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The unlikely team sport left high and dry when Sydney dive pool closes
A difficult sport to watch is going to become an even rarer sight as underwater rugby loses a subaquatic pitch.
- Frances Howe
Lord Mayor backflips on promise of 50,000 free swimming lessons and $2 swims
Lord Mayor Nick Reece is backing away from a pledge to provide 50,000 free swimming lessons and $2 swimming pool entry across the City of Melbourne’s pools.
- Cara Waters
In NSW, swimming lessons started in 1880. Now some schools struggle to put a relay team together
After nationwide research showed participation in school swimming carnivals had plunged, experts say a lot of students are missing out on key skills.
- Julie Power and Frances Howe
School swimming carnivals are dying. It’s putting a generation at risk
One in four schools around Australia have abandoned the annual swimming carnival, research shows, as Royal Life Saving Australia sounds the alarm over safety.
- Julie Power
State welcomes inter-city Olympic tension as Brisbane misses out on Matildas
Queensland’s sports minister has encouraged competitive tension between Brisbane and the Gold Coast over which city should host 2032 Olympic and Paralympic swimming.
- Cameron Atfield
Perth swimmer Max Coten first to reach shore in annual Rottnest swim
A cold morning greeted swimmers in this year’s iconic Rottnest Channel Swim with local marathon swimmer Max Coten the first athlete to make it to shore.
- Sarah Brookes
Peta trains in a frozen cattle trough. She just became a swimming world champion
Hailing from a tiny town in regional NSW, Peta Bradley is an unlikely ice swimming champion. She says the pain is what motivates her.
- Frances Howe
Olympic sports push back on venue plan that would leave them with nothing
Hockey has made a pitch to ditch Ballymore for the Gold Coast, while swimming has called for a new aquatic centre at Victoria Park.
- Cameron Atfield
‘Gear up for LA’: Titmus reveals return date to the pool
Ariarne Titmus has kept quiet on her plans after the Paris Olympics. Now, the Australian swimming great reveals when she plans to get back in the pool.
- Tom Decent
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