Keyword "Kaylee McKeown" - List of latest news (31 results)

02:28 Photos of legendary coach rocks Australian swim team

The Australian swim team has been rocked as photos of iconic swim coach Michael Bohl with several Chinese athletes who secretly escaped punishment after testing positive for a banned performance-enhancing drug emerging.

22/04 Australian swimmers fume as Olympic doping farce exposed

Australia’s top swimmers have been left frustrated over the handling of a doping scandal involving 23 Chinese athletes who tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine (TMZ) ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.

07/04 Aussie cricketers, Olympian melt hearts with ‘beautiful’ weddings

Two Australian cricket stars have celebrated their respective weddings in style over the weekend.

10/12 Records shattered as swimmer makes $39k in 24 seconds

Records tumbled on the opening day of the world short course swimming championships in Budapest with Gretchen Walsh, Noe Ponti, Summer McIntosh, Kate Douglass and two US relay teams breaking the old marks.

03/08 Live: Tara Rigney rows for Oympic gold and it's moving day in the golf in Paris

Australian Tara Rigney is in the final of the women's singles sculls, while Jason Day remains in touch with the leaders at Le Golf National. Follow live.

02/08 Unique, resilient, legendary — Kaylee McKeown has taken Australian swimming into uncharted Olympic waters

Kaylee McKeown's rare Olympic "double-double" means she stands alone in Australian swimming history, but even without the records she will be remembered as one of the sport's most unique champions. 

02/08 Cameron McEvoy wins gold for Australia in 50 freestyle swimming, Dressel finishes sixth

Cameron McEvoy won gold in the men’s 50-meter freestyle at the Paris Olympics on Friday night, denying Caeleb Dressel a repeat in swimming’s most frantic event.

30/07 Kaylee McKeown still rules the Olympic backstroke, beating Regan Smith in women's 100 meters

Kaylee McKeown still rules the women’s Olympic backstroke. The Australian knocked off world-record holder Regan Smith of the United States in the 100 back, defending the title she won at the Tokyo Games.

20/04 Mollie O'Callaghan goes low in 200m Olympics tune-up

Mollie O'Callaghan staves off Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus's mid-race challenge to post the fastest women's 200m freestyle time of the year. 

20/04 Olympic champion upstaged in wild scenes at Australian Championships

World record holder Mollie O’Callaghan upstaged Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus in the year’s fastest 200m freestyle Saturday, while Kaylee McKeown narrowly missed her own 200m backstroke world best.

17/04 Kaylee McKeown shatters 14-year 200m medley record

Aussie Olympic powerhouse Kaylee McKeown has just sent a warning shot ahead of Paris, shattering a record that had stood since 2009 at the Australian championships.

20/01 ‘Rip off’: Aussie athletes furious at ‘unfair’ Paris Olympics rule

Australia’s top athletes are furious at a rule that will kick them out of the Olympic Village after their events are done and dusted in Paris.

15/12 Aussie stars skip world champs

A swathe of Australian swim stars have opted to skip the ill-time World Aquatic Championships in Doha in February with Shayna Jack instead spearheading a rookie-filled team for the event.

21/10 Aussie swimmer Kaylee McKeown breaks second world record in two days

Kaylee McKeown has done it again, breaking her second swimming second world record in as many days her sensational form continues.

21/10 Australian swimmer Kaylee McKeown sets world record in 50 backstroke

Australian swimmer Kaylee McKeown has underlined her dominance in backstroke events by setting a world record in the 50-meter back at a World Cup meet in Budapest.

20/10 Kaylee McKeown breaks another world record to complete rare swimming treble

Kaylee McKeown has written herself into swimming’s history books, breaking another world record to complete a rare treble.

10/08 Gina Rinehart throws support behind Gold Coast’s bid to save 2026 Commonwealth Games

Gina Rinehart says she will back the Gold Coast’s bid to save the 2026 Commonwealth Games after they were dumped by Victoria.

03/08 ‘We weren’t impressed’: Aussie swimming row erupts

The explosive fall-out to one of the wildest swimming world championships in recent memory continues with Aussie star Kaylee McKeown scolding Aussie legend Cate Campbell.

31/07 ‘Joke’ world championships image is an insult to Australia

Australian team leader Kyle Chalmers unwittingly summed it up better than everyone else.

30/07 Gina Rinehart spotted as Aussie swimming team blows the world away

Australia’s richest woman Gina Rinehart picked a bloody good time to make a surprise poolside appearance at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships.

25/07 ‘No one has ever done this’: Kaylee McKeown 100m backstroke gold, becomes ‘greatest ever’

Australia’s Kaylee McKeown has bounced back from a brutal disqualification, winning the 100m backstroke at the world swimming championships to lay claim to being the greatest backstroker of all time.

25/07 Photo exposes Aussie robbery, ‘game-changing’ swimming farce

Aussie Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown has been breathing fire at the World Aquatic Championships — and she has good reason to do so.

24/07 ‘Give them a big FU’: Kaylee McKeown fuming at ‘completely unfair’ disqualification

Australia’s Kaylee McKeown said Monday that she was determined to bounce back after being disqualified in her 200m individual medley semi-final at the world championships in Japan.

16/07 Kyle Chalmers pulls out of butterfly event at world swimming championships

Kyle Chalmers’ quest to swim butterfly on the international stage has been put on the backburner.

18/06 Cody Simpson dumped after awkward Kyle Chalmers run in

Cody Simpson has missed out on making the Australian World Championships team after being unceremoniously left behind on Sunday.

17/06 Mollie O’Callaghan beats Emma McKeon in thrilling 100m freestyle at Aussie swim trials

Mollie O’Callaghan has won a blistering 100m freestyle final at the Australian swimming trials to book her spot in the event for next month’s world championships.

15/06 Mollie O’Callaghan beats Ariarne Titmus in 200m free, goes fastest in the world

Mollie O’Callaghan will go into the World Championships as the favourite for the 200m freestyle title after dethroning Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus in an incredible race.

14/06 Hayley Lewis goes ballistic as son Kai Taylor makes World Champs from lane 8

The son of Aussie swimming legend Hayley Lewis has pulled off a remarkable performance to take out the 200m freestyle at the Australian World Championship Trials in Melbourne.

20/04 Ariarne Titmus stunned in 200m freestyle as new Aussie star emerges

Mollie O’Callaghan upset Tokyo Olympic champion Ariane Titmus to seize the 200m freestyle crown at the Australian championships on Thursday night.

19/04 Aussie Olympic legend’s teenage son wins national swimming title

There are not too many teenagers who want to emulate everything their mum did.

10/03 World stunned by Kaylee McKeown shatters world record

Triple Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown has produced an absolute stunner at the NSW swimming titles on Friday night, breaking the 200m backstroke world record.