Category: Competition
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James Magnussen fuming after finishing second again to Cameron McEvoy
James Magnussen is pissed off, giant killer Cameron McEvoy is now the hunted and 16-year-old wunderkind Kyle Chalmers is the new hunter. Welcome to the new world order of Australian sprinting. McEvoy extended his recent dominance over the two-times world champion Magnussen by gunning down the sprint king in the final strokes of the 100m freestyle…
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Mieko Nagaoka: 100-year-old Japanese swimmer sets 1,500m record
A Japanese woman has become the first 100-year-old to complete a 1,500m freestyle swim in a 25m pool. Mieko Nagaoka, who only took up swimming at the age of 82, already holds the record in her age category for the same distance in a 50m pool. She completed the latest feat in just over one…
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#AusChamps15 – Day 2 Highlights
Highlights from Day 2 of the 2015 Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships.
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Michael Phelps will qualify for Rio Olympics: Cathy Bennett
Swimming legend Michael Phelps’ return to the sport is clearly not going as per plan, with the 29-year-old currently excluded from the USA swim team for the World Championships in Russia and the Pan-American Games in Toronto later this year after he was found guilty for a drunken-driving offence in September last year. However, Cathy…
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Grant Hackett finishes fourth in 200m final to claim relay spot at world titles
Grant Hackett missed out on a medal in the 200 metres freestyle final at the Australian swimming championships in Sydney on Sunday night, but his swim felt as good as a win for the Queenslander with his fourth place and time assuring he will go to the world championships. The former two times Olympic champion’s…
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Sprenger and Coutts could pull plug on career after poor results at #AusChamps15
Australian veterans Christian Sprenger and Alicia Coutts may both retire after the Olympic medallists failed to make the Dolphins team last night in their pet events. Coutts wanted to retire 12 weeks ago due to a persistent shoulder injury that requires surgery while Sprenger has battled back off just six weeks training following shoulder surgery…
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#AusChamps15 – Day 1 Highlights
Highlights from Day 1 of the 2015 Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships.
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#AusChamps15: Mack on track for stellar week at SOPAC
The opening night of the 2015 Hancock Prosecting Australian Swimming Championships saw young-gun Mack Horton and David McKeon became the first swimmers to secure their place on the Australian Dolphins Swim Team for the upcoming FINA World Championships in Kazan, taking gold and silver respectively in the highly anticipated final of the men’s 400m freestyle.…