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Palmer welcomes WADA call
Olympic champion Kylie Palmer can officially set her sights on the 2016 Rio Games after the World Anti-Doping Authority opted not to appeal a reprimand from swimming's governing body.
Swimmers need support in gold rush: AOC
David Sygall A top-five finish for Australia at the Rio Olympic Games – reversing a downward trend that has lasted more than a decade – will rely on traditional powerhouse swimming maintaining its resurgence but must be supported by athletes in other sports.
Cameron McEvoy breaks Thorpe's 15-year record
Matt Encarnacion Cameron McEvoy has cracked Ian Thorpe's 15-year national record in the 200m freestyle final at the Australian Short Course Championships on Friday night.
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Treffers chases down Larkin for Olympic Games spot
Lee Gaskin Canberra backstroker Ben Treffers is hunting down world champion Mitch Larkin on his way to forcing his way in to the Australian team for next year's Olympic Games.
How horse and pole dancing has Seebohm focused on Rio Games
Daniel Lane A showjumping horse named Platinum - allied with a pole dancing exercise routine - are playing important roles in helping prime backstroker Emily Seebohm to slice through the water at Rio de Janeiro's Olympic Aquatics Stadium next year.
Swimming officials on watch as Russian doping scandal threatens to spread
Phil Lutton Australian swimming officials are watching the Russian doping scandal as a former coach says Rio 2016 could be the dirtiest Games ever.
Aussie backstrokers dominate again
Australians Mitch Larkin and Emily Seebohm have asserted their dominance in the backstroke at the FINA World Cup in Doha, winning all six finals.
Six swimming golds to Australia
World champions Emily Seebohm and Cate Campbell have led Australia to a stunning haul of six gold and 16 World Cup medals overall in Hong Kong.
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Right altitude gets swimmers on track for Rio
Kyle Mackey-Laws Movies, PlayStations, chilling out and even colouring in - Australia's best long distance swimmers will do anything to pass the time inside the AIS altitude house.
Virus scare leads to FINA calls for water testing
Swimming's governing body FINA has called for virus testing in water which will be used at next year's Olympics - including the world famous Copacabana beach - following fears for athletes' health.
Swimmer can go to Rio after reprimand
Olympic champion Kylie Palmer has received only a reprimand and a warning from swimming's world governing body for a doping test saga which has dragged on for more than two years.
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Grant Hackett senses glory days return as ''fragmented'' swim team unites
Jon Tuxworth Grant Hackett believes the "fragmentation" within the Australian swimming team during the 2012 Olympics meant it was always doomed to fail.
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Late night training sessions to give swimmers edge at Rio
Jon Tuxworth At midnight most swimmers are staring at the back of their eyelids, not the bottom of a pool.
Swim star on verge of homelessness
Tracey Wickham says she's a month away from being kicked out of her Gold Coast home.
Bronte Campbell named Australian Swimmer of the Year with Emily Seebohm
Beth Newman Bronte Campbell has ended another of her big sister's streaks, sharing the 2015 Australian Swimmer of the Year award with Emily Seebohm.
Tranter ready to swim with Phelps in America
Daniel Lane If Jarryd Hayne is being hailed a superstar for his try-out with the San Francisco 49ers NFL team, what word describes another sporting talent also from Sydney's south-west who is a member of the elite swim squad that Olympic great Michael Phelps competes for?
SWIM:Two Aussie golds at Moscow World Cup
Australian world champion Emily Seebohm has continued on her winning ways on the opening day of the FINA World Cup in Moscow - just days after her triumphant World Championship campaign in Kazan.
Sun Yang accused of attempting to elbow and kick female swimmer
China's Olympic champion Sun Yang tried to elbow and kick a female swimmer at the world championships.
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Treffers grabs bronze at world championships
Lee Gaskin Canberra's Ben Treffers won bronze in his pet event, but it's a longer race he is setting his sights on.
Relay silver leaves Australian swimming team oh so close to glory
Laine Clark Head coach Jacco Verhaeren says he is not getting ahead of himself before the Rio Olympics despite Australia getting within a fingernail of equalling No.1 United States' gold medal tally at the world swimming championships.
