Bronte Barratt News

For Dave McKeon, the focus is now firmly on shaving off those all-important tenths, even hundredths of a second before the world championships in August.

Bonding sessions may have been the last thing James Magnussen wanted to do in the wake of the Stilnox scandal.

ADELAIDE, Australia, April 29. GRANT Irvine put Australia on the map in the 200 butterfly, posting the second-fastest swim in Australian history -- and the fastest time in the world -- today at the Australian world championship trials.

A bad headache ensured a 'sloppy' 100m freestyle semi-final effort by world champion James Magnussen at the national swimming championships in Adelaide on Monday.

ADELAIDE, Australia, April 28. THOMAS Fraser-Holmes put the shock of disqualification in the 400 freestyle behind him with a big win in the men's 200 freestyle final today at the Australian nationals.

ADELAIDE, Australia, April 26. THE first day of competition at the Australian nationals/world championship trials featured two impressive swims by Christian Sprenger in the 100 breaststroke and a disqualification that left an Olympian out of the men's 400 freestyle final.

Thomas Fraser-Holmes brought back memories of Ian Thorpe at the swimming national titles this morning, but unfortunately for the Gold Coast-based swimmer it was for all the wrong reasons.