Australia’s Shayna Jack was hotly favoured for a medal in the women’s 50m freestyle. Her teammate Meg Harris had other ideas.
Mollie O’Callaghan is a swimmer possessed by intense,nervous energy. It helped her beat Ariarne Titmus. Two days later,it was gone.
There is often more pressure on swimmers at the trials than the Olympics. These are the races to keep an eye on in Brisbane next week as the country’s best battle it out.
How 23 Chinese swimmers escaped sanction after failing drug tests has shaken the confidence of clean athletes ahead of Paris 2024,and angered the camp of Australian swimmer Shayna Jack.
The number of stars bypassing the eight-day world swimming championships in Qatar next week is a black eye for World Aquatics.
Shayna Jack celebrated her return with a world championships gold medal in the all-conquering 4x100m relay team as Elijah Winnington became the second-fastest Australian ever in the 400m freestyle.
Shayna Jack’s coach Dean Boxall believes she will return a better,more resilient swimmer as she tries to make it back to the Dolphins squad for a packed 2022.
The swimmer is free to compete after the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed an appeal seeking to reinstate the original four-year ban for a positive test.
Sun Yang and Shayna Jack will both appear before CAS ahead of the Tokyo Games as the banned swimmers face a final battle to save their careers.
Travis Tygart,the influential USADA chief,will feature in an Australian Story on Monday that investigates Shayna Jack’s fight to save her swimming career.
The embattled swimmer says she needs urgent funds for her legal battle as she faces another CAS hearing in the hope of avoiding a four-year doping ban.