March 29, 2020
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As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to unfold essentially minute-by-minute around the world, one thing we know is that athletes across all sports are off the field, away from the court and out of the pool indefinitely. Most swimmers already had comprehensive strength and conditioning programs built into their overall training regimens, but they are now forced to rely on just those athletic outlets until they’re able to finally get wet once again. Besides dryland training, your favorite elite stars are also keeping their minds sharp by catching up on books they’ve been me ...
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What elite #swimmers are doing around the world during crisis.
March 21, 2020
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With the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak continuing to unfold minute-by-minute around the world, athletes across all sports are grasping at training opportunities with the Olympic Games still on schedule to begin in July. We reported how a group of United States-based National Team and Junior National Team swimmers who were training at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs were sent home after the state ordered the facility to close. The Royal Dutch Swimming Federation (KNZB) was also forced to cease all top swimming activities around the country, shutting down its already- ...
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Most elite Aussie #swimmers still in the pool.
March 20, 2020
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Australia’s head swimming coach Jacco Verhaeren knows first hand that this year’s Tokyo Olympics will not be swum “on a level playing field” and has sent an impassioned and unprecedented message to the world expressing his concerns. To hold;d the Olympic Games from July 24, 2020, would he indicates, be “unfair”. Highlights and the coronavirus (COVD-19) crunch in his message to Olympic bosses.
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Australia’s head #swimming coach warns 2020 Olympics won't be contested "on a level playing field"
March 15, 2020
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Kyle Chalmers (Marion) may well consider adding the 100m butterfly to his Tokyo Olympic program according to his coach Peter Bishop – who says it’s not off the table. The Rio Olympic 100m freestyle gold medallist showed his hand in Sydney overnight with an eye-catching personal best time of 51.37 – the third fastest time in the world this year. It was his fourth victory in three days as the successful NSW State Open Championships w ...
March 15, 2020
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In addition to Kyle Chalmers ripping a 51.37 lifetime best in the 100m fly to become Australia’s 3rd fastest performer all-time, there were several other head-turning swims that wrapped up the 2020 New South Wales State Open Championships. For starters, 25-year-old Olympian Emma McKeon turned some heads with her stellar gold medal-worthy time of 1:55.38 tonight in Sydney. After playing it cool in the morning heats with a casual 1:59.65, the Griffith University swimmer unleashed splits of 55.63/59.75 to beat the field by over a second en r ...
March 14, 2020
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A record breaking “Mac Attack” from Queensland girls Emma McKeon and Kaylee McKeown set the Sydney Olympic Aquatic Centre alight tonight on a sizzling second finals session at the NSW State Open Championships. With swimming’s immediate competition future cancelled these NSW Championships continue to produce red hot races – with NSW and Australian records tumbling in world best times. In a nutshell, these were the night two highlights: Four-time Rio Olympic medallist McKeon started the night when she finally erased Sydney 2000 Olympic gold medallist Inge de Bruijn’s name from the 100m ...
March 14, 2020
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Swimming is still going on strong down under, as we saw day 2 action of the 2020 New South Wales State Open Championships. Kyle Chalmers , Emma McKeon , and Kaylee McKeown were among the elite performers who brought the heat during day 1 and the trio, plus more, were back in action today at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Center (SOPAC). For 25-year-old Olympian McKeon, we reported how she nailed a new Aussie All Comers Record in the women’s 100m fly to take tonight’s gold in that event. Hitting the wall in 56.36, McKeon logged the 3rd fastest tim ...
March 14, 2020
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The battlelines have been drawn again between Australia’s premier backstrokers Emily Seebohm, Minna Atherton and Kaylee McKeown who will go head-to-head in tonight’s fascinating 100m backstroke final on night two of the NSW State Open Championships at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. The Championships is one of the few sporting events in Australia this weekend with spectators, family and friends in the grandstands, with the country on the verge of a full sporting spectator lockout from Monday. It will be the final opportunity for many swimmers to clock times at a major competi ...
March 13, 2020
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Queensland teenager and Tokyo Olympic hopeful Kaylee McKeown has up-staged Australian swimming’s biggest names on a drama-charged opening night of the NSW State Championships at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. It was a night that saw Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers win the 200m butterfy-100m freestyle double and Cate Campbell sensationally disqualified before being re-instated to silver in the 100m freestyle final after a successful protest to the Jury of Appeal. Chalmers backed up his power-packed morning swims to again signal his intentions in a year that has already been tu ...
March 13, 2020
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In the midst of swimming meets both small and large being cancelled or postponed around the world, the New South Wales State Open Championships are indeed taking place at Syndey Olympic Park Aquatic Center. As we reported, special instructions regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19) were published prior to the meet, including advising against competitor handshakes during medal ceremonies, as well as keeping an eye out for unwell spectators in the stands. Also, this meet is being held against the backdrop that both the Australian Senior and Austra ...
Feb. 13, 2020
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McKeon was joined by the likes of Ian Thorpe, Cate and Bronte Campbell, Emily Seebohm and others as they raised money for bushfire relief.
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Congrats on a successful #swim clinic. Raising money to fight the bushfire. @GoodbyeChlorine
David McKeon raising money to fight the fires in Austrailia. #swimming
Jan. 22, 2020
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18-year-old Kaylee McKeown won silver at 2019 Worlds in the 200 back. This week, she hit the #1 time worldwide, a lifetime-best 2:05.83.
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Kaylee McKeown climbs 200 back world ranking #swimming
Dec. 30, 2019
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There were so many great highlights from Australian swimmers through the decade beginning in 2010 and about to end. Highlights to celebrate included Olympic and Paralympic champions, World and Commonwealth
Dec. 29, 2019
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Liz Byrnes, Swimming World’s new European Correspondent, hones in on the achievements of Adam Peaty, one of the most outstanding pioneers on the pool in swimming history, as her No1
Dec. 28, 2019
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Splashbacks: LeBron James launches a swim camp with Simone Manuel and West Virginia's lack of pool space are among the top stories for May/June 2019.
June 12, 2019
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The 2019 Australian World Swimming Trials headed into its fifth morning in Brisbane, as its elite participants geared up for another day of competition.
