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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Elijah Winnington claims gold for Australia at the swimming world short course championships

ABC

Elijah Winnington has produced a beautifully timed swim to take gold in the world short course championships at the same Budapest venue where he first made his name as a Dolphins' powerhouse. Still more than half a second behind American Kieran Smith with 75m left, Winnington only got on terms on the penultimate lap, and from there, he was never …

World Gold Smith Mcintosh Winnington Dekkers Course Championships

4 months ago

Michael Palfrey: Australian swimming coach sacked for supporting Korean athlete during Paris Olympics

CNN

CNN — Swimming Australia has terminated the contract of coach Michael Palfrey after he voiced support for a South Korean athlete at the Paris Olympics, the governing body confirmed in a statement to CNN. Palfrey had said that he hoped South Korean swimmer Kim Woo-min would win the men’s 400-meter freestyle in Paris, a race which also featured two Australian …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Olympics medal tally: Here's Australia's team standings on day three of the Games

ABC

It's day three of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. So many events happening, we're keeping track of all the Australian medal winners for each day of competition. Here's a list of day three's Aussie winners. Australia's medal wins on day three: Gold: Mollie O'Callaghan — Swimming: Women's 200m freestyle Silver: Ariarne Titmus — Swimming: Women's 200m freestyle — Swimming: Women's …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Terminated again: Titmus hands Ledecky another Olympic defeat, claiming gold in the 400 free

Associated Press

NANTERRE, France — It was billed as one of the most anticipated races of the Paris Olympics. “I probably felt the expectation and pressure for this race more than anything in my life, to be honest, and I’m pretty good at handling the pressure of it.” Ledecky, 27, remains at six individual gold medals in her brilliant career, still the …

Gold Race Olympic Tokyo Mcintosh Ledecky Titmus

7 months ago

Ariarne Titmus narrowly misses world record to book place in Paris 2024 at Australian Olympic Swimming Trials

ABC

Ariarne Titmus missed breaking her own 400m freestyle world record by just 0.06 seconds to book her place in Paris 2024 at the Australian Olympic Swimming Trials in Brisbane. The reigning Olympic champion swam 3:55.44, comfortably the fastest time in the world this year, beating rival Summer McIntosh's 3:59.06 from the Canadian swim trials last month. The 22-year-old, who holds …

Record World Swimming Olympic Paris Tokyo World Record

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Sam Williamson wins Australia's first Doha World Aquatic Championships gold in 50m breaststroke as Dolphins enjoy stellar night

ABC

In short: Sam Williamson set a new Australian record in winning 50m breaststroke gold at the World Aquatics Championships Sam Williamson set a new Australian record in winning 50m breaststroke gold at the World Aquatics Championships Williamson's gold was one of four medals won by the Australian team on a big night for the Dolphins What's next? The championships run …

World Gold Williamson Doha Throssell 50M Breaststroke Sam Williamson

1 year, 5 months ago

Sam Short beats Hafnaoui to win 400m freestyle world title; misses world record by 0.61 secs

The Hindu

Australian teen Sam Short won the men’s 400m freestyle at swimming’s world championships in Fukuoka on Sunday, pipping Tunisia’s Olympic champion Ahmed Hafnaoui to the title. “I just put my head down at the end, and I don’t know how I beat his long arms to the wall, but I did it.” Hafnaoui finished second at 3:40.70, while Germany’s Lukas …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Olympic champion Titmus on fire to book world championship place

The Hindu

Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus swam the second fastest 400m freestyle this year, on Tuesday, to book her place at next month’s world championships, as did fellow swimming superstars Emma McKeon and Kaylee McKeown. Titmus, who lost her world record to teenage Canadian sensation Summer McIntosh in March, touched in 3:58.47 to win easily ahead of Lani Pallister at Australia’s world …

World Olympic Melbourne Champion Mckeon Mcintosh Mckeown

2 years, 6 months ago

Katie Ledecky and Elijah Winnington Clinch 400m Freestyle Gold at Swimming Worlds

News 18

American Katie Ledecky and Australian Elijah Winnington gained early redemption for Olympic 400m freestyle disappointments on the first evening of the World Swimming Championships Saturday in Budapest. Ledecky, 25, had been eclipsed in the women’s 400m freestyle by Australian Ariarne Titmus, who took the world title in 2019, the Olympic title last year and the world record last month. She …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Opinion: Why Trump can’t legally pardon himself

CNN

Editor’s Note: David Gray Adler is a constitutional law scholar and president of The Alturas Institute, a non-profit organization created to advance American democracy by promoting the Constitution, gender equality, civic education and equal protection of the law. This constitutional limitation on the pardon power reflects the deep influence of English legal history on the framers’ drafting of the impeachment …

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