and Bronte Campbell say expect a few surprises on the podium on the Gold Coast this year.
AT only 15 years of age, Hayley Lewis became a household name with an inspiring performance at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.
GEOFF Huegill remembers the 51 second race like it was yesterday. After decade-long rollercoaster life, during which he ballooned to 138kg, he finally found his way back to the top of the podium on a magical night in Delhi.
HE is one of the greatest Australian swimmers of all time but qualifying for the 1970 Commonwealth Games was one of the most bizarre experiences of his swimming career.
WITHOUT their stars, the Australian swimming team were facing the prospect of a nightmare medal scenario at the Melbourne Games of 2006. That was until Matt Cowdrey stepped up.
THEY shaved their heads, they won swimming gold medals and one of their members even tried to break Rod Marsh’s beer drinking record. The “Mean Machine” were part of our 80s swimming resurgence.
IT was dubbed “the Miracle Mile”. But by the end of the marathon, a world record holder had wilted in the extreme heat and collapsed — within sight of the finish line — after covering a gruelling 27 miles.
THERE’S always that one kid who’s a real gun, but this 17-year-old Queenslander took it to a new level at her school swim meet.
THERE’S always that one kid at school who’s a real gun at sport, but this 17-year-old Queenslander has taken that to the next level at her local swimming carnival, and her opponents already knew they had no hope. SEE THE VIDEO
IT could yet prove to be the making of Cameron McEvoy’s Commonwealth Games.
TRAVIS Mahoney says relocating to Adelaide has given him the belief to swim for a maiden Commonwealth Games medal on the Gold Coast, after joining three other SA-based athletes on the Australian team.
AT the 1998 Commonwealth Games Susie O’Neill owned the pool and decided to celebrate in an unusual fashion.
AFTER bouncing back to dominate the Commonwealth Games swimming trials following a break, a revitalised Cate Campbell hopes she can now extend her career for as long as she can.
HEAD coach Jacco Verhaeren is confident Australia’s swimmers will be at their peak during the Commonwealth Games despite many falling below their best during last week’s trials.
MOST of the big names in Australian swimming were just content to do what was necessary to qualify for the Commonwealth Games last week. Expect a different mindset in five weeks time.
SWIMMING Australia has plumped for hometown domination over tough love after filling its athlete quota for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games despite most failing to meet the “A” standard.
HE’S an Olympic champion and an AFL tragic. But what is the bizarre obsession that keeps Kyle Chalmers ticking? The star swimmer opens up on how he stays grounded out of the water.
JAMES Roberts’ decision to push his battered body through another preparation has been rewarded, with the Gold Coast product to line up at a home Commonwealth Games.
MATT Wilson’s pre-Games training is likely to include lessons on how to tighten his goggles.
SWIMMING Australia has plumped for hometown domination over tough love after filling its athlete quota for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games despite most of those selected failing to meet the “A” standard.
MITCH Larkin is set to become the ironman of the Australian swimming team, tackling five individual events at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
SHE’S terminated every target in her sights at this week’s Australian swimming trials but Ariarne Titmus still has one mission ahead of the Commonwealth Games — and Brisbane’s best school swimmers should watch out.
KAYLEE McKeown’s family went nuts in the stands as she pulled off a huge upset over Emily Seebohm, but it was another loved one to whom she dedicated her maiden national title.
JAMES Magnussen has just one more chance to grab an individual berth at the Commonwealth Games but insists that if a relay spot is all that comes his way, there’s not much more he could have done.
ARIARNE Titmus has become just the sixth woman in Australian title history — and first since Linda McKenzie in 2004 — to win the distance treble.
THREE training partners, injury battles and creating a piece of family history have helped spur Georgia Bohl’s Commonwealth Games dream.
JACK Cartwright was rushed into an ambulance after worrying mid-race heart palpitations just the day before he swam his way onto his first Commonwealth Games team.
KYLE Chalmers and Jack Cartwright dominated the 100m freestyle, relegating Cameron McEvoy to third and pushing James Magnussen out of an individual Commonwealth Games swim.
THE Magnussen swagger is back. Already tagged the “alpha male” of the event, James Magnussen is supremely confident heading into the 100m final despite qualifying third fastest.
MADELINE Groves says she has rediscovered her love of swimming after a tough year battling illness and a possible drug ban.
HER dad calls her The Terminator. But it was still a surprise when Ariarne Titmus showed her killer instinct to shoot down runaway favourite Emma McKeon in the 200m freestyle final.
KYLE Chalmers has given a sneak peek into a testing past year, saying his first national long course title win is the “best feeling I’ve had in quite a while”.
ARIARNE Titmus has become the first able-bodied swimmer to book a place on the team for the Commonwealth Games, taking down Commonwealth record-holder Emma McKeon in the 200m freestyle.
HE may be reigning Olympic champion but Kyle Chalmers says James Magnussen is the top dog ahead of the Commonwealth Games trials and hopes some more trash talk from the man that calls himself The Missile will secure him gold again.
EMMA McKeon will tackle the 200m double on the opening night of the Commonwealth Games swimming trials, confident she will not be sacrificing her pet freestyle event for a tilt at the 200m butterfly.
KYLE Chalmers hopes the lessons he learnt during a forced sabbatical will lead to a long career after admitting he allowed the pressure of being Olympic champion get to him.
ARIARNE Titmus might seem like a fresh-faced teenager, but the swimmer known as ‘The Terminator’ is hunting more than just a Commonwealth Games spot at this week’s swim trials.
A PROGRAM tweak has ensured James Magnussen, Kyle Chalmers and Cate Campbell will have to hit the ground running when they launch their comeback at the Commonwealth Games trials.
TAYLOR McKeown will head to the Gold Coast Games with a Commonwealth title, but the breaststroker is going back to the future in 2018 to combat a poor run of ‘terrible’ swims.
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