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Close swim: The women's 50m freestyle semi-final in Rio.

Did some swimmers have an unfair advantage in Rio?

A few years ago, researchers from Indiana University discovered a disturbing pattern at the 2013 Swimming World Championships in Barcelona. According to the lap-time data, athletes assigned to the outer lanes of the pool were consistently swimming faster in one direction than the other.

'No room for cheats': Aussie eyes off Russian foe

Taylor McKeown.

Inspired by compatriot Mack Horton's win over Sun Yang, Australian Taylor McKeown wants to follow in his footsteps and strike a blow for clean sport by beating controversial Russian Yulia Efimova in Thursday night's 200m breaststroke final.

Larkin puts disappointment behind him

Satisfied: Mitch Larkin.

A tear was shed on Monday night, but then Mitch Larkin put the disappointment of his 100m backstroke near miss to bed, and locked in on securing gold in Thursday night's 200m backstroke final.

Cate Campbell breaks 100m world record

Cate Campbell

Cate Campbell became the fastest woman to ever grace the pool, then celebrated with a quote from Cool Runnings, as she blasted her way into the records books.