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swimming March 13, 2021
Australian swimming and the Tokyo Olympics
With disruption and doubt still surrounding the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, now scheduled to start in July 2021, can the Australian swim team stay in their lane and remain focused on the quest for gold?
swimming February 27, 2021
Where once elite athletes were encouraged to show no chinks in their armour, today’s sporting heroes are keen to share their vulnerabilities in the hope of reducing the stigma surrounding mental health challenges.
swimming August 17, 2019
Swimmer Mack Horton’s stand against drug cheats, while admirable, brings into focus the double standard over who is doping and who is seen to have made an innocent mistake.
swimming February 24, 2018
Rolling strokes: Dean Summers, 58, channel swimmer
Dean Summers on his plan to swim the Seven Seas in support of exploited international seafarers.
swimming April 8, 2017
In the gene pool: Emma McKeon, 22, swimmer
Emma McKeon on her Rio Olympics triumph, her swimming pedigree and her plans for the future.
swimming June 11, 2016
Different strokes: Jarrod Poort, 21, long-distance swimmer
Open-water swimmer Jarrod Poort’s plan to make waves in Rio.
swimming June 20, 2015
Super fish: Mack Horton, 19, swimmer
Commonwealth Games silver medallist Mack Horton on the Australian swim team’s cultural turnaround.
swimming May 9, 2015
Keeping up with the Jones: Taylor McKeown, swimmer, 20
Commonwealth Games 200-metres breaststroke gold medallist Taylor McKeown reveals her animal instincts.
swimming March 28, 2015
The professor: Cameron McEvoy, 20, swimmer
Is this Australia's brainiest sportsman?
swimming February 28, 2015
Gold rush: Ellie Cole, 23, swimmer and wheelchair basketball player
Four-time London Paralympics gold medallist Ellie Cole on the shock of being a champion.
swimming July 12, 2014
Making a splash: Cate Campbell, 22, swimmer
Her best friends were always the nerds and never the jocks, but then Cate Campbell fell in love with winning.
