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Lee wins Australia’s first ever medal in marathon swimming
Kareena Lee almost gave the sport away when she didn’t qualify for Rio. Today, despite tangling with a jumping fish, she is an Olympic bronze medallist.
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Swimmers return home as daunting road towards Paris 2024 awaits
Australia’s record-breaking swimmers are heading home for a well-earned break - but a stacked schedule heading towards the 2024 Olympics has coaches planning their next move.
- by Phil Lutton
Opinion
Tokyo Olympics
Swimming must not squander public’s emotional investment in its new stars
Swimming has the chance to ride a wave of goodwill through to the next Olympics in Paris. It has to make sure the stories are heard outside of the big meets.
- by Phil Lutton
Australia eyes Athens gold haul mark with record 14 won, four to go
Before these Games, Australia had won three medals in one day on just four occasions since 1896. Now they’ve done it twice in the space of five days.
- by Tom Decent
The two key moments that turned Emma McKeon into a record breaker
Emma McKeon raced into Olympic history in the Tokyo pool and her coach can trace it all back to a defining experience in Rio and a key decision in December.
- by Phil Lutton
Australia win ninth gold in pool as McKeon snares her own seventh medal
Emma McKeon won gold in the 50m freestyle before Australia came from behind to defeat the US and re-write the record books in the women’s 4x100 medley relay.
- by Tom Decent
Final day of destiny as McKeon targets record medal haul
On the last day of the swimming events, Emma McKeon could win another two medals, which would take her Tokyo tally to seven and her overall Olympic haul to 11.
- by Tom Decent
‘It’s been an honour’: How Ledecky, Titmus beguiled the world in Tokyo
The final chapter between Katie Ledecky and Ariarne Titmus reminded us why we all embraced their gripping rivalry - and why they needed each other all along.
- by Phil Lutton
Peaty’s sizzling split and a US blunder: How Australia won bronze in mixed medley relay
Swimming purists might have turned their nose up at the race but it turned out to be one of the most enthralling of the Games.
- by Tom Decent
McKeown’s double powers Australia towards historic tally in Tokyo
Kaylee McKeown touched hearts as she invited her hero Emily Seebohm onto the top step of the podium, while her 200m gold has the Dolphins chasing history on the final day.
- by Phil Lutton
Opinion
Tokyo Olympics
Pressure valve released at the pool as meet turns into a carnival
The last days of swimming in Tokyo have taken on a looseness. After two strained years of preparation, the pressure was exuberantly released on Saturday.
- by Malcolm Knox