Latest swimming news
Palmer welcomes WADA call
![Relieved: Kylie Palmer.](/web/20151224075527im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/h/q/t/4/i/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.glt6s6.png/1450749486362.jpg)
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
![Tipped for gold: Bronte and Cate Campbell.](/web/20151224075527im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/z/y/b/5/c/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.glp008.png/1450246547399.jpg)
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
![Record breaker: Cameron McEvoy.](/web/20151224075527im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/a/9/0/l/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gla8pm.png/1448623509072.jpg)
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
![Ben Treffers will chase gold in the 50m backstroke final.](/web/20151224075527im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/z/x/6/1/k/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl69vt.png/1448436247689.jpg)
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
![KAZAN, RUSSIA - AUGUST 03: Emily Seebohm of Australia hugs Missy Franklin of the United States after competing in the Women's 100m Backstroke Heats on day ten of the 16th FINA World Championships at the Kazan Arena on August 3, 2015 in Kazan, Russia. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)](/web/20151224075527im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/4/a/r/o/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl44hi.png/1448089850747.jpg)
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
![Enraged: Dick Pound, chairman of WADA's independent commission.](/web/20151224075527im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/w/l/s/8/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gkw3b3.png/1447834465540.jpg)
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
![Katinka Hosszu of Hungary, Emily Seebohm of Australia and Natalie Coughlin of the USA stand on the podium after the Women's 100m Backstroke final.](/web/20151224075527im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/q/h/6/3/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gkqh1y.png/1446605306068.jpg)
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
![Emily Seebohm.](/web/20151224075527im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/n/8/x/v/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gjvrlh.png/1443361841572.jpg)
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
![Australian open-water swimmer Chelsea Gubecka.](/web/20151224075527im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/t/s/z/2/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gjtt2c.png/1443161584932.jpg)
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
![Emily Seebohm.](/web/20151224075527im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/n/8/x/v/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gjot3k.png/1443349899787.jpg)
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
![Palmer (2nd left) with Bronte Barratt, Linda Mackenzie and Stephanie Rice in Beijing.](/web/20151224075527im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/h/q/t/a/n/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gjnrmh.png/1442368607240.jpg)
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
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Swimming camp for athletes at the AIS.
15 September 2015
Photo: Rohan Thomson
The Canberra Times](/web/20151224075527im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/n/8/x/n/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gjn1xo.png/1442331680677.jpg)
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
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Swimming camp for athletes at the AIS.
Bronte Campbell
15 September 2015
Photo: Rohan Thomson
The Canberra Times](/web/20151224075527im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/n/b/u/a/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gjn21q.png/1442309090382.jpg)
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
![Olympian Tracey Wickham has had numerous setbacks since retiring from the pool.](/web/20151224075527im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/l/u/9/v/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gjltzs.png/1442248149880.jpg)
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
![Sibling rivalry: Bronte Campbell (right) with sister Cate.](/web/20151224075527im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/f/y/c/a/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gjfyaw.png/1441442197037.jpg)
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
![Elite company: Daniel Tranter will train with Michael Phelps in America.](/web/20151224075527im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/a/t/1/5/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gjao93.png/1440848130819.jpg)
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
![Emily Seebohm of Australia.](/web/20151224075527im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/x/4/t/p/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gix4np.png/1439355422571.jpg)
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
![Larissa Oliveira was warming up in the pool when allegedly elbowed and kicked.](/web/20151224075527im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/v/l/l/l/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.givkfr.png/1439179223253.jpg)
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
![Canberra's Ben Treffers won the bronze medal in the men's 50m backstroke at the world swimming championships in Kazan, Russia.](/web/20151224075527im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/v/c/a/3/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.givbus.png/1439169173501.jpg)
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
![KAZAN, RUSSIA - AUGUST 09: (L-R) Silver medallists Cameron McEvoy, Jayden Robert Hadler, Jake Packard and Mitch Larkin of Australia pose during the medal ceremony for the Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final on day sixteen of the 16th FINA World Championships at the Kazan Arena on August 9, 2015 in Kazan, Russia. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)](/web/20151224075527im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/v/8/w/9/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.giv8on.png/1439155225384.jpg)
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.