Swimming

Sienna Toohey makes a name for herself by winning the 100m breaststroke at the Australian Swimming Trials.

Summer McIntosh has set a world record for the second time in three days at the Canadian Swimming Trials, with the 18-year-old eclipsing Hungarian great Katinka Hosszu's 200m individual medley mark set 10 years ago.

Kaylee McKeown beat rival Mollie O'Callaghan in the race of the night at the Australian Swimming Trials, but she acknowledges she is still not at her best after struggling since the Paris Olympics. 

Defending 50m backstroke world champion Kaylee McKeown appeared to have her hopes of defending the crown dashed, after being disqualified from her heat on the opening day of the Australian Swimming Trials.

Some of Australia's future swimming stars will battle this week to earn selection for this year's World Aquatics Championships.

Six months after thinking he would never race again, Kyle Chalmers is taking the biggest gamble of his fabled swimming career.

Olympic gymnast Simone Biles has called former US college swimmer Riley Gaines "sick" for mocking a social media post about a high school softball team with a trans player. 

A multi-million-dollar shark control investment — the biggest in the Queensland program's history — looks to protect beachgoers with "innovative technologies". But some are questioning if the move is even legal.

Weekend warriors to elite athletes hail the benefits of cold water immersion, but the research is yet to support its claimed benefits.

American queen of distance swimming Katie Ledecky shows she still has plenty in the tank, obliterating her own 800m freestyle world record and besting Canadian rival Summer McIntosh over 400m in an ominous display of form ahead of the World Aquatics Championships.

After winning silver at the Paris Olympics, Moesha Johnson knew she needed to keep swimming or risk falling out of the sport, so she traversed the globe competing. But despite being away, Johnson kept a deep fire for home burning within her.

Ella Ramsay and Tara Kinder could barely be separated all week, lining up in four finals across the Australian Open Swimming Championships in Brisbane, sharing four golds and four silvers between them. 

Jamie Jack, the younger brother of sprint sensation Shayna, has announced himself as a contender for a spot on the world championship team by winning silver in the men's 100-metre freestyle at the Australian swimming championships.

Lani Pallister only started to swim distance events because she made a mistake with a highlighter. It has turned out to be the best mistake she ever made.

Meg Harris claimed her first individual Olympic medal with a silver in the 50 metres freestyle in Paris, and it's that experience that is pushing her to a leadership role within the Dolphins squad.

Alexa Leary twice swam under her previous world record time in the S9 100m freestyle at the Australian Open Swimming Championships in Brisbane.

Cam McEvoy has only properly swam a full 50 metres three times since winning Olympic gold in Paris. In Brisbane, he claimed another national title, further vindicating his innovative approach.

Mollie O'Callaghan beats out a stacked field to win the 100m freestyle title, as fellow Olympic medallists Cam McEvoy and Elijah Winnington claim gold on day one of the Australian Open Swimming Championships.

Families and communities face an enormous commitment getting regional athletes like Broome swimmer Jasper Barnett to state and national competitions. 

The Northern Territory education minister has suggested remote school students can take swimming lessons in large blow-up pools "from Clark Rubber" in response to questions about how they can access the government's free swimming lessons policy.