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Julie McDonald embraces Kieren Perkins after he had just smashed the 1500m world record.

From the Archives, 1996: Kieren Perkins, the indisputable world no.1

On April 5, 1992, Kieren Perkins set a second world record in just 48 hours when he slashed the 1500m freestyle time by almost two seconds. The record was Perkins’ fourth, with world record times also in the 400m, 800m and 1500m short course.

  • Ron Carter

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Former swimmer and dual Olympic gold medallist Kieren Perkins has forged a successful career as a banking executive.

Olympic legend Perkins says disruption ‘part of the scenery’ at Games

Kieren Perkins, now president of Swimming Australia, has been encouraged by the first Tokyo COVID playbook and said adversity was part of every Olympic Games.

  • Phil Lutton
Gold medal winner Grant Hackett (right) and Kieren Perkins at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.

'Scared of my own country': Hackett's fear before Olympic clash with Perkins

Hackett said their relationship at the time was 'frosty', not because of any hostility between them but because Perkins had such a laser-like focus on swimming.

  • Phil Lutton

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