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Swimming
From the Archives, 1960: World records crash in thrilling swim titles
In 1960, six world records were smashed in a thrilling hour of swimming at the Australian championships at North Sydney pool.
- by Bruce Welch
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COVID-19 brings a change in Sydney: end of ‘overly zealous’ ocean swimming
The Murray Rose Malabar Magic shows the benefits the pandemic has brought for a popular summer sport.
- by Garry Maddox
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Swimming
The family tragedy driving Australian swimming star’s bid for Games glory
Should brilliant teenage backstroker Kaylee McKeown deliver on her immense talent in Tokyo, the memory of her late father, Sholto, will be her guiding light.
- by Phil Lutton
Shayna Jack makes plea for financial help to save swimming career
The embattled swimmer says she needs urgent funds for her legal battle as she faces another CAS hearing in the hope of avoiding a four-year doping ban.
- by Phil Lutton
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Shayna Jack appeals for financial help
Australian swimmer Shayna Jack appeals for financial help in her appeal against a 4-year doping ban.
Olympic legend Perkins says disruption ‘part of the scenery’ at Games
Kieren Perkins, now president of Swimming Australia, has been encouraged by the first Tokyo COVID playbook and said adversity was part of every Olympic Games.
- by Phil Lutton
Injury rules Titmus out of key Olympic lead-up camps
Swimming Australia says the world champion freestyler has a ‘minor’ shoulder complaint that will see her sit out a series of Dolphins camps on the Gold Coast.
- by Phil Lutton
The pop star who wants to be an Olympian
Cody Simpson had global fame as a singer-songwriter, model and partner of Miley Cyrus. But the Australian couldn’t shake his dream of swimming at the Olympics.
- by Karen Crouse
Olympic prep about to go to next level for Australia’s swimming stars
A series of camps on the Gold Coast will mark an unofficial start line towards Tokyo as the Dolphins ramp up preparations for the embattled Olympics in Japan.c
- by Phil Lutton
Judge in Sun Yang doping case tweeted about dog meat, Swiss court says
Tweets by the president of the panel of arbitrators at the Court of Arbitration for Sport had exhibited possible bias against Chinese people and their treatment of dogs, the court said.
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Olympics
An Olympic champion stormed the Capitol. His Team USA jacket gave him away
A five-time Olympic medallist and former teammate of Michael Phelps has been charged with participating in a deadly riot after video appeared to show him among the throng of Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol last week.
- by Rick Maese