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Swimming
'It's still hard to believe': Kieren Perkins recalls Atlanta gold
Twenty-four years ago the reigning Olympic champion scraped into the 1500m final. What happened after that taught him lessons for life.
- by Laine Clark
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Olympics
Shutdown may still affect Tokyo, despite postponement: Perkins
Dual Olympic champion says it may take a year for some swimmers to recover from shutdown and could affect standard of competition in the 2021 Tokyo Games pool.
2020 Tokyo Olympics
Cate Campbell considers extending career to record five Games
The former world champion admitted retirement was on the horizon after the 2020 Olympics, but a three-year interval between Games now has her reconsidering.
- by Laine Clark
Coronavirus pandemic
Butterfly world champion among nine Hungarian swimmers to test positive to coronavirus
Hungary's entire swimming team, including Boglarka Kapas, and staff have now been tested.
- by Marton Dunai
Coronavirus pandemic
'By far the worst virus I have ever endured': Swimmer's two weeks from hell
Cameron van der Burgh, a retired South African swimmer who won gold in 2012, has revealed what is like when a young, healthy person acquires coronavirus.
- by Cindy Boren
Shayna Jack
CAS date delayed as Shayna Jack brings in legal firepower
The waiting game continues for the 21-year-old as a new-look legal team prepares her for a last-ditch attempt at a reduction to her four-year ban.
- by Phil Lutton
Shayna Jack
Jack's hopes rest with CAS after ASADA ratifies maximum ban
The Australian swimmer, who tested positive for Ligandrol, may head to CAS to try and lessen her ban after ASADA recommended a four-year suspension.
- by Phil Lutton
2020 Tokyo Olympics
'Nothing will stop me swimming fast': Chalmers' focus on Dressel not virus
While world champion Ariarne Titmus and her Brisbane squad mates have withdrawn after falling ill, Kyle Chalmers is in Sydney to step up his campaign to defend Olympic gold in Tokyo.
- by Chris Barrett
2020 Tokyo Olympics
Unwell Titmus pulls out of NSW swimming titles for 'precautionary' reasons
Leading coach Dean Boxall says most of his swimmers are ill and have been withdrawn from the key lead-in event to Tokyo but stressed "this is not coronavirus".
- by Chris Barrett
Doping
Sun Yang can plead with FINA for clemency after career-ending ban
The Chinese star will have the chance to ask FINA for a reduction in his penalty once the new WADA Code goes into force next year.
- by Phil Lutton
Sun Yang
CAS criticises Sun for lack of remorse during doping case
The Court of Arbitration for Sport criticised Chinese swimmer Sun Yang for showing "no regret" for his actions during an aborted doping test that resulted in an eight-year ban for him.