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Three-time Olympic Games gold medallist Jodie Henry has backed the new direction of the AIS as the campus moves away from its "insular" environment on the road to Tokyo. Henry concedes she struggled to thrive in the "fishbowl" environment when the focus was solely on sport and factored in little room for perspective in life, whenRead moreRead more

Australia's swim starlet Ariarne Titmus says a vow of silence has helped her set a Commonwealth record. The self-confessed chatterbox deliberately kept quiet, and to herself, before Tuesday night's 200m freestyle final at the national titles in Adelaide. The result: a time of one minute 54.30 seconds – more than half-a-second inside the previous CommonwealthRead moreRead more

Dolphins head coach Jacco Verhaeren will sit down with the nation's best coaches and athletes in coming months as officials try to forecast the impact of the new International Swimming League on preparations for the Tokyo Olympics. The sport stands on the verge of significant disruption when the professional ISL springs into life later inRead moreRead more

Olympic champion Mack Horton says he has tuned out of the endless circus surrounding his great Chinese rival Sun Yang and hasn't thought twice about whether they will collide at this year's FINA World Championships in Korea. Since they stepped onto the pool deck in Rio, the careers of Horton and Sun have been intertwined.Read moreRead more

Freestyler Kyle Chalmers entered a butterfly race for the first time at the Australian swimming championships as "a bit of fun". Now, he's a national champion in the stroke after winning the 100m title in Adelaide on Sunday night. "I stuck my head down and tried to swim similar to how I swim freestyle racesRead moreRead more

Less than a week ago, James Magnussen was speaking to Kenneth To about his life in Hong Kong, the training camp in the US and his dreams of finally being able to swim at an Olympic Games. Nobody could deny the 26-year-old deserved that honour. Few swimmers had applied themselves with more energy and optimismRead moreRead more

Cate Campbell hasn't really enjoyed winning another Australian swimming title. Campbell admits she's still doesn't know exactly where she's at after collecting the women's 100m freestyle crown in Adelaide on Sunday. On the opening night of the nationals, Campbell's triumph was followed by Kyle Chalmers becoming a national champion in the 100m butterfly, rather thanRead moreRead more

It should come as little surprise that Kyle Chalmers took a little while to digest what he achieved at the Rio Olympic Games. Watch his poolside interview moments after he climbed out of the water – it makes for instructive viewing. "I'm only 18," Chalmers said, more to himself than anyone listening. It wasn't a boastRead moreRead more

Dripping wet from his fastest 100m freestyle, Kyle Chalmers makes a stunning admission: he doesn't feel entirely world-class just yet. The 20-year-old clocked 47.48 seconds in his pet event at the Australian titles in Adelaide on Monday night. The time was 0.10 seconds quicker than his previous quickest, his gold-medal swim at the 2016 Olympics.Read moreRead more

Cate Campbell says she would stake her reputation on the cleanliness of every Australian swimmer as she called for a review of testing protocols in the wake of the Sun Yang doping scandal. The sprint star is in Adelaide for the Australian Swimming Championships, beginning on Sunday, and will take to the water as sheRead moreRead more