NANTERRE, France – It may be a sizzling rivalry, but this moment was pretty cool. “Special,” was how Australian swimmer Kaylee McKeown put it. Soon after she reached the wall first in Tuesday’s 100 ...

I really hope someone did.” Those are the fighting words that reignited a rivalry in the pool that goes back decades. Australian swimmer Cate Campbell lashed out at the Team USA swim team last year ...

Has the tide turned in the U.S.-Australia swimming rivalry? While Team USA has dominated in the pool throughout Olympic history, Australia has made up some serious ground over the last few Summer ...

In the pool, the USA versus Australia rivalry runs deep. While no country has historically dominated the modern Olympic Games like the U.S., Australia is a massive swimming powerhouse, producing some ...

When members of Australia’s first all-Afghan surf life saving team first set foot in their new country a few years back, they were all afraid of the water. In March 2021, however, they took home a ...

Australia is surrounded by water, so swimming is as much a part of the culture as throwing another shrimp on the barbie, but for Swimming Australia, it’s more than recreation. It’s about performance ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. SINGAPORE — Australia has a relatively small population. But Australia is a giant when it comes ...