Swimmers aim to set tone for Aussies at Commonwealth Games
6 years, 11 months ago

Swimmers aim to set tone for Aussies at Commonwealth Games

Associated Press  

GOLD COAST, Australia — Twelve months out of competitive swimming after the last Olympics gave Cate Campbell a good dose of perspective ahead of the Commonwealth Games. “But I don’t think Australia has ever been beaten in the pool and I don’t think this team is going to let that record fall.” The Australian swim team won 19 gold medals — including five of the six relays — and 57 overall at the last Commonwealth Games in Glasgow four years ago. That ended Australia’s dominating run of finishing atop the standings for six straight Commonwealth Games, and any chance of complacency coming back to the Gold Coast. “I can’t wait to see what we can do over the next couple of days.” Most of the Australian swimmers will miss the opening ceremony on Wednesday, because competition starts the following day when Emma McKeon will compete in the first three of her planned six events at the games.

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Australia’s Kaylee McKeown sweeps both Olympic backstroke events in Paris to match her feat in Tokyo
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Australia’s Kaylee McKeown sweeps both Olympic backstroke events in Paris to match her feat in Tokyo

Associated Press  

NANTERRE, France — Back-to-back. She pulled off the same feat in Tokyo three years ago, which makes her the first woman to win back-to-back doubles in the backstroke in Olympic swimming. So I went out hard and just held on for dear life.” McKeown, who is easy to recognize on the podium wearing large, wire-rimmed glasses, holds the world record …

Olympics medal tally: Here's Australia's team standings on day three of the Games
7 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Australian women off to a dominant start in their Olympic swimming rivalry with the US
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Australian women off to a dominant start in their Olympic swimming rivalry with the US

Associated Press  

NANTERRE, France — The Australian women are about the surest thing in swimming, and they showed it Saturday on the first night at the Paris Olympic pool. They picked up two gold medals, led by Ariarne Titmus in the 400-meter freestyle and another by the quartet in the 4x100 freestyle relay, their fourth straight Olympic victory in that event. “It’s …

Aussie swimmers Cameron McEvoy, Bronte Campbell reach 4th Olympics, singer Cody Simpson misses out
9 months, 1 week ago

Aussie swimmers Cameron McEvoy, Bronte Campbell reach 4th Olympics, singer Cody Simpson misses out

Associated Press  

BRISBANE, Australia — The Australian Olympic Committee has selected a 41-member swim team to represent Australia in the pool at the Paris Olympics, including Cameron McEvoy and Bronte Campbell, who will compete at their fourth games. The team announced Saturday at the conclusion of the Olympic trials in Brisbane also features three athletes representing Australia at their third Olympics, 13 …

Australia Swimming Olympic trials: McKeon, O’Callaghan reach 100m freestyle final, Campbell misses out
9 months, 1 week ago

Australia Swimming Olympic trials: McKeon, O’Callaghan reach 100m freestyle final, Campbell misses out

The Hindu  

Tokyo gold medallist Emma McKeon and former world champion Mollie O’Callaghan reached the women’s 100m freestyle final at Australia’s Olympic trials on Friday but seasoned sprinter Cate Campbell missed out by the narrowest of margins. Campbell’s younger sister Bronte, a double Olympic relay champion, was fourth quickest behind third seed Shayna Jack, with Olivia Wunsch a surprise finalist as the …

Australian Swimming Trials in Brisbane sees a score of 30-plus veterans looking to book their Olympic sport
9 months, 1 week ago

Australian Swimming Trials in Brisbane sees a score of 30-plus veterans looking to book their Olympic sport

ABC  

In short: Australia's swimming team has been getting increasingly older at each Olympic Games since the 1990s. He said intergenerational competition has helped to lift the standard of the national team in recent years, as evidenced by record medal returns at the Tokyo Olympic Games and last year's world championships in Fukuoka. "I think it's happening because there's a real …

World Championships: Cameron McEvoy posts year-best timing, Australian swimmers confident of good show
1 year, 9 months ago

World Championships: Cameron McEvoy posts year-best timing, Australian swimmers confident of good show

The Hindu  

Australia’s swimming team head to next month’s World Championships in Fukuoka with confidence after setting a number of eye-catching times at national trials in Melbourne. “These world championships are such an important stepping stone in what is a big 12 months before the Paris Olympics.” Propelled by a powerful women’s contingent, Australia’s swimmers won a national record 21 medals, including …

Canadian teen Summer McIntosh sets world swimming record
1 year, 11 months ago

Canadian teen Summer McIntosh sets world swimming record

The Hindu  

Sixteen-year-old Summer McIntosh of Canada set a world record on Tuesday night in the women’s 400-meter freestyle. Competing in the Canadian swimming trials at the Pan Am Sports Centre in Toronto, McIntosh finished in 3 minutes, 56.08 seconds to break the mark of 3:56.40 set last year by Australia’s Ariarne Titmus. It was the first long-course world record by a …

Commonwealth Games swimmer picks up top GCSE results
2 years, 6 months ago

Commonwealth Games swimmer picks up top GCSE results

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Jade Phiri, who was representing Zambia, achieved great success …

Commonwealth Games: Australia rules the waves in Birmingham
2 years, 7 months ago

Commonwealth Games: Australia rules the waves in Birmingham

The Hindu  

Australia dominated the swimming events at the Commonwealth Games with 65 medals — 25 gold, 21 silver and 19 bronze. Gold galore Australia’s McKeon made history by taking her tally of gold medals at the Commonwealth Games to 14, the most by any athlete. Challenging the Australian hegemony was 15-year-old Summer McIntosh, who became Canada’s first gold medallist in the …

Commonwealth Games 2022: Australian swimmer Emma McKeon sets this unique world record | READ
2 years, 7 months ago

Commonwealth Games 2022: Australian swimmer Emma McKeon sets this unique world record | READ

India TV News  

CWG 2022| The recently concluded Commonwealth Games which was hosted by Birmingham this year saw many records which were made and broken. McKeon has won a total of 1 silver, 1 bronze, and 6 gold medals across various events in swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The recently concluded Commonwealth Games saw participation from 72 countries/territories out of which only …

CWG 2022: Elaine Thompson-Herah Wins Commonwealth 100m, Ariarne Titmus Stars in Pool
2 years, 7 months ago

CWG 2022: Elaine Thompson-Herah Wins Commonwealth 100m, Ariarne Titmus Stars in Pool

News 18  

Olympic 100m champion Elaine Thompson-Herah cruised to Commonwealth gold on Wednesday as Australia’s Ariarne Titmus completed a stunning individual freestyle treble on the last night of swimming action. “It’s a year ago since I was giving my interviews and burst into tears because of a bad swim at the Olympics," said the world champion, who also won the 50m butterfly …

Swimmer McKeon becomes most successful Commonwealth athlete
2 years, 7 months ago

Swimmer McKeon becomes most successful Commonwealth athlete

Associated Press  

BIRMINGHAM, England — Australian swimmer Emma McKeon became the Commonwealth Games’ most successful athlete during a history-making night in the pool on Sunday. The 28-year-old McKeon claimed her 11th career gold medal, spread across editions in Glasgow, the Gold Coast and Birmingham, to set a new Commonwealth Games mark for most titles. With McKeon’s parents Ron and Susie, both former …

Commonwealth Games gold rush as Australia dominates in the pool on day one
2 years, 7 months ago

Commonwealth Games gold rush as Australia dominates in the pool on day one

ABC  

Australia has dominated in the pool on day one of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, winning five out of a possible seven gold medals. Advance Australia Fair got plenty of airtime at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre as Elijah Winnington, Ariane Titmus, Tim Hodge, Zac Stubblety-Cook and the mixed 4x100m freestyle relay swimmers all stood atop the dais. Australia swept …

Canadian swimmers enjoying best ever world championships
2 years, 8 months ago

Canadian swimmers enjoying best ever world championships

The Hindu  

Canadian swimmers are enjoying their most successful world swimming championships ever in Budapest this week. So a very driven, organized young woman who swims a wide range of events.” McIntosh also set a world junior record with her relay split in the women’s 4x200 freestyle final, where Kayla Sanchez, Taylor Ruck and Penny Oleksiak also pushed the team to bronze. …

Canadian swimmers enjoying best ever world championships
2 years, 8 months ago

Canadian swimmers enjoying best ever world championships

Associated Press  

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Canadian swimmers are enjoying their most successful world swimming championships ever in Budapest this week. So a very driven, organized young woman who swims a wide range of events.” McIntosh also set a world junior record with her relay split in the women’s 4x200 freestyle final, where Kayla Sanchez, Taylor Ruck and Penny Oleksiak also pushed the …

Australian Swimming Championships a guide to medal success at the Commonwealth Games
2 years, 10 months ago

Australian Swimming Championships a guide to medal success at the Commonwealth Games

ABC  

A couple of times every four years, Australians become diehard swimming fans – arguably the one international sport in which we can truly take on the world and win. Key points: The championships could see Shayna Jack gain a spot in the Australian team for the first time since the end of her two-year drug ban Cate and Bronte Campbell …

Pool finale: Dressel, McKeon highlight last day of swimming
3 years, 7 months ago

Pool finale: Dressel, McKeon highlight last day of swimming

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Dressel is favored to win his third individual gold …

Untouchable: Aussie women continue 4x100 freestyle dominance
3 years, 7 months ago

Untouchable: Aussie women continue 4x100 freestyle dominance

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Bronte Campbell led them off at Tokyo Aquatics Center …

Patty Mills, Cate Campbell named Australia's Tokyo Olympics flag-bearers
3 years, 8 months ago

Patty Mills, Cate Campbell named Australia's Tokyo Olympics flag-bearers

ABC  

Basketball champion Patty Mills will become the first Indigenous Australian to carry the flag into an Olympic Games opening ceremony when he marches alongside swimming star and fellow flag-bearer Cate Campbell in Tokyo. Key points: Cate Campbell is the first female swimmer to carry the flag for Australia at an opening ceremony Both athletes are heading to their fourth Olympic …

Campbell set for fourth Olympics as Australia names swimming team
3 years, 9 months ago

Campbell set for fourth Olympics as Australia names swimming team

The Hindu  

Thirty-five athletes, including veterans Cate Campbell and Emily Seebohm who will take part in their fourth Olympics, have been named in a powerful Australian swimming team bound for Tokyo next month. Seeing his smile and the tears that followed shortly afterwards, it’s pretty raw emotion.” Sixteen-year-old Mollie O’Callaghan and 17-year-old all-rounder Isaac Cooper make a team that has three athletes …

Australian swimmers lay down markers for Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 10 months ago

Australian swimmers lay down markers for Tokyo Olympics

The Hindu  

Australian swimmers Emma McKeon and Kaylee McKeown posted year-best times at the Sydney Open meet on Friday to lay down markers for the Tokyo Games. McKeon clocked a personal best 52.29 seconds in the blue riband 100 metres freestyle to top Cate Campbell's year-best of 52.43 at last month's national championships on the Gold Coast. It was another win over …

Duncan Scott stuns Olympic champions to win 100m freestyle gold
6 years, 11 months ago

Duncan Scott stuns Olympic champions to win 100m freestyle gold

Daily Mail  

Scotland's Duncan Scott has won a stunning Commonwealth Games gold medal in the men's 100 metres freestyle. Scott, who had already won three bronze medals at the Gold Coast games, finished in 48.02 seconds as South Africa's Chad le Clos and Australia's Kyle Chalmers finished in a tie for silver. Scotland's Duncan Scott won stunning Commonwealth Games gold in men's …

Commonwealth Games: Australia's swimmers desperate to dominate Gold Coast 2018 pool
6 years, 11 months ago

Commonwealth Games: Australia's swimmers desperate to dominate Gold Coast 2018 pool

ABC  

If Australia is to top the overall medal tally at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games it will be the performances of its swimmers that will be the key. It has not been smooth sailing for Kyle Chalmers since his stunning victory at the Rio Olympics when he became the first Australian to win the men's 100m freestyle gold in 48 …

Emily Seebohm wins world championship to break Australia's gold medal drought
7 years, 7 months ago

Emily Seebohm wins world championship to break Australia's gold medal drought

ABC  

Emily Seebohm has delivered Australia its first gold medal of the swimming program at the world championships in Budapest after setting a new national record to defend her women's 200 metres backstroke crown. Australia had gone without gold through the first six days of the world titles but on the penultimate night Seebohm, 25, clocked two minutes and 05.68 seconds …

1 year to go: Gold Coast counts down to Commonwealth Games
7 years, 11 months ago

1 year to go: Gold Coast counts down to Commonwealth Games

Associated Press  

GOLD COAST, Australia — Just days after floods devastated nearby cities and towns, one of Australia’s most popular tourist destinations is marking the one-year countdown to the Commonwealth Games. The quadrennial event may be shrouded in uncertainty after Durban was stripped of the hosting rights to the 2022 edition, but organizers on the Gold Coast are confident the estimated $1.8 …

Rio Olympics 2016: Cate Campbell reveals hernia problem, says performances weren't affected
8 years, 6 months ago

Rio Olympics 2016: Cate Campbell reveals hernia problem, says performances weren't affected

Firstpost  

Australia’s 100m freestyle world record holder and gold medal hope Cate Campbell went into the Olympics with a painful hernia, a report said Tuesday. Sydney: Australia’s 100m freestyle world record holder and gold medal hope Cate Campbell went into the Olympics with a painful hernia, a report said Tuesday. Campbell told The Australian that the hernia, her second in 12 …

Rio 2016: Cate and Bronte Campbell lead Australia to Olympic 4x100m freestyle relay gold
8 years, 7 months ago

Rio 2016: Cate and Bronte Campbell lead Australia to Olympic 4x100m freestyle relay gold

ABC  

Australia has completed a golden first night in the pool at the Rio Olympics, with two stunning legs from the Campbell sisters setting up victory in the 4x100 metres freestyle final and breaking the world record. Less than an hour after Mack Horton had given Australia its first gold medal of the Olympics in the 400m freestyle, the team of …

CWG 2014: Australia dominate pool with 4 more gold, Wales suffer doping shock
10 years, 7 months ago

CWG 2014: Australia dominate pool with 4 more gold, Wales suffer doping shock

Firstpost  

Australia continued to dominate the Commonwealth Games swimming competition with four more golds on Friday. Benjamin Proud claimed England’s first gold of the swim meet in the men’s 50m butterfly ahead of South African duo Roland Schoeman and Chad le Clos. It warms my heart.” Joanna Rowsell won England’s 20th gold medal in Commonwealth Games track cycling by shattering Australia’s …

CWG 2014: Australia set new women's freestyle relay world record
10 years, 7 months ago

CWG 2014: Australia set new women's freestyle relay world record

Firstpost  

Glasgow: Australia set a new women’s 4x100m freestyle relay world record of 3min 30:98sec as they retained their Commonwealth Games title. Having already broken the Commonwealth Games record in the heats, the addition of 100m freestyle world champion Cate Campbell to the final team proved the difference as they shaved more than seven tenths of a second off the previous …

Fran Halsall wants British swimmers to inspire next generation at Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
10 years, 8 months ago

Fran Halsall wants British swimmers to inspire next generation at Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games

Daily Mail  

Fran Halsall wants British swimmers to inspire next generation of talent at Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Fran Halsall wants British swimmers to inspire at Commonwealth Games Halsall recalls home success at Manchester 2002 Games inspired her 'Because we did so well it was really enjoyable to watch,' says Halsall She adds: 'I was 12 at the time, I was like …

Australia names Commonwealth Games swim squad, admits medal objective will be tough
10 years, 11 months ago

Australia names Commonwealth Games swim squad, admits medal objective will be tough

ABC  

Team culture may no longer be a concern but Swimming Australia high performance director Michael Scott admits it will be "challenging" to meet their Glasgow Commonwealth Games medal objective. Australian Commonwealth Games swim squad : *Joshua Alford, 18, Jessica Ashwood, 20, *Jesse Aungles, 18, Bronte Barratt, 25, Joshua Beaver, 21, Alanna Bowles, 16, Cate Campbell, 21, Bronte Campbell, 19, *Blake …

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