Christian Sprenger

Swimming

New boss raises the bar for world titles

Stathi Paxinos Swim team has rebounded well from the fallout of its London Olympic Games campaign.

Swimming

Sprenger calls on Hackett

Stathi Paxinos London Olympic silver medallist Christian Sprenger has called for former champion Grant Hackett to return to the Australian swim team as a mentor, to help fill the leadership gap and develop a new...

Swimming

Sprenger calls for Hackett return

Stathi Paxinos London Olympic silver medallist Christian Sprenger has called for former champion Grant Hackett to return to the Australian swim team as a mentor to help fill the leadership gap and develop a new...

Swimming

McKeon stamps himself as contender for world title

Stathi Paxinos David McKeon stamps himself as a contender for this year's world titles in Barcelona.

Swimming

McKeon ready to mix it with big boys

Stathi Paxinos Little more than a year ago, David McKeon was the new boy on the Australian swimming scene, bursting from obscurity to win the 400 metres freestyle national title and secure a berth on the London...

Coutts back bigger and stronger

Stathi Paxinos Alicia Coutts could have found better ways to spend a night before an important competition. But for all her success in recent years, Australia's most successful swimmer at the London Olympic Games...

Swimming

Coutts muscles way to win

Stathi Paxinos Alicia Coutts could have found better ways to spend a night before an important competition.

Swimming

Irvine finds that success is the best painkiller

Stathi Paxinos Grant Irvine has never forgotten the pain of missing Olympic selection last year.

Swimming

Coutts wins top award for London performance

ALICIA COUTTS was rewarded for her standout performance at the London Olympics as she claimed her second Australian swimmer of the year award on Saturday night.

Swimming

To claims top prize

Liam Fitzgibbon Australian swimmer Kenneth To lands a huge pay day by securing the FINA short-course World Cup top prize.

Swimming

D'Orsogna, To get world short course spots

Perth London Olympian Tommaso D'Orsogna and national short course championships star Kenneth To will lead the Australian team at the 2012 world short course titles in Turkey in December.

Persistence pays off for Sprenger with unexpected silver

Michael Cowley Every day Christian Sprenger gives thanks that he decided against giving away swimming. On Sunday night, his persistence was rewarded with an Olympic silver medal when the stars aligned in the 100m...

Swimming

Swimming updates: Blair Evans eclipses Stephanie Rice in 400 metres IM

Stathi Paxinos In the women's 100 butterfly, former world champion Jess Schipper turned back the clock by qualifying fastest for tonight's semi-finals.

Swimming

Thorpe shows glimpses of the champion of old

Michael Cowley It was time to stand and deliver and like many a champion in various sports before him, Ian Thorpe did just that this morning when he took the first step towards doing what many have believed just...

Swimming

McKeon has bloodlines for Olympics

Stathi Paxinos For some people, the writing really is on the wall. David McKeon is a classic example.

Sprenger's just relieved

Christian Sprenger's relief was there for all to see when he broke the elusive minute barrier in claiming the 100-metre breaststroke title at the Olympic trials in Adelaide last night.

Swimming

Thorpe Olympic comeback sinks - but he's not quitting

Michael Cowley Ian Thorpe's Olympic comeback is officially over after he failed this morning to advance out of the 100m freestyle heats into tonight's semi-finals.