Swimming

Barely a year ago Cameron McEvoy was done with the swimming. However, the 29-year-old is now a world champion with ambitions to race at Brisbane's 2032 Games.

Australia claims its first swimming gold medal at the World Aquatic Championships in Doha, clinching a nail-biting win in the 4x1500m mixed open-water event.

Doctors are urging parents to take extra precautions after seeing an increase of children presenting with water-related injuries.

Swimmer Emma McKeon, the most decorated Australian Olympian of all time, has been named 2024 Young Australian of the Year.

Melanoma research pioneers Georgina Long and Richard Scolyer are jointly named 2024 Australians of the Year for their work developing an immunotherapy approach to treating melanoma.

As a movement to swim in our urban waterways grows, these experts say there's an increasing need for awareness of water safety and how to respect our natural environment.

Saskia Rundle Trowbridge, 16, braved rough seas and climbed rocks to help free three teenage boys trapped in a cave at the Warriewood Blowhole, with one suffering head injuries.

Olympic and World Champion Mack Horton, who made headlines for his stance against controversial Chinese swimmer Sun Yang at the 2019 World Championships, has retired from swimming.

Swimming in the harbour can make you sick and risk your life. Here's how to avoid it, and what experts say to do if you accidentally fall in.

Nicole Chester's open water swims have been almost entirely in Port Philip Bay's Seaford Beach.

Locals have gathered to celebrate Nicole Chester's 1,000 consecutive days of ocean swimming. 

Nicole Chester has gone for a 1.5km swim in Port Philip Bay in Melbourne’s outer south-east, every morning – and today it’s her 1,000th consecutive swim.

Surf scientist Dr Rob Brander offers tips in his book for swimmers and non-swimmers about how to stay safe around our waterways.

A swim-club program in the regional town of Armidale in NSW is helping migrants settle into their new surroundings in a unique way.

The migrant and refugee women learning to swim in this pool in regional New South Wales say attending the Armidale swim club is the highlight of their week. Here's why

Father and son divers Dazza and Elliot share their underwater treasure finds.

The enchanting underwater world of freediving is being embraced by a growing number of Australians, and the benefits appear to be more than just physical.

It's muggy, you've got a week off work, and you're desperate to make the most of it with plenty of ocean swims. If it bucketed down yesterday, can you still go in?

It's muggy, you've got a week off work, and you're desperate to make the most of it with plenty of ocean swims. If it bucketed down yesterday, can you still go in?

A quarter of the people who drowned in Australia last summer did so between Christmas and New Year. Experts say a few key precautions can keep you safe.

Jaz Lawes from Surf Life Saving Australia tells Australians recreating around water, especially men, to keep water safety at the top of their minds to prevent drownings this summer.

It's been more than a year in the making, and now, hundreds of Top End residents have some respite from the scorching heat.

Max Giuliani trailed Ian Thorpe's Australian record by a few milliseconds at the Queensland state championships. But he isn't resting on his laurels, with his eyes firmly set on the Paris Summer Olympics.

Australia's most decorated Olympian is ruled out of the Queensland swimming championships as she manages a torn muscle under her armpit.

When Olympic swimmer Ariarne Titmus had to have surgery in September she was reluctant to go public but selfie requests from nurses led to her changing tack and now she wants to normalise conversations about women's health.