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Olympians picked in Australia's 25-strong team for Lake Placid 2023

  • Lake Placid 2023

Twenty-five student-athletes have been selected to represent Australia at Lake Placid 2023 World University

Tahli Gill, cross-country skier Seve de Campo and Alpine skiing's Katie Parker are all due to represent Australia

alongside sisters Kirby and Jayna, Ivy Militano and Joanne Robins.Cross-country skiing is the area where Australia



Emotional le Clos seals 11th title at World Swimming Championships (25m)

  • Swimming

South Africa’s Chad le Clos says he has regained his "warrior spirit" as he vowed to become the greatest short-course swimmer in history after capturing his 11th title and first in four years at the World Swimming Championships (25m) here.

medals for home favourite Kyle Chalmers who triumphed in the men's freestyle final before anchoring Australia

Matthew Temple and Flynn Zareb Southam were in fifth position before Chalmers dived in.Chalmers guided Australia

them on their way before Claire Curzan, Erika Brown and Kate Douglass kept the pace as the US held off Australia

to take gold.McKeon battled hard in the final leg but came up short against Douglass as Australia came


FIFA holds workshop on women's football development in Qatar

  • Football

FIFA has held a workshop in Qatar featuring representatives from its six continental confederations to discuss to discuss the development of women's football.

officer Sarai Bareman led the workshop, which featured discussions on next year's Women's World Cup in Australia

Next year's FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand has expanded to 32 teams ©Getty ImagesThe


Electrician Koanda lights up Norway's weightlifting history with world title

  • Weightlifting

Solfrid Koanda became Norway’s first-ever female world champion when she won a sweep of golds in the women's 87 kilograms at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in Bogotá, Colombia.

was Smalcerz for his native Poland.Koanda’s only serious challenger for gold was Eileen Cikamatana of Australia



Exclusive: Brisbane 2032 in "good hands" with Hook as chief executive, claims AOC President

  • Brisbane 2032

Australian Olympic Committee President Ian Chesterman believes the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organising Committee is in "really good hands" with new chief executive Cindy Hook at the helm.

Hook, who was born in the United States, first moved to Australia in 2009 before becoming chief executive

of Deloitte Australia six years later.She then took on the same role for Deloitte Asia Pacific after

Paralympics Australia President Jock O’Callaghan said he was looking forward to working alongside

proven to be a person of high integrity and values which are strongly aligned with those of Paralympics Australia



Australian Taekwondo launches first virtual training centre

  • Member National Association and Continental Unions News

Australian Taekwondo has launched its first virtual Centre of Excellence, allowing athletes from across the country to has access to educational courses and showcase taekwondo online.

education and global sports training with the creation of our virtual Centre of Excellence," said Taekwondo Australia


Pallister wins two more golds to seal World Swimming Championships (25m) triple

  • Swimming

Lani Pallister completed a hat-trick of gold medals with two in one night as she anchored Australia to

metres freestyle crown yesterday, Pallister swept to the women’s 800m freestyle title before leading Australia

to be crowned a triple world champion in Melbourne.The 20-year-old produced a brilliant final leg as Australia

Mollie O’Callaghan overtaking Canada's Katerine Savard.Leah Neale produced a terrific third leg to put Australia

home.Canada had to settle for silver in 7:34.47, while the United States collected bronze in 7:34.70.Australia


Exclusive: Australia to step up search for "home of swimming" as Brisbane 2032 legacy

  • Brisbane 2032

Swimming Australia is set to launch its search for a "home of swimming" next year that it hopes will

Eugénie Buckley, chief executive of Swimming Australia, told insidethegames that the governing body would

has produced the majority of the country’s Olympic swimming medallists.Buckley revealed that Swimming Australia

Australia claimed two golds on the opening day of the World Swimming Championships (25m) in Melbourne

Buckley said Swimming Australia had a "national footprint but a Queensland focus", however she said the

Swimming Australia revealed its 10-year strategy at the end of last year in a bid to provide a roadmap


Paralympics Australia expands link with disability group NDSP for Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024 Paralympics

Paralympics Australia and leading national disability support organisation NDSP Plan Managers have expanded

"The expansion of the agreement between Paralympics Australia and NDSP is indicative of the increasing

momentum of sponsorship interest in Paralympics Australia in the lead-up to the Paris 2024 Paralympic

Games, building on the Paralympic Movement’s exponential growth in Australia since Tokyo 2020," a Paralympics

Australia release said."

We believe that NDSP can support Paralympics Australia through our NDIS experts with knowledge sharing



Two world records broken on first day of World Swimming Championships (25m)

  • Swimming

Australia and Italy broke world records in the respective women's and men's 4x100 metres freestyle relays

Emma McKeon was the star of the show as she pulled off a stunning final leg to help Australia snatch

Olympic gold medallist McKeon produced a sensational 49.96 split to overhaul Erika Brown of the US as Australia

- taking 0.28 off the record previously held by the US.Lani Pallister was another top performer for Australia

her, Pallister managed to edge ahead with three laps left and held on brilliantly to secure gold for Australia