In Australia, learning to swim is not just a rite of passage, it’s a necessary skill. But what should you look for in a ...

Our “World Record Flashback” series typically selects a singular standard to celebrate and analyze. But this month’s installment focuses on the quartet of global marks established by Australian legend ...

Ian Thorpe, Dawn Fraser and Shane Gould have been joined by two pioneer Olympic gold medallists in Freddie Lane and Sarah “Fanny” Durack as the first inductees into the Swimming Australia Hall Of Fame ...

The swimmer, who won five individual medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics, yesterday spoke out against children as young as five being pushed into team sports rather ...

The ability to swim fast – she was, for a time, the fastest woman ever over all the freestyle distances – was a gift Shane Gould couldn’t cope with. A year after winning five medals at the Munich ...

Australia’s Shane Gould was as close to Mark Spitz as women’s swimming had in 1972. Although she was only 15, she was predicted to win five gold medals. But the U.S. women were not convinced. Before ...