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

Penalties for swimmers set to be announced

Stathi Paxinos Punishments to be handed to members of the Australian men's 4 x 100 metres freestyle relay team for misbehaviour in the lead-up to last year's London Olympics will be announced on Friday.

Swimming

Swimmers fined for Stilnox bonding session

Stathi Paxinos The members of the Australian swim team that took part in the infamous bonding session involving Stilnox before last year's London Olympic Games have escaped immediate suspensions.

Swimming

Fines for bonding session

Stathi Paxinos Australian swim team members fined, but escape immediate suspensions.

Swimming

Coutts positive in wake of attack

Stathi Paxinos Alicia Coutts says she would steer clear of the Australian teammate who was reprimanded for 'inappropriate behaviour' towards her earlier this year, if they both made the team for the world...

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

Irvine finds that success is the best painkiller

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

Swimming

Team set to tell all

Stathi Paxinos The first stage of Australian swimming's mea culpa will take place on Friday afternoon when members of the men's 4 x 100-metre relay team front a press conference at which they are expected to reveal...

Swimming

Relay team to lift lid on Games shame

Stathi Paxinos THE first stage of Australian swimming's mea culpa following the damning reports into the sport will take place on Friday afternoon when the men's 4 x 100 metres relay team fronts a press conference...

Swimming

Explosive new claims of Olympic swim-team torment

Adrian Lowe and Stathi Paxinos The first stage of Australian swimming's mea culpa will take place on Friday afternoon when members of the men's 4 x 100-metre relay team front a press conference at which they are expected to reveal...

Fallen stars: shameful games began long before the Olympics

Peter Munro ''INSPIRE a generation'' was the motto of the London Olympic Games. But what might the rising pool of Australian swimmers make of the public shaming of the men's 4 x 100 metre relay team?

Contradictions cloud controversy over camp

Andrew Wu THE credibility of Australia's 4x100m relay team and the future of head coach Leigh Nugent remains under question after contradictory claims made by teammate Emily Seebohm, as it was announced on...

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'It went further than the swim team': Cambage's intriguing Twitter post

Jon Pierik London Olympian Elizabeth Cambage posted an intriguing message on Twitter on Tuesday, questioning whether the antics of disgraced swimmer James Magnussen had impacted on other female athletes during...

Magnussen to reveal extent of team drug use

Staff writers The men's 100m Olympic relay team will front a press conference on Friday where they are expected to reveal explosive details about the misuse of prescription drugs in the lead-up to the London...

Magnussen admits mistakes were made in London

Liam Fitzgibbon Swimming world champion James Magnussen admits he made mistakes and could have carried himself better during a controversial London Olympic campaign, but says his failure to win a gold medal has made...

London of mass distraction re-arms Magnussen for Rio

Chris Barrett Nearly three months have passed since James Magnussen dragged himself from the pool at the London Olympics and put his head in his hands in disbelief.

Swimming

Don't be too harsh on young swim team: Coutts

Lee Gaskin Australia's most successful swimmer at this year's Olympic Games says criticism of the team's performance in London is ''harsh'' as the review into the sport begins.

Pranks plague men's swim team as bully claims emerge

Megan Levy Claims body hair was scattered on beds and Stilnox used by relay team among a raft of startling suggestions.

Swimming

'Schoolboys' claim as swim-team pranks scandal widens

Megan Levy Members of Australia's swimming team behaved more like "schoolboys" on a rugby tour at the London Olympics than elite athletes competing at the pinnacle of their sport, according to a member of the...

Swimming

D'Orsogna says relay swimmers misbehaved in camp

AAP Members of Australia's swimming team behaved more like schoolboys than Olympians in camp before the London Games, a member of the under-fire men's 4x100 metres freestyle relay team has claimed.