Sam Short smashed his personal best in the 400m freestyle this week. It was the fastest time in the world this year. He reveals how fast he thinks he can go in the 1500m freestyle.
In 1998,it was a night of glory for the Australian swim team,winning five gold meals at the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games. Ian Thorpe lead the gold rush,taking his fourth in the 400m freestyle and falling agonisingly short of matching one of the greatest world records.
Australia and the USA are going head-to-head in the Duel in the Pool in Sydney this week.
Grant Hackett was hanging by a thread before a covert visit from his family - and an audience with a motorsport legend - changed the course of Olympic history.
Twenty years after their historic 4x100m freestyle victory over the US at the Sydney Olympics,Michael Klim,Chris Fydler,Ashley Callus and Ian Thorpe reflect on a race that stopped a nation and a bond that will last forever in this oral history.
The champion swimmer understands Olympic athletes are in a very uncertain time,but urged them to make sure they're ready for the Olympics,whenever they take place.
Hackett said their relationship at the time was'frosty',not because of any hostility between them but because Perkins had such a laser-like focus on swimming.