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High-Level International Meets For July 2020

Western Australia is among locales on schedule to host a swimming meet during the month of July, the first since coronavirus restrictions have been lifted.

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Olympic Champ Kyle Chalmers: “There’s A Lot Of Doping Everywhere In Swimming”

“I don’t care what my competitors have in their system, I still want to be better than them,” says 2016 Olympic gold medalist Kyle Chalmers of Australia.

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Swimming Australia State-By-State Pool Opening Updates

On May 20th we published a state-by-state reopening guide for the nation of Australia, but let’s revisit how the statuses have evolved now one month later.

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Banned Shayna Jack Says She Has Been Extorted By Would-Be Hackers

As we await the outcome of the Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing date for Aussie sprinter Shayna Jack, she notified police of alleged extortion threats.

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Australian Coach Dean Pugh Diagnosed With Adenocarcinoma Lung Cancer

Australian coach Dean Pugh has been diagnosed with adenocarcinoma lung cancer, and his community has set up a GoFundMe page to help pay his medical expenses.

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Scotland, Australia & Sweden All Check-In With More Meet Cancellations

Although coronavirus lockdowns are easing up a bit around the world, life and sport as we know it will take a very long time to get back to normal.

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Coach David Lush Lands At Moreton Bay College

We now know where the Australian Swimming Coaches and Teachers Association’s 2018 Coach of the Year, David Lush, is headed.

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Bud McAllister & His Predictor Sets Say Goodbye To Western Australia

Another coaching change is taking place down under as Bud McAllister will be departing his role at the helm of the swimming program at WAIS.

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Australian Government Pledges $54.5 Million To High-Performance Sport

The Australian government has pledged a $54.5 million investment, which is aimed at continuing support of Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls.

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Storied Brisbane Grammar Coach David Lush Changing Up Role

ASCTA’s 2018 Aussie Coach of the Year David Lush is leaving his current post as Director of Swimming at Brisbane Grammar.

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Beyond The Lane Lines: Hangzhou 2022 Goes Underground

Catch up on this week’s Beyond the Lane Lines, featuring swimming stories spanning Arizona to Panama to China to Australia.

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Anti Wave Starting Blocks and Ledges

Anti Wave continues its long tradition of industry-leading product innovation with the release of their new Adjustable Backstroke Start Ledge models.

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Swimming Australia Facing Financial Cuts to Combat Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic

Though swimmers were recently allowed  to return to training, the staff within the organization have taken pay and hours cuts, with more on the horizon. 

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New Aussie Head Coach Rohan Taylor Talks Transition & Targets

“Collaboration, Commitment, Communication, Consistency,” is the motto Rohan Taylor uses to describe his coaching philosophy.

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Alice Tait Explains ‘Reverse Cycling,’ How it Relates to Returning to Training

The Olympian explains how her former coach Shannon Rollason’s method could be applied to returning to training after a pandemic-related break from the water.

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