Close your eyes for a moment. Take a breath. What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think about swimming?

The Olympic champion will sit out this year's FINA World Championships as he undergoes surgery for supraventricular tachycardia.

Teenage Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers has pulled out of July's world swimming championships and is to undergo surgery for a worsening heart condition.

The silver-medal winning swimmer could face a lengthy ban for missing a scheduled doping test, but her lawyer says the case against her is weak and riddled with inconsistencies.

Rio Olympic Games silver medallist Madeline Groves is reportedly one of three Australian swimmers facing a two-year ban for missing drug tests.

Ben Treffers regained his national title on Thursday night and will now turn his attention to the Commonwealth Games.

The "madness" that came after winning Olympic gold made Mack Horton's head spin.

The pain in Bronte Campbell's troublesome shoulder has finally subsided ahead of her dual world title defence but the sprint queen admitted to having a major pain in the neck at this week's national titles in Brisbane - her big sister Cate.

If anyone knows how Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers feels after learning a harsh lesson at the national swim titles in Brisbane, it's the man who helped deliver it - Cameron McEvoy.

The international governing body wants to add 10 events to the schedule for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

Canberra swimmer Ben Treffers has changed scenery for the next stage of his career.

At 29, Holly Barratt may not be feeling her age but people can't stop talking about it after she became the Australian swim team's oldest rookie.

For backstroke champion Emily Seebohm, the hunted has now become the hunter ahead of her dual world title defence.

Perhaps Mack Horton summed it up best after winning a bizarre 200m freestyle final at the national swim titles in Brisbane on Monday night.

Canberra schoolgirl Rebecca Cross has been selected as one of four elite swimmer to train under Tracey Menzies.

Triple Olympian Belinda Hocking has drawn the curtains after 13 decorated years in the pool.

Yulia Efimova will race during the weekend in Sydney as part of an Australian trip that also includes scouting for a potential coach.

Cate Campbell and Liesel Jones believe the success of AFL Women's proves female sport has huge potential.

By Ed Jackson