March 29, 2020
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As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to unfold essentially minute-by-minute around the world, one thing we know is that athletes across all sports are off the field, away from the court and out of the pool indefinitely. Most swimmers already had comprehensive strength and conditioning programs built into their overall training regimens, but they are now forced to rely on just those athletic outlets until they’re able to finally get wet once again. Besides dryland training, your favorite elite stars are also keeping their minds sharp by catching up on books they’ve been me ...
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What elite #swimmers are doing around the world during crisis.
March 20, 2020
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Australia’s head swimming coach Jacco Verhaeren knows first hand that this year’s Tokyo Olympics will not be swum “on a level playing field” and has sent an impassioned and unprecedented message to the world expressing his concerns. To hold;d the Olympic Games from July 24, 2020, would he indicates, be “unfair”. Highlights and the coronavirus (COVD-19) crunch in his message to Olympic bosses.
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Australia’s head #swimming coach warns 2020 Olympics won't be contested "on a level playing field"
March 15, 2020
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Kyle Chalmers (Marion) may well consider adding the 100m butterfly to his Tokyo Olympic program according to his coach Peter Bishop – who says it’s not off the table. The Rio Olympic 100m freestyle gold medallist showed his hand in Sydney overnight with an eye-catching personal best time of 51.37 – the third fastest time in the world this year. It was his fourth victory in three days as the successful NSW State Open Championships w ...
March 14, 2020
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Swimming is still going on strong down under, as we saw day 2 action of the 2020 New South Wales State Open Championships. Kyle Chalmers , Emma McKeon , and Kaylee McKeown were among the elite performers who brought the heat during day 1 and the trio, plus more, were back in action today at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Center (SOPAC). For 25-year-old Olympian McKeon, we reported how she nailed a new Aussie All Comers Record in the women’s 100m fly to take tonight’s gold in that event. Hitting the wall in 56.36, McKeon logged the 3rd fastest tim ...
March 14, 2020
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The battlelines have been drawn again between Australia’s premier backstrokers Emily Seebohm, Minna Atherton and Kaylee McKeown who will go head-to-head in tonight’s fascinating 100m backstroke final on night two of the NSW State Open Championships at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. The Championships is one of the few sporting events in Australia this weekend with spectators, family and friends in the grandstands, with the country on the verge of a full sporting spectator lockout from Monday. It will be the final opportunity for many swimmers to clock times at a major competi ...
Feb. 25, 2020
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Australia’s 200m breaststrokers Matt Wilson and Zac Stubblety-Cook are searching for gold in Tokyo this year in what is developing into one of the real showdowns of the 2020 Olympic men’s swimming program. Many keen judges believe the 200m breaststroke could well come down to host country Japan v Australia, with Russian world champion and world record holder Anton Chupkov (2:06.12) sure to throw a spanner in the works.
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Aussies will be hunting gold at the Tokyo #Olympics in the 200m breaststroke
Dec. 29, 2019
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Minakov swam in his first Worlds and Junior Worlds, breaking a Russian Record in the 100 fly at Worlds and earning multiple medals at both meets.
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Andrei Minakov Swammy Male Breakout #Swimmer of the Year
June 12, 2019
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The 2019 Australian World Swimming Trials headed into its fifth morning in Brisbane, as its elite participants geared up for another day of competition.
June 4, 2019
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Matthew Wilson crushed a new Australian National Record in the men's 200m breaststroke, putting him in the running for a medal at this summer's World Championships.
June 30, 2018
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Defending Pan Pacific champion Thomas Fraser Holmes has taken the first step in his comeback to competitive swimming, qualifying for tonight’s 200m freestyle final at the 2018 Hancock Prospecting Pan
