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.
Swimming
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.
Russian pleads to be allowed to race McEvoy
CAMERON McEvoy’s main Russian rival Vladimir Morozov has pleaded his innocence of doping allegations and pleaded to be allowed to compete in Rio.
Wu hoping it’s third time lucky in Rio
AUSTRALIAN diver Melissa Wu is confident she is ready to claim an individual Olympic medal as she prepares for her third Games after an incredible 10 years on the national team.
McEvoy: The vital lessons I learnt form Phelps
CAMERON McEvoy plans to use Michael Phelps as inspiration to avoid the emotional wave of competition when he tackles Australia’s busiest schedule in Rio.
Russia ban is relay good news for Aussies
THE men’s 4x100m freestyle relay team have moved one step closer to Olympic gold after a decision by FINA to ban Russian rivals from the Rio Games.
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Our 409 Rio athletes deserve the spotlight
I’M done with the bad energy. Let’s leave Russia, Kitty Chiller, Zika and crime at the Rio door and focus on what the Olympics is really about – the athletes.
Olympic footnote’s hidden torment
FAMOUSLY standing aside for Ian Thorpe ahead of the 2004 Olympics wasn’t even the lowest blow Craig Stevens copped during his swimming career.
New Rio nightmare for our biggest stars
HERE’S a sneak peek at where Aussie athletes will be forced to sleep at the Rio Olympics, and it is making our biggest stars more than a little bit nervous.
‘I am only human’ McEvoy’s ultimate sacrifice
CAMERON McEvoy says his decision to withdraw from the 200m freestyle in Rio is in the best interests of the relay teams and his own pursuit gold medal pursuit.
Fraser-Holmes’ endless search for winning edge
SWIMMER Thomas Fraser-Holmes is pulling out all the stops ahead of Rio as he looks for that 1 per cent difference between Olympic gold and nothing.
Disgraced swim coach slips through Rio net
CONTROVERSIAL swim coach Scott Volkers has landed a gig in Rio despite a request by Australian officials to bar him from the Rio Games because of alleged child sex crimes.
Swimmers ready for their time in the sunnies
REVOLUTIONARY sunglasses to be worn at night are the Australian swim team’s secret weapon to combat late night finals and the stilnox ban at the Rio Olympic Games.
Short and Sweet: Thank goodness for female golfers!
ROOKIES rule, golfers excited, a working mum excels, NSW Swifts soar and a legend misses the Games cut. All this and more women’s sport news in SHORT AND SWEET.
Aussies march out of opening ceremony
AS few as one in three Australian Olympic athletes will march behind golden girl Anna Meares at next month’s Rio opening ceremony.
Cate enjoys breakfast of champions
CATE Campbell has enjoyed the last reward she will have handed to her on a plate before Rio — scrambled eggs and a coffee prepared by her sister Bronte.
Campbell breaks historic world record
CATE Campbell has become Australia’s first individual world record breaker since the infamous supersuit era with a stunning 100m freestyle victory.
Recharged Missile ready to lead Rio relay
JAMES Magnussen is back. After missing an individual spot for Rio, the former dual world champion showed he can still match it with the best in the world.
McEvoy swimming fast but feeling ‘horrible’
CAMERON McEvoy looks a million bucks but feels like a five cent piece as he prepares for his final meeting before the Olympic Games.
Campbell swats away Zika fears in hunt for gold
POOL queen Cate Campbell put golf’s stay-at-home stars in their place when she said: “It would take a lot more than Zika to stop me from going to Rio.”
Phelps secures ticket to fifth Olympics
MICHAEL Phelps has become the first man to make a fifth US Olympic swimming team with victory in the 200m butterfly at his national trials.
Wu dives into Olympic waters for third time
SHE made her Olympic debut as a tiny, shy teenager at the Beijing Games back in 2008. Now eight years on Melissa Wu is the veteran of the Australian diving team heading to Rio.
Aussie swimmers braced for US reality check
AUSTRALIA’S Olympic gold medal contenders have been warned to expect world records to fall as the US Olympic trials put heat on our pace-setting Dolphins.
Mckeon draws on dad’s deep pool of knowledge
EMMA McKeon believes listening to her father rather than rebelling against him is the reason she will head to the Rio Olympic Games as a medal contender in five events.
Water baby Poort passes parent trap
ONE month before Jarrod Poort qualified for his second Olympics, the open water swimmer faced the daunting prospect of ruining his parents’ trip to Rio.
Keeping it in the Olympic family
SISTER acts and brotherly love: Michael Carayannis speaks to the seven sets of Australian sporting siblings already bound for Brazil this August.
Refugee who swam for life off to Rio
A SYRIAN refugee who last year was forced to swim for her life trying to reach Greece will now swim for a gold medal after being selected for the Rio Olympics.
Barely believable audition for Rio
IF ED Moses somehow manages to scrape onto the US Olympic swimming team, the story of how he got there will be one for the ages.
Evans’ rough road to Rio
WEST Australian swimmer Blair Evans is living proof of the saying “what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger”.
Taylor’s tattoo lashes Japan
THE new dolphin tattoo on Taylor McKeown’s rib cage has far greater meaning than simply being a member of the Australian swimming team.
McEvoy hit by earthquake, Twitter hacker
SWIMMER Cameron McEvoy has endured a nightmare 24 hours in Japan after experiencing an earthquake in his hotel room before waking to find his Twitter account hacked.
McEvoy coy on Rio medal prospects
HE has been tipped to win six gold medals at the Olympics later this year, and despite being less than three months from arriving in Rio, Cameron McEvoy is no closer to gauging how he will fare.
McEvoy off to Tokyo to continue preparation
CAMERON McEvoy read the hidden message stitched inside the leg of his new Olympic racing uniform, “I am ready”. Immediately he thought: “no I’m not’’.
Olympic swimming outfits revealed
CHEF de mission Kitty Chiller hailed Australia’s aquatic superstars at the launch of the new-look swimming, diving and water polo Rio Olympic uniforms. CHECK OUT THE PICS.
Coates’ letter implores Brazil to dunk Volkers
THIS is the letter AOC president John Coates hopes will protect 34 members of the Australian swimming team from alleged sexual offender Scott Volkers in Rio de Janeiro.
McEvoy to use Thorpe, Hackett as mentors
AUSTRALIA’S rising Rio Olympics star Cameron McEvoy has revealed plans to use former greats Grant Hackett and Ian Thorpe as personal mentors .
New Dawn for Aussie swimmers
OLYMPIC legend Dawn Fraser refuses to make any gold medal predictions for our swimmers but believes the current crop can bury the demons of the past in Rio.
Sisters to swim into Olympic history
IN a little over 100-days the Campbell sisters hope to create a piece of family history no one of the planet is likely to better.
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.
Surfing, horse riding ‘too risky’ for swimmers
AUSTRALIA’S Olympic swim team have been formally told to avoid “risky” activities between now and Rio.
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.
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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