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

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...

Basketball

'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...

Swimming

Ban Stilnox users for life: Dawn Fraser

Canberra Australian swimming legend Dawn Fraser says the 4x100m relay squad members who took Stilnox should be banned from competing for life.

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...

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...

Swimming

Aussies win swim medals in Turkey

Australia's men's 4x200m freestyle relay team won a silver medal and Sarah Katsoulis pocketed bronze on day two of the short course world swimming championships at Istanbul in Turkey, with American...

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.

Swimmer admits to childish pranks

Swimming Heat swimmer Tommaso D'Orsogna has spoken out about allegations of misbehaviour.

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.

Swimming

Roberts forced out of AIS home as precaution

Chris Wilson Olympic medal prospect James Roberts has been forced from his accommodation at the AIS to protect him from a whooping cough outbreak at the Canberra campus, but he and the AIS swim squad will...

Swimming

Quiet night planned: D'Arcy qualifies for London as Rice resurgence continues

Michael Cowley Just like he did four years ago, Nick D'Arcy tonight won the 200m butterfly Olympic selection trial.

Magnussen makes statement in 100m freestyle

World champion James Magnussen delivered on his promise to make a statement to his international rivals, improving on the fastest ever 100m freestyle time in a textile suit in a stunning victory at...